PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA DT. 18.3.1978]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING & TRANSPORT
(TRANSPORT WING) 

                                                                   NEW DELHI : THE 1^ST March , 1978 

N O T I F I C A T I O N
(MERCHANT SHIPPING)

G.S.R. 382 :-  Whereas a  draft of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention Certificates) Amendment Rules, 1977 was published  as required by sub-section (1) of section 344 of the  Merchant Shipping Act, 1958  (44 of 1958), in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), dated the 10^th September, 1977, under the notification of the Government  of India No. GSR 1183, dated the 24^th August, 1977, inviting  objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby till the 26^th October, 1977; 

            And whereas the said Gazette was made available to the public on the 12^th September, 1977;           

            And whereas  no objection or suggestions have been  received; 

            Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 344 of  the Merchant  Shipping Act, 1958 ( 44 of 1958),  the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-           

1.         (1)   These rules may be called the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention Certificates ) Amendment  Rules, 1978. 

            (2)  They shall come into force on the date of their  publication in the Official Gazette. 

2.         In the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention Certificate Rules, 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), for rule 5, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :- 

  “5. Forms of certificates :- (1) Nuclear passenger ship safety certificate, nuclear cargo ship safety certificate  passenger ship safety certificate,  special trade passenger ship safety certificate,  special trade passenger ship space certificate,  cargo ship safety  construction certificate, cargo ship safety equipment certificate, cargo ship safety  radiotelegraph certificate, cargo ship safety radiotelephony certificate and exemption certificates  shall be granted induplicate in the appropriate from set out in the Second Schedule. “ 

(2) Qualified  passenger ship safety  certificate, qualified cargo ship safety construction certificate, and qualified cargo ship safety equipment certificate shall be in one of the appropriate  forms referred to in sub-rule (1) with such modifications as may be necessary  to show in what respects  the ship, in respect of which the certificate is issued complies  with the  requirements  of the International Convention for the Safety of  life at Sea, signed in London on the 17^th day of June, 1960. 

3.         In the said rules, in the First Schedule, after  item I and the entry relating thereto, the following  items and the corresponding  entries shall be inserted, namely :-  

            “IA For a special  trade passenger ship safety certificate    …………………………. Rs. 120.00.” 

            “IB.  For a special trade passenger  ship space       certificate………………………. Rs. 120.00” 

4.         In the  said rules, in the Second Schedule, for  the form relating to “Passenger Ship Safety Certificate for     an      International  Voyage in the course of which                            
                     a short

unberthed passengers  are carried “, the following forms shall be substituted, namely :-           

“SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE” 

For      an       international voyage in special trades
          a short 

            Issued under  the provisions of the

            SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIPS AGREEMENT, 1971

            Under the authority of the Govt. of India

By the Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Deptt.,

             I,  the undersigned, certify :- 

I.          That the above-mentioned  ship has been duly surveyed  in accordance with the provisions of the Rules  annexed to the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971, applicable to a voyage within the Special Trade areas. 

II.         That the survey showed that the ship, when carrying special trade passengers and having on board a total number (Crew and passengers) not exceeding ……… persons, complied with the requirements of the said Rules as regards:- 

(1)     the watertight  subdivision arrangements and details;

(2)     the following subdivision loadlines :  

(3) The life-saving  appliances provided  for a total number of ……… persons and no more, viz : 

…………….         Lifeboats (including ……… motor lifeboats or mechanically

                          propelled lifeboats) capable of accommodating……. Persons, 

and ……motor  lifeboats fitted with radio telegraph  installation and searchlight  (included  in the total lifeboats shown above) requiring ………………………….. certificated lifeboatmen: 

………………. Liferafts for which approved  launching  devices are not

                     required, capable of accommodating……………….. persons,

                     and 

…………….. Liferafts for which approved launching  devices are not

                       required, capable of accommodating……………. Persons; 

……………….. buoyant apparatus capable of supporting  ………. Persons; 

……………….. lifebuoys ; 

……………….. lifejackets; 

(4)        the lifeboats and liferaft were equipped in accordance with the provisions of the Rules; 

(5)      the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and portable radio apparatus for survival craft in accordance with the provisions of the Rules. 

III.      That in all other  respects the  ship complied with  the requirements of the Rules annexed to the said agreement  so far as these requirements apply thereto. 

            This Certificate is issued  under the authority of the Government of India.  It will remaining force until ……………………… issued at ……………… the day of …………………. 19………………….. 

            The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said Government to issue  this Certificate. 

(SIGNATURE)
Principal Officer
Mercantile Marine Department . 

NOTE :-       It will  be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was laid, or in which the ship was at a similar stage of construction, except  for the year of the coming into force of the  Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971, in which case the actual date should be given. 

In the case of a ship which is converted as provided in Rule 2 (14) of the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971, the date on which the work of conversion was begun should be given. 

SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGER SHIP SPACE CERTIFICATE 

Issued  under the  provisions of the Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973, under the authority of the Government of India 

By the principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department . 

            NOTE:-      It will be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was laid, or in which the ship was at a similar stage of construction except for the year of the coming into force of the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement  1971 in which case the actual date should be given.  In the case  of a ship which is  converted as provided in Rule 2 (14) of the  Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 the date on which the work of conversion was begun should be given.

SPACE  AVAILABEL FOR ACCOMMODATION OF SPECIAL TRADE PASSENGERS 

            This is to certify that the ship has been surveyed  and the spaces  shown above have been found  to comply with the relevant requirements of the Special Trade Passenger Ships (Space Requirements) Rules, 1973, and to-be adequate  for the accommodation of the numbers of special trade passengers indicated. 

            This certificate is valid  until ……………………… 19……………………. 

            Issued at …………………………………………………………………………
                   (please of issue of certificate ) 

…………..19…………….                                                   …………………………

(Date of issue)                                                                                   (Signature)
Principal Officer
Mercantile Marine Department , 

             If signed, the following paragraph is to be added: 

            The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said Government to issue this certificate.              

            ………………………..

            (Signature)
Principal Officer
Mercantile Marine Department

[ F.No.5-MS R (6)/77-MA] 

Sd/-
( Smt. B. Nirmal)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India