Section 1: Short title, extent, application and commencement

1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.—(1) This Ordinance may be called the Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001. (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. (3) Save as otherwise expressly provided, this Ordinance shall apply to— (a) all Pakistani ships wherever they may be; (b) all ships deemed to be registered under this Ordinance wherever they may be; and (c) all other ships while in a port or place in, or within the territorial waters or within the exclusive economic zone specified in section 6 of the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (LXXXII of 1976) : Provided that the provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to— (i) any ship, commissioned for service, in the Pakistan Navy or, while employed otherwise than for commercial use in the service of Government, any other ship belonging to Government; or (ii) any ship belonging to any foreign State while employed otherwise than for commercial use in the service of such State. (4) It shall come into force at once.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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