The Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the fourteenth day of October, 1999 and the Provisional Constitution Order No.1 of 1999 read with the Provincial Constitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:— PART I CHAPTER 1.—PRELIMINARY

• Section 1: Short title, extent, application and commencement
• Section 2: Definitions
• Section 3: Office of Mercantile Marine Department
• Section 4: Surveyors
• Section 5: Radio Inspectors
• Section 6: Shipping Offices
• Section 7: Conduct of business of shipping office at other office
• Section 8: Duties of the Shipping Master
• Section 9: Fees for engagement or discharge of seamen
• Section 10: Seamen’s Welfare Officers
• Section 11: Application
• Section 12: Restriction on acquisition of ship
• Section 13: Qualification for registration of Pakistani ships
• Section 14: Obligation to register ships
• Section 15: Exemption from registry
• Section 16: Registrars of Pakistani ships and ports of registry
• Section 17: Provisions for entries in register book.–– Every registrar of Pakistani ships shall keep a
• Section 18: Measurement of ships.––Every Pakistani ship shall before registry have her tonnage
• Section 19: Marking of ships.––Every Pakistani ship shall before registry be marked permanently
• Section 20: Entry of particulars in register book.––As soon as the requirements of this Ordinance,
• Section 21: Port of Registry.––The port at which a Pakistani ship is registered for the time
• Section 22: Certificate of Registry.––On completion of the registry of a Pakistani ship, the registrar
• Section 23: Custody and use of certificate
• Section 24: Penalty for use of improper certificate.––If the master or owner of a Pakistani ship
• Section 25: Power to grant duplicate certificate.––The registrar of the port of registry of a Pakistani
• Section 26: Provision for loss of certificate
• Section 27: Endorsement of change of master on certificate.––Where the master of a Pakistani ship
• Section 28: Endorsement of change of ownership
• Section 29: Provisional certificate for ships becoming Pakistani owned abroad.––If at a port
• Section 30: Temporary passes in lieu of certificates of registry.––Where it appears to the Federal
• Section 31: Transfer of ships or shares
• Section 32: Declaration of transfer.––Where a registered ship, or a share therein, is transferred the
• Section 33: Registry of transfer
• Section 34: Transmission of property in ship on death, bankruptcy, marriage, etc
• Section 35: Order for sale on transmission to unqualified person
• Section 36: Transfer of ship on sale by order of court.––Where any court, whether under the
• Section 37: Power of court to prohibit transfer.––Where the ship is registered in Pakistan the High
• Section 38: Mortgage of ship or share
• Section 39: Entry of discharge of mortgage.––Where a registered mortgage is discharged, the
• Section 40: Priority of mortgage.––If there are more mortgages than one registered in respect of
• Section 41: Mortgagees not treated as owner.––Except as far as may be necessary for making a
• Section 42: Mortgagee to have power of sale.––Every registered mortgagee shall have power if
• Section 43: Mortgage not affected by bankruptcy.––A registered mortgage of a ship or share shall
• Section 44: Transfer of mortgages.––A registered mortgage of a ship or share may be transferred to
• Section 45: Transmission of interest in mortgage by death, bankruptcy or marriage, etc
• Section 46: Powers of mortgage and sale.––A registered owner, if desirous by way of mortgage or
• Section 47: Requisites for certificates of mortgage and sale.––Before a certificate of mortgage or
• Section 48: Restrictions on certificates of mortgage and sale.––A Certificate of mortgage or sale
• Section 49: Power of the Federal Government in case of loss of certificate of mortgage or sale.––
• Section 50: Revocation of certificates of mortgage and sale
• Section 51: Registry of alterations, registry anew and transfer of registry
• Section 52: Provisional certificate and endorsement
• Section 53: Registry anew on change of ownership.––Where the ownership of any ship is changed
• Section 54: Restrictions on re-registration of abandoned ships.––Where a ship has ceased to be
• Section 55: Provision for cases of infancy or other incapacity.––Where by reason of infancy,
• Section 56: Equities not included by Ordinance.––The expression “beneficial interest”, where used
• Section 57: Liability of owners.––Where any person is beneficially interested otherwise than by
• Section 58: Ship’s managing owner or manger to be registered
• Section 59: Forgery of documents.––If any person forges, or fraudulently alters, or assists in
• Section 60: False declaration
• Section 61: National character of ship to be declared before clearance
• Section 62: Penalty for concealment of Pakistan character or assumption of foreign character
• Section 63: Penalty for acquiring ownership if unqualified.––If an unqualified person acquires as
• Section 64: Liabilities of ships not recognized as Pakistani ships.––where it is declared by this
• Section 65: National colours for ships
• Section 66: Penalty for unduly assuming Pakistani character
• Section 67: Pakistani ships to hoist proper national colours in certain cases
• Section 68: Saving for Pakistan Navy.––The provisions of this Ordinance with respect to colours
• Section 69: Recognition of tonnage measurement of ships of foreign country
• Section 70: Space occupied by deck cargo to be liable to dues
• Section 71: Surveyors and regulations for measurement of ships.––All duties in relation to the
• Section 72: Levy of tonnage rates under local laws on the registered tonnage.––Any persons
• Section 73: Close of registry. The owner of a registered ship may sell, dispose of or dismantle the
• Section 74: Powers to make rules in respect of matters in this Part
• Section 75: Application.––This Part applies only to such sea-going ships propelled by mechanical
• Section 76: International shipping operators
• Section 77: Government cargo.––The carriage of Government cargo between a foreign and
• Section 78: Requirements for participation in coastal shipping
• Section 79: Power to fix shipping rates
• Section 80: Duty to notify tariffs and other transport conditions.––A shipping operator in the
• Section 81: Duty to provide conference agreement.––The shipping operators in the coastal shipping
• Section 82: Power to disapprove conference agreement
• Section 83: Prohibition on compliance with disapproved agreement.––As soon as the Federal
• Section 84: Prohibition to contravene cargo sharing measures.–– No person shall transport cargo,
• Section 85: Representative Organizations.––For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Federal
• Section 86: Power to call for information
• Section 87: Power of Shipping Authority to enter ship.––Where, the Shipping Authority is of
• Section 88: Penalty.––If any person, on whom a notice has been served under section 86, fails to
• Section 89: Power to make rules
• Section 90: Application. This Part applies only to sea-going ship propelled by electricity or other
• Section 91: Ships to be provided with certificated officers
• Section 92: When officers or ratings deemed to be certificated
• Section 93: Grades of certificates of competency
• Section 94: Examinations for certificates.––The Federal Government, or a person duly authorized
• Section 95: Grant of certificates on passing examination.––The Federal Government or any person
• Section 96: Certificate of competency for Naval Officer.–– Subject to rules made under section 105
• Section 97: Form of certificates.––Every certificate of competency granted under this Ordinance
• Section 98: Record of orders affecting certificates.––A note of all orders made under this
• Section 99: Loss of certificate.––Whenever a master, mate, or engineer proves to the satisfaction of
• Section 100: Recognition of certificates of competency granted in other countries.––Where the
• Section 101: Restriction on employment of aliens.––Notwithstanding the provisions of section 100,
• Section 102: Production of certificates and other documents of qualifications.––Any person
• Section 103: Power to cancel or suspend certificates.––If it appears to the Federal Government that
• Section 104: Penalty.–– If any person––
• Section 105: Power to make rules as to grant of certificates of competency.––The Federal
• Section 106: Assistance for apprenticeship to sea service.––All Shipping Masters shall give to
• Section 107: Special provisions as to apprenticeship to sea service
• Section 108: Manner in which contract, etc. is to be recorded
• Section 109: Production of contracts to persons before voyage in ship
• Section 110: Employment of young persons.––No person under fifteen years of age shall be
• Section 111: Engagement of young persons as trimmer or stoker
• Section 112: Medical examination of young persons
• Section 113: Penalty for false representation by parent or guardian.––If any young person is
• Section 114: Penalty for contravention of sections 110, 111 and 112.––1f any young person is
• Section 115: Maintenance of list or register of young persons in a ship and penalty for failure
• Section 116: Power to make rules.––The Federal Government may, by notification in the official
• Section 117: Rules relating to engagement of seaman and maritime labour
• Section 118: Supply of seamen in contravention of this Ordinance prohibited
• Section 119: Manning agent
• Section 120: Seamen to be in possession of seamen's service book
• Section 121: Loss of seamen's service book.–– Whenever a seaman proves to the satisfaction of a
• Section 122: Cancellation of seamen's service book
• Section 123: Certificate of physical fitness
• Section 124: Rules relating to safe manning
• Section 125: Agreement with crew
• Section 126: Forms and contents of agreement
• Section 127: Engagement in Pakistan of seamen for foreign ships.–– If the master, owner or agent
• Section 128: Special provisions with regard to agreements with crew of Pakistani foreign-going
• Section 129: Renewal of running agreements in certain cases
• Section 130: Special provisions as to agreements with crew of home trade or coasting ships
• Section 131: Changes in crew to be reported
• Section 132: Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign going and home trade
• Section 133: Certificate as to agreement with crew of coasting ship
• Section 134: Copy of agreement with crew to be made accessible to the crew
• Section 135: Alteration in agreement with the crew.––Every erasure, interlineations or alteration in
• Section 136: List of crew to be furnished to Shipping Master
• Section 137: Power to prohibit engagement of specified Pakistani seamen.–– The Federal
• Section 138: Power to board ships and muster seamen
• Section 139: Forged seamen’s service book.–– If any person who
• Section 140: Discharge of seamen before Shipping Master
• Section 141: Entries to be made in seamen’s service book and return of certificates of
• Section 142: Discharge of a seaman abroad
• Section 143: Discharge of seamen and apprentices on change of ownership
• Section 144: Transmission of documents on transfer of seaman from one ship to another
• Section 145: Repatriation of seamen and apprentices on termination of service abroad
• Section 146: Leaving behind in Pakistan a seaman or apprentice shipped abroad
• Section 147: Leaving behind a seaman or apprentice by masters of Pakistani ships
• Section 148: Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind Pakistani ships
• Section 149: Master to deliver account of wages
• Section 150: Deduction from wages of seamen
• Section 151: Disrating of seamen
• Section 152: Deductions on account of provident fund, etc
• Section 153: Payment of wages before Shipping Master
• Section 154: Time of payment of wages
• Section 155: Settlement of wages
• Section 156: Decision of disputes by Shipping Master
• Section 157: Power of Shipping Master to require production of ship's papers
• Section 158: Rate of exchange for payment of seamen in Pakistan.––Where a seaman or
• Section 159: Right to wages and provisions.––A seaman's right to wages and provisions shall be
• Section 160: Wages not to depend on freight
• Section 161: Wages on termination of service by wreck, illness, etc
• Section 162: Wages not to accrue during refusal or imprisonment.–– A seaman or apprentice shall
• Section 163: Compensation to seamen.–– If a seaman having signed an agreement is discharged
• Section 164: Restriction on sale of and charges upon wages
• Section 165: Summary proceedings for wages.––A seaman or apprentice or a person duly
• Section 166: Restrictions on suits for wages.–– A proceeding for the recovery of wages shall not
• Section 167: Advances and allotments
• Section 168: Stipulations as to allotment notes
• Section 169: Payment of sums allotted
• Section 170: Master to take charge of the effects of deceased seaman
• Section 171: Disposal of property of seaman who dies during the voyage
• Section 172: Liability of master in respect of property of deceased seamen, etc
• Section 173: Property of deceased seamen left abroad but not on board ship.–– If any
• Section 174: Dealing with property of deceased seamen
• Section 175: Recovery of wages, etc., of seamen lost with their ship
• Section 176: Property of seamen dying in Pakistan.––If a seaman or apprentice dies in Pakistan
• Section 177: Payment over property of deceased seamen be Shipping Master.––Where any
• Section 178: Disposal of unclaimed property of deceased seamen
• Section 179: Application of Chapter to apprentices.–– This Chapter shall apply to apprentices as it
• Section 180: Power to make rules with respect to distressed seamen.––The Federal Government
• Section 181: Relief and maintenance of distressed seamen
• Section 182: Mode of providing for return of seamen to proper port
• Section 183: Receiving distressed seamen on ships
• Section 184: Pakistan Consular officer of Shipping Master to decide return port to or route by
• Section 185: Provisions as to taking distressed seamen on ships
• Section 186: What shall be evidence of distress.––In any proceeding under this Chapter, a
• Section 187: Ships to have sufficient provisions and water
• Section 188: Allowance for short or bad provisions
• Section 189: Pakistani foreign going ships to carry duly certificated cooks
• Section 190: Medicines to be provided and kept on board certain ships
• Section 191: Certain ships to carry medical officers
• Section 192: Weights and measures on board
• Section 193: Expenses of medical attendance in case of illness
• Section 194: Power to make rules 'with respect to crew accommodation
• Section 195: Inspection of crew accommodation when a ship is re-registered.––Whenever a ship
• Section 196: Bedding, towels, etc., to be provided
• Section 197: Inspection of provisions, water and medicines
• Section 198: Inspection by master of provisions, water and accommodation at sea.––The master
• Section 199: Definitions.–(1) In this Chapter unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
• Section 200: Master's power of arrest.––The master of any ship registered in Pakistan may cause
• Section 201: Maintenance of discipline.––The master shall have the power and authority to give
• Section 202: On change of master, documents to be handed over to successor
• Section 203: Misconduct endangering life or ship.––If a master, officer, seaman or apprentice
• Section 204: Desertion and absence without leave.––(1) No officer, apprentice or seaman
• Section 205: Power to suspend deserter's seamen's service book.––If it is shown to the satisfaction
• Section 206: Conveyance of deserter or imprisoned seaman or apprentice on board ship
• Section 207: Power of Court to order offender to be taken on board ship.––Where an
• Section 208: General offences against discipline.––If an officer, seaman or an apprentice commits
• Section 209: Report of desertion and absence without leave
• Section 210: Entries and certificates of desertion abroad
• Section 211: Facilities for proving desertion in proceeding for forfeiture of wages
• Section 212: Application of forfeiture
• Section 213: Decisions of questions for forfeiture and deductions in suits for wages.––Any
• Section 214: Payment of fines imposed under agreement to Shipping Master
• Section 215: Penalty for enticing to desert.––If a person by any means whatever persuades or
• Section 216: Penalty for harboring deserters.––If a person wilfully harbours or secrets any officer,
• Section 217: Penalties on stowaways and discipline of stowaways and seamen carried under
• Section 218: Unauthorised presence on board ship.––Where a ship registered in Pakistan or any
• Section 219: Procedure where officer, seaman or apprentice not shipped in Pakistan is
• Section 220: Power to send on board officer or seaman or apprentice not shipped in Pakistan
• Section 221: Deserters from foreign ships
• Section 222: Definitions
• Section 223: Particulars to be furnished in plaints, etc.–-If any person presenting any plaint,
• Section 224: Power of Collector to intervene in case of an unrepresented seaman.––If any
• Section 225: Notice to be given in case of unrepresented seaman
• Section 226: Postponement of proceedings
• Section 227: Power to set aside decrees and orders passed against serving seaman
• Section 228: Modifications of law of limitation where seaman is a party.––In computing the
• Section 229: Reference in matters of doubt to Shipping Master.––If any Court is in doubt
• Section 230: Provisions of this Chapter to apply to master and apprentices.––The provisions of
• Section 231: Power to make rules
• Section 232: Uniforms to be prescribed
• Section 233: Certificated officers may wear uniforms while employed.––A persons holding a
• Section 234: Uniforms when not to be worn.––A person entitled to wear the standard uniform shall
• Section 235: Persons not to be dressed partly in uniform.––A person entitled, to wear the standard
• Section 236: Penalties
• Section 237: Facilities for making complaints
• Section 238: Salvage reward invalid.––Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a salvage reward
• Section 239: Debts not recoverable till the conclusion of agreed services.––A debt incurred by
• Section 240: Inspection of seamen’s lodging houses.––A Shipping Master, Seamen’s Welfare
• Section 241: Prohibition again taking out property from ship
• Section 242: Seamen’s property not to be detained
• Section 243: Ship not to be boarded without permission before seamen leaves.––Where a ship
• Section 244: Power of Court to rescind contract between master, owner or agent and seaman or
• Section 245: Constitution and functions of Central Maritime Advisory Committee
• Section 246: Constitution of National Welfare Board for seamen
• Section 247: Application
• Section 248: No ship to carry passengers without a certificate of survey.––No ship shall take on
• Section 249: Powers of Federal Government to exempt certain ships.––The Federal
• Section 250: No port clearance until certificate of survey produced.––No officer of Customs shall
• Section 251: Power to detain ship not having certificate of survey.––If any ship for which a
• Section 252: Owner or Agent responsible for survey.––The owner or agent of every passenger ship
• Section 253: Powers of surveyors
• Section 254: Fees in respect of surveys.––Before a survey under this chapter is commenced, the
• Section 255: Powers of the Federal Government to direct those two or more surveyors be
• Section 256: Division of duties when two or more surveyors employed.––When a survey is made
• Section 257: Declaration of survey.––When a survey is completed, the surveyor making it shall
• Section 258: Sending of declaration by owner or master
• Section 259: Grant of certificate of survey by Federal Government
• Section 260: Powers of the Federal Government to order a second survey
• Section 261: Ships with certificates of survey or certificates of partial survey granted outside
• Section 262: Duration of certificate of survey.––A certificate of survey shall not be in force
• Section 263: Cancellation or suspension of certificate of survey by Federal Government.––Any
• Section 264: Alterations in ships subsequent to grant of certificate of survey and additional
• Section 265: Delivery of expired or cancelled certificate
• Section 266: Certificate of survey to be affixed in conspicuous part of ship
• Section 267: Ship not to carry passengers in contravention of the Ordinance
• Section 268: Offenses in connection with passenger ships
• Section 269: Power to exclude drunken passengers from passenger ships.––The master of any
• Section 270: Power to make rules
• Section 271: Special trade passenger ships to be mechanically propelled
• Section 272: Places appointed by Federal Government
• Section 273: Notice to be given on day of departure
• Section 274: Power to enter on and inspect ship
• Section 275: Special trade safety and space certificate
• Section 276: Ship not to sail without certificate A and B
• Section 277: Contents of certificate A
• Section 278: Contents of certificate B.–– The second of the certificates, referred to in sub-section (1)
• Section 279: Customs Collector or officer of Customs not to grant port-clearance certificate.––
• Section 280: Survey of ship.––After receiving the notice under section 273 the certifying
• Section 281: Discretion as to grant of certificate B
• Section 282: Copy of certificate to be exhibited.––The master or owner of a special trade passenger
• Section 283: Ship taking additional passengers at intermediate places.––If any special trade
• Section 284: Statements concerning passengers
• Section 285: Deaths on voyage
• Section 286: Special trade passenger ships to carry medical officers.––Every ship carrying special
• Section 287: Penalty for non-compliance with certain provisions.––If a master, owner or agent
• Section 288: Penalty for bringing passengers from any foreign port in excess of authorised
• Section 289: Penalty for failing to supply special trade passengers with prescribed provisions
• Section 290: Penalty for ship unlawfully departing or receiving passengers on board
• Section 291: Penalty for fraudulent alteration in ship after certificate obtained.––If the master of
• Section 292: Number of passengers on board not to exceed that allowed by or under this
• Section 293: Penalty for discharging special trade passengers at any port or place other than
• Section 294: Penalty for making voyage in contravention of contract.––If a special trade passenger
• Section 295: Forwarding of passengers by Pakistan Consular Officers.––(1) If any special trade
• Section 296: Recovery of expenses incurred in forwarding passengers
• Section 297: Information to be sent to ports of embarkation and dis-embarkation
• Section 298: Information sent under section 297, etc., to be admissible in evidence.––In any
• Section 299: Power to make rules as to special trade passenger ships
• Section 300: Application of certain provisions of Chapter 19 to pilgrim ships.––The provisions of
• Section 301: Pilgrim ships to be mechanically propelled
• Section 302: Accommodation, etc; for pilgrims
• Section 303: Disposal of pilgrims baggage.––The baggage of all pilgrims shall be disposed of on
• Section 304: Hospital accommodation.––There shall be a regularly appointed hospital on board
• Section 305: Statement concerning pilgrims to be delivered before ship departs.––The master of
• Section 306: Death on voyage.––The master of every pilgrim ship shall note in writing on the copy
• Section 307: Pilgrim ship taking additional pilgrims at intermediate place.––The master of a
• Section 308: Statement concerning pilgrims to be delivered before pilgrims disembark in
• Section 309: Penalty for not complying with requirements as to statements concerning pilgrims,
• Section 310: Certain pilgrim ships to carry medical officers and attendants
• Section 311: Medical officer’s diaries and reports.–– Every medical officer on a pilgrim ship shall
• Section 312: Bond where pilgrim ship proceeds on outward voyage
• Section 313: Medical inspection and permission required before embarkation of pilgrims
• Section 314: Medical inspections after embarkation in certain cases
• Section 315: Returan passage to be secured.–– No pilgrim shall be received on board any
• Section 316: Issue or production of tickets
• Section 317: Refund of deposits and passage–money
• Section 318: Unclaimed deposits and passage money to vest in Federal Government
• Section 319: Cost of return journey of pilgrims on ships other than those for which
• Section 320: Notice of proceeding of pilgrim ship on voyage
• Section 321: Compensation for delay in departing or proceeding on voyage
• Section 322: Substitution of ships.––Notwithstanding anything contained in section 320 or section
• Section 323: Sanitary taxes payable by the master.––The master of every pilgrim ship shall be
• Section 324: Power to exempt ship from provisions of Chapter 20
• Section 325: Appointment of officers.–– The Federal Government shall appoint such persons as it
• Section 326: Power to make rules
• Section 327: Countries to which the safety and Load Line Convention apply
• Section 328: Construction of passenger ships
• Section 329: Construction of cargo ships
• Section 330: Power to make Rules with respect to the construction and survey of cargo ships,
• Section 331: Power to make rules as to life saving and fire fighting appliances, etc
• Section 332: Inspection of life saving appliances, etc
• Section 333: Control of water-tight openings.–– The Federal Government may, by notification in
• Section 334: Stability information and damage control
• Section 335: Requirements of radio installation and radio equipment
• Section 336: Requirements as to radio direction finding apparatus
• Section 337: Radio log
• Section 338: Inspection, etc
• Section 339: Requirements as to navigational equipment
• Section 340: Application of chapter to foreign ships.–– The provisions of this chapter shall apply to
• Section 341: Power to make rules
• Section 342: Passenger ship safety certificate
• Section 343: Cargo ship safety equipment certificate
• Section 344: Cargo ship equipment certificate.––If the Federal Government is satisfied in respect of
• Section 345: Cargo ship safety radio certificates
• Section 346: Cargo ship safety construction certificate
• Section 347: Issuance of Exemption certificate or any other certificate
• Section 348: Duration of certificates
• Section 349: Modification of passenger ship safety certificate in respect of life saving
• Section 350: Recognition of certificates issued outside Pakistan.––A valid safety convention
• Section 351: Issue of certificates to foreign ships in Pakistan.––The Federal Government may,
• Section 352: Issue by foreign Governments of certificates to Pakistani ships
• Section 353: Prohibition on proceeding to sea without certificates
• Section 354: Delegation of powers to perform certain functions.––The Federal Government may,
• Section 355: Production of certificates by ships other than Pakistani ships
• Section 356: Application of sections to certificates.––The provisions of sections 263 to266 shall
• Section 357: Power of Federal Government to make rules
• Section 358: Ships exempt from provisions relating to load lines
• Section 359: Power to make rules as to load lines
• Section 360: Marking of deck line and load lines
• Section 361: Alterations after survey.––Where any survey, under this Part, of a ship for the purpose
• Section 362: Submersion of load line.––A Pakistani ship, not being exempt from the provisions of
• Section 363: Submersion of sub-division load lines in case of passenger ships.––Where a Pakistani
• Section 364: Penalty for submersion of load lines and sub-division load lines
• Section 365: Offences in relation to marks
• Section 366: Inspection of ships with respect to load lines
• Section 367: Issue, duration and extension of load line certificate
• Section 368: Issue, duration and cancellation of exemption certificates, etc
• Section 369: Ship not to proceed to sea without certificate
• Section 370: Publication of load line certificates and particulars relating to depth of
• Section 371: Insertion of particulars as to load lines in agreements with crew
• Section 372: Load lines certificates of ships other than Pakistani ships
• Section 373: Recognition of load line and exemption certificates issued outside Pakistan.––An
• Section 374: Inspection and control of foreign ships belonging to countries to which Load Line
• Section 375: Certificate of ship other than Pakistani ships to be produced to Customs.––The
• Section 376: Marking of deck line and load lines of ships other than Pakistani ships.––The
• Section 377: Submersion of load lines of ships other than Pakistani ships.––The provisions of
• Section 378: Inspection of ships belonging to non-convention countries.––The provisions of
• Section 379: Load line certificates and load line exemption certificates of ships other than
• Section 380: Certificates to be produced to Customs by ships, other than Pakistani ships,
• Section 381: Power to make rules in respect of timber cargo
• Section 382: Carriage of dangerous goods
• Section 383: Restrictions on carriage of dangerous goods
• Section 384: Penalty for misdescription of goods
• Section 385: Power to deal with goods suspected of being dangerous
• Section 386: Forfeiture of dangerous goods improperly sent or carried
• Section 387: Saving for other enactments relating to dangerous goods.––The provisions of this
• Section 388: Grain loading plan
• Section 389: Carriage of grain
• Section 390: Carriage of bulk cargoes other than grain, etc
• Section 391: Unseaworthy ship defined.––A ship is “Unseaworthy” within the meaning of this
• Section 392: Unseaworthy ships not to be sent to sea
• Section 393: Obligation of ship owner to crew with respect to seaworthiness
• Section 394: Power to detain unsafe ship and procedure for detention
• Section 395: Liability of Federal Government for costs and damages when ship wrongly
• Section 396: Liability of ship owner for costs when ship rightly detained.––If a ship is
• Section 397: Method of calculating costs of detention and survey.––For the purposes of this
• Section 398: Power to require from complainant security for costs.––When a complaint is made
• Section 399: Costs, etc., payable by Federal Government to be recovered from complainant.––
• Section 400: Application to ships other than Pakistani ships of provisions as to detention.––
• Section 401: Detention, etc., of foreign ships in cases to which section 400 does not apply.––
• Section 402: Exemption of ships from certain provisions of the Chapter.–––Nothing in this
• Section 403: Method of giving helm order
• Section 404: Duty to report dangers to navigation
• Section 405: Careful navigation near ice
• Section 406: Obligation to render assistance on receiving signal of distress
• Section 407: Power to make rules.––The Federal Government may, by notification in the official
• Section 408: Ships to carry certain navigational instruments, etc
• Section 409: Signalling lamps
• Section 410: Meteorological observations to be recorded, etc
• Section 411: Collision regulations
• Section 412: Observance of collision regulations
• Section 413: Inspection of lights and shapes, etc
• Section 414: Saving for rules of navigation in harbour, etc.––Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect
• Section 415: Duty of master to assist in case of collision
• Section 416: Collision to be entered in official-log
• Section 417: Report to Federal Government of accidents to ships
• Section 418: Notice of loss of Pakistani ship to be given
• Section 419: Division of loss in case of collision
• Section 420: Damages for personal injuries
• Section 421: Right of contribution
• Section 422: Power to make rules for maritime communication
• Section 423: Power to make regulations for search and rescue
• Section 424: Official logs to be kept and to be dated
• Section 425: Entries required to be made in official log-book.––The master of every Pakistani ship
• Section 426: Entries required to be made in official log-book of every other ship which carries
• Section 427: Offences in respect of official log
• Section 428: Delivery of official logs
• Section 429: Official logs to be sent to Shipping Master in the case of transfer or loss of
• Section 430: Power to call for official logs
• Section 431: Application of Chapter.––This Chapter applies to sea-going fishing vessels
• Section 432: Ascertainment of tonnage.–– For the purpose of this Chapter, the tonnage of fishing
• Section 433: Registration of fishing vessels
• Section 434: Effect of registration of fishing vessels
• Section 435: Particulars relating to fishing vessels to be painted
• Section 436: Change of name.––A change of name of a fishing vessel registered under section 433
• Section 437: Change of ownership
• Section 438: Mortgages of fishing vessels
• Section 439: Registration of alterations
• Section 440: Transfer of registry.––The registry of a fishing vessel may be transferred from one
• Section 441: Entries in register relating to vessel lost, etc; to stand closed
• Section 442: Certificate of inspection
• Section 443: Fishing vessel safety certificate and exemption certificate
• Section 444: Port clearance not to be given.––No officer of customs shall grant a port clearance to
• Section 445: Fraudulent use of certificate of registry, certificate of inspection or safety
• Section 446: Life saving appliances, etc.––Every fishing vessel shall be provided with such life
• Section 447: Skippers and engine drivers to be duly certificated
• Section 448: Statement relating to crew to be maintained
• Section 449: Power to make rules
• Section 450: Application of Chapter.––Save as otherwise provided, this Chapter applies to
• Section 451: Decision of question whether a vessel is a sailing vessel.––Any question as to
• Section 452: Certificate of registry
• Section 453: Change of name of sailing vessel.–– A change of name of a sailing vessel registered
• Section 454: Prevention of overloading or overcrowding
• Section 455: Certificate of inspection
• Section 456: Inquiry into jettisoning of cargo
• Section 457: Foreign sailing vessels not to engage in coasting trade without permission
• Section 458: Detention of overloaded foreign sailing vessels
• Section 459: Application to sailing vessels of certain provisions relating to ships and
• Section 460: Powers to make rules respecting sailing vessels
• Section 461: Application of Ordinance to nuclear ships
• Section 462: Nuclear passenger ship safety certificates and nuclear cargo ship safety
• Section 463: Prohibition of proceeding to sea without certificates
• Section 464: Safety assessment and operating manual
• Section 465: Foreign nuclear ships to give advance notice of arrival
• Section 466: Control on arrival of nuclear ship
• Section 467: Notice of accidents to nuclear ships
• Section 468: Application of certain section to or in relation to certain certificates under
• Section 469: Power to make rules
• Section 470: Shipping casualties and report thereof
• Section 471: Preliminary inquiry into shipping casualties
• Section 472: Application to Court for a formal inquiry
• Section 473: Power of Court to inquire into charges against masters, mates and engineers
• Section 474: Person accused to be heard.––For the purpose of an inquiry by a Court under this
• Section 475: Powers of Courts as to evidence and regulation of proceedings.––For the purpose of
• Section 476: Assessors
• Section 477: Power to arrest witnesses and enter ships, etc
• Section 478: Power to commit for trial and bind over making the witnesses.––Whenever, in the
• Section 479: Report by Court to Federal Government
• Section 480: Investigation into causes of explosion or fire on board ship, etc
• Section 481: Power of Federal Government to direct inquiry into charges of incompeteney or
• Section 482: Provisions of this Chapter to apply to certain other vessels
• Section 483: Convening of Maritime Boards outside Pakistan. Whenever, outside Pakistan
• Section 484: Constitution and procedure of Maritime Board
• Section 485: Decisions of Maritime Boards to be by majority.––Where there is a difference of
• Section 486: Powers of Maritime Boards
• Section 487: Penalty for obstructing proceedings before Maritime Boards.––If any person
• Section 488: Application of Chapter.––The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all Pakistani
• Section 489: Power of Federal Government to cancel, suspend, etc. Certificates of master, mate
• Section 490: Delivery of cancelled or suspended certificates
• Section 491: Effect of cancellation or suspension of certificate
• Section 492: Suspended certificates not to be endorsed.––If the certificate of a master, mate or
• Section 493: Power of Federal Government to cancel or suspend other certificates
• Section 494: Re-hearing
• Section 495: Power of Federal Government to revoke cancellation, etc
• Section 496: Appeal to Court of Survey
• Section 497: Constitution of Court of Survey
• Section 498: Powers and procedure of Court of Survey
• Section 499: Power to make rules
• Section 500: Reference in difficult cases to scientific persons
• Section 501: Receivers of wreck
• Section 502: Duty of receiver where vessel is in distress
• Section 503: Power of receiver in case of vessel in distress
• Section 504: Power to pass over adjoining lands and order removal of the wreck and
• Section 505: Power of receiver to suppress plunder and disorder by force
• Section 506: Procedure to be observed by persons finding wreck
• Section 507: Investigation of certain matters in respect of vessels wrecked
• Section 508: Penalty for taking wreck at time of casualty
• Section 509: Taking wreck to foreign port.––If any person takes into any foreign port any vessel,
• Section 510: Notice to be given by receiver.––The receiver shall, as soon as may be, after
• Section 511: Wrecks may in certain cases be sold
• Section 512: Proceeds how applied.––The proceeds of such sale as referred to in section 511, shall,
• Section 513: Removal of wreck by harbour or conservancy authority
• Section 514: Claims of owners to wrecks
• Section 515: Interfering with wrecked vessel or wreck
• Section 516: Search warrants where wreck is concealed.––Where a receiver suspects or receives
• Section 517: Right of Federal Government to unclaimed wreck.––The unclaimed wreck
• Section 518: Notice of unclaimed wreck to be given to persons entitled
• Section 519: Disposal of unclaimed wreck.––Where no owner establishes a claim to any wreck
• Section 520: Disputed title to unclaimed wreck
• Section 521: Delivery of unclaimed wreck by receivers not to prejudice title.–– Upon delivery of
• Section 522: Duty to report wreck
• Section 523: Liability for damage to waterways or related water areas structure.––The owner of
• Section 524: Liability for reasonable costs
• Section 525: Unseaworthy ships brought to Pakistani water without prior permission.––If any
• Section 526: Salvage payable for saving life, cargo or wreck
• Section 527: Savings. Nothing in this Part shall
• Section 528: Instructions to prevent harmful consequences
• Section 529: Measures to prevent harmful consequences
• Section 530: Proportionality of instructions and measures.––The Federal Government shall ensure
• Section 531: Consultation
• Section 532: Duty to co-operate.––The master and the owner of the ship and the persons rendering
• Section 533: Power to make rules respecting wreck and salvage
• Section 534: Scope
• Section 535: Persons entitled to limit liability
• Section 536: Claims subject to limitation
• Section 537: Claims excepted from limitation
• Section 538: Conduct barring limitation.––A person liable shall not be entitled to limit his liability
• Section 539: Counter-claims.––Where a person entitled to limitation of liability under this chapter
• Section 540: Applications of the limits.––The limits of liability determined in accordance with
• Section 541: General limits of liability
• Section 542: Limit for passenger claims
• Section 543: Unit of account
• Section 544: Aggregation of claims
• Section 545: Limitation of fund and consolidation of claims against owners
• Section 546: Release of ships, etc
• Section 547: Application to ships in course of completion or construction, etc.––The provisions of
• Section 548: Power to make rules.––The Federal Government may, by notification in the official
• Section 549: Seamen’s lien for wages, etc
• Section 550: Master’s lien
• Section 551: Priorities.––The seaman’s lien under section 549 shall have precedence over all other
• Section 552: Definitions.––In this Part unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
• Section 553: International pollution prevention certificates
• Section 554: Prevention of pollution by sewage and garbage from ships
• Section 555: Prohibition against oil pollution from ships
• Section 556: Prohibition against pollution due to discharge of noxious liquid substances from
• Section 557: Special Powers
• Section 558: Exceptions in cases of emergencies.––Nothing in sections 555 and 556 shall
• Section 559: Equipment in ships to prevent pollution
• Section 560: Oil record book
• Section 561: Cargo record book for chemical tankers.––Each chemical tanker to which this chapter
• Section 562: Inspection and control of ships with respect to prevention of pollution
• Section 563: Information regarding contravention of the provisions of the convention
• Section 564: Oil reception facilities at ports in Pakistan
• Section 565: Reception facilities for noxious liquid substances in Pakistan.––The Federal
• Section 566: Pollution from shipping casualties
• Section 567: Prohibition of dumping.––The dumping of wastes or other matter prescribed as such is
• Section 568: Permits for dumping
• Section 569: Prohibition of loading without permit
• Section 570: Exemption.––The provisions of sections 567 and 568 shall not apply when, for security
• Section 571: Issuance of special permit.––The Federal Government may issue a special permit for
• Section 572: Conditions to permits.––When issuing a permit under sections 568 and 569, the
• Section 573: Recognition of foreign permits.–– A permit for the dumping or wastes or other matter
• Section 574: Recovery and liability
• Section 575: Power to make rules
• Section 576: Certain persons to be deemed public servant.––The following persons shall be
• Section 577: Jurisdiction.––No Court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try any
• Section 578: Place of trial.––Any person committing any offence under this Ordinance or any rule
• Section 579: Enforcement of penalties in certain cases.––The penalties to which masters and
• Section 580: Special provision regarding punishment.––Notwithstanding anything contained in
• Section 581: Offences by companies
• Section 582: Depositions to be received in evidence when witnesses cannot be produced
• Section 583: Survey of ships alleged by seamen to be unseaworthy
• Section 584: Jurisdiction over ships laying off coasts.––Where any area within which any Court or
• Section 585: Jurisdiction in case of offences on board.––Where any person, being a citizen of
• Section 586: Power to detain foreign ship that has occasioned damage
• Section 587: Enforcing detention of ship
• Section 588: Levy of wages, etc. by distress of moveable property.––When an order under this
• Section 589: Levy of wages, fines etc. by sale of ship.––Where any Court or Magistrate or other
• Section 590: Notice to be given to consular representative of proceedings taken in respect of
• Section 591: Service of documents.––Where for the purposes of this Ordinance any document is to
• Section 592: Proof of attestation not required.––Where any document is required by this
• Section 593: Fines to compensate for damages.––A Magistrate or a Court imposing a fine under
• Section 594: Shipping Development Fund
• Section 595: Fees for establishing training institutions
• Section 596: Inquiry into cause of death on board Pakistani ship
• Section 597: Power to appoint examiners and to make rules as to qualifications of surveyors.––
• Section 598: No person to practise as surveyor unless qualified.––No person shall practise the
• Section 599: Penalty for practising as surveyor without certificate.––Any person practising the
• Section 600: Powers of person appointed or authorised to survey ships.––Any person appointed
• Section 601: Decision of consular officer to be final until ship returns to the final port of
• Section 602: Penalty for hindering or obstructing execution of duties, etc.––If any person hinders
• Section 603: General power to make rules or regulations and penalty for breach thereof
• Section 604: Power to appoint officers to try certain offences, etc
• Section 605: Power to exempt ships from the provisions of the Ordinance.––Notwithstanding
• Section 606: Power to constitute committees to advise on rules, regulations and scales of
• Section 607: Protection of persons acting under Ordinance.––No suit or other legal proceeding
• Section 608: Removal of difficulties.––If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of
• Section 609: Power to make rules with respect to maritime international conventions.–– The
• Section 610: Repeals and savings
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