(1)The master, owner or agent of [a special trade passenger ship] departing or proceeding from any port or place in India appointed in this behalf by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 237 shall issue at such port or place in the prescribed manner an advertisement containing the particulars required to be stated in the notice under sub-section (1) of section 238; and such advertisement shall be issued before such reasonable and sufficient interval as may be prescribed before the date of sailing of any such ship from such port or place.