Section 1 in The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Indian Ships) Rules, 1960
1. Short title, Commencement and application.
(1)These rules may be called the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Indian Ships) Rules, 1960, as amended in 1966 and 1970.(2)They shall come into force on the 1st January, 1961.(3)[ They shall apply to every sea-going Indian ship which is fitted with mechanical means of propulsion,";] [Inserted by G.S.R. 155, dated 20th February, 1997]
