Section 1. 1st April, 2018, vide notification No. S.O. 767(E), dated 22nd February, 2018, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii)

1. 1st April, 2018, vide notification No. S.O. 767(E), dated 22nd February, 2018, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). Explanation. —A vessel shall not be deemed to be a vessel for the purposes of this clause, when it is broken up to such an extent that it cannot be put into use for navigation, as certified by a surveyor. (2) The words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.