00893nam a2200157Ia 4500008005100000020001800051082001800069110002400087245003600111260003800147300001700185520042800202650005000630650002200680650003300702200103s      2005    ||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9798175980388  a343.0965bSBH  aSterling Book House 4aThe Merchant Shipping Act, 1958  bSterling Book Housec2005aMumbai  axxxvi, 227p.  aEstablishes a National Shipping Board and a Shipping Development Fund, provides for registration of Indian ships, certification of officers, apprenticeships, employment offices, employment of young persons, rights relating to wages, relief of distressed seamen, safety considerations, and other related matters. Repeals the Merchant Shipping Laws (Extension To the Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 (No. 18 of 1949).  aInternational oil pollution compensation fund  aWreck and salvage  aInvestigations and inquiries