The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 1997

)·: .5 , . ' -:;- : . . . . . . .. , . -~· ·,;. . ·;• .,. .. . . •· ' . t<:· • ' ;• . .. , . .. . • ' . . . .·, ' ,,. •• ~·. ;~ .. ,\ .. ·t: .. •. · .. . . . . . ... .. .. ' f • REGISTERE - · , D NO. DL-33004/97 -. • a • rrt - 31\.t(i.f'j(Of EXTRAORDINARY 'qf1J n~ Tgog t PART II-Section 1 Mlfl:.lcfiR -« Mcfiif11<t PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY • ta "& 64] ~.c::, .,~ .~~flt, ;e{lfldqR, ~ijLq( 2S 1997 / ,ft-ff - m == L No. 641 . NEW DELIII THU»'sn, "'v DE , 4, 1919 . _, _. ' .ru: ~•, CEMBER 2S, 1997 / PAUSA 4 1919 I • r- ' t« 'lfl'I ~ ~ ~ ~<!141 ~ ':3ITTIT t f"ttl~ f%-1't ol@I tj'M(~ <$"~ if '{'lffl "aff-i.t1 • - Separate paging is given to th1S Part in order that it n b 'rued . 1ay e as a separate compilation. .•. MINISTRY OF LAW .AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New !Jelhi, t/1e 25tlz December; 1991/Pausa 4, 1919 (Saka) '_IH-E MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) SECOND ORDINANCE, 1997 No. 27 OF 1 g97 Promulgated by the President in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India. · An Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. WHEREAS the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance, 1997 to further amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 was promulgated by the President on the 26th day of September, 1997; • AND WHEREAS the Merchant Shipping (An1endment) Ordinance, 1997 could not be replaced by an Act of Parliament due to the dissolution of the House of the People; AND WHEREAS the House of tl1e People has been dissolved and the Council of States is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it ,· necessary for hin1 to take immediate action; • Now, THEitEF<)RE, in exercise of the powers cont·erred by clause(/) of article 123 cf the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance;- 1. (/) This Ordinance may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 1997. • . (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 26th day of SeptemOOr, 1997. ! ' • ' . . Short title and <.,'OmmctlCC· mtllt. ·. . . • . • i t . i . . ' ' .. , ' . . ' ' ; I . < . , • • : i '•: . ;\ ' • '. : 1 .. I j : . ' : 1 • . . . . " . .. . • • r • -· A1nendment of section 89. Amendmcot of section 132 . Insertion of • new section 138A. Working hours of seamen. 2 GAZETfB OF JNDIA EXTRAORDINARY p F . ·- [PART II u SF.c. l) - - • • .. . 2. In section 89 of the Merchant Shipping Act, l 9S8, (h_ereinaftcr referred to as the principal Act), after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: ''(dd) to transmit the complaint of any dispute of a foreign seaman of a vessel . t d ,·n 3 country other than India, in Indian territorial waters, with the master' reg1s ere f • • ' owner or agent, to the competcnl authority of t~e country o reg1slrat10~ and a copy of such complaint sltall be _forwarded to the Director Ge~eral. lntemataonal Labour Organisation office;··. 3 . In section 132 of the principal Act, after sub-section ( / ), the following sub.section shall be inserted. namely:- ''(}A). Any complaint of dispure, received by the Shipping master from an Indian seaman, on a vessel registered in a country other than India in Indian tetT~torial waters, with the master, owner or agent.". 4. After section J38 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted ' namely:- " 138A. The ordinary hours of work for all seamen sl • 'lOt exceed forty-eight hours in a week.''. Amendment of S. In section 369 of the principal Act, after sub•section (2), the t·ollowing sub.section section 369. shall be inserted, namely:- Amendment of section 436. .. Repeal and • saving. ''(3) The Central Government shall on receipt of the investigation report from the cou~ cause it to be publisl1ed in the Official Gazette.". 6. In section 436 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in the table, after Serial Number 42 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- I 2 3 4 •'42A If the master 138A Fine which may extend . or owner contrn• to double the average venes the provisions wages per hour payable of section 138A. to the seaman t·ur working beyond forty- eight hours.'·. • • 7 .. (/) The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance, 1997, is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding ~uch r~peal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act.~ a~endcd by the said Ord1na1,ce, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the pnncipal Act, as amended by this Ordinance. • • • • K. R. NARAYANAN, P ,·esident . • RAGI-IBIR SINGH, Additional Sec_y. to the Govt. of India • • •• Ord. 19 of 1997.