TY - BOOK ED - Akalank Kumar Jain TI - The merchant shipping act, 1958 SN - 817639016X U1 - 343.0965 PY - 1998/// CY - Delhi PB - Akalank Publications KW - Certificates of officers KW - Fishing boats KW - penalties and procedure N2 - Establishes 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) ER -