Section 6: Shipping Offices — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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6. Shipping Offices.—(1) The Federal Government shall maintain a shipping office at every port in Pakistan where there was a shipping office immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance and may establish and maintain such office at any other port as it may deem necessary. (2) For every shipping office, the Federal Government shall appoint a Shipping Master and may appoint such Deputy Shipping Masters as it may consider necessary possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed. (3) A Shipping Master and a Deputy Shipping Master shall, in the performance of their functions, be subject to the general supervision and control of the Federal Government or of such other authority as the Federal Government may, by general or special order, direct. (4) All acts done by or before a Deputy Shipping Master shall have the same effect, as if done by or before a Shipping Master.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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Section 5: Radio Inspectors Section 7: Conduct of business of shipping office at other office Section 4: Surveyors Section 8: Duties of the Shipping Master Section 3: Office of Mercantile Marine Department Section 9: Fees for engagement or discharge of seamen

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