Section 48(3) in The Naval Ceremonial, Conditions Of Service And Miscellaneous Regulations, 1964
(3)The Flag or other officer in chief command of the arriving ship or ships shall pay the first visit to the Senior Officers of the Army and Air Forces in the vicinity of the port if he be equal in rank., and the visit shall be returned within twenty-four hours of being paid. When the officers are not of equivalent rank the inferior shall pay the first visit, the same limit of time being observed as to the visit and its return. The procedure for returning visits between Naval, Army and Air Force officers will be similar to that laid down in clause (e) of sub-regulation (5) of Regulation 51.
