In force · As amended up to 2026-08
57. Regulations for registry of alterations .―(1) For the purpose of registry of an alteration in a ship the ship's certificate of registry shall be produced to the registrar, and the registrar shall, in his discretion, either retain the certificate of registry and grant a new certificate of registry containing a description of the ship as altered or endorse and sign on the existing certificate a memorandum of the alteration.
(2) The particulars of the alteration so made, and the fact of the new certificate having been granted, or endorsement having been made, shall be entered by the registrar of the ship's port of registry in his register book; and for that purpose the registrar to whom the application for the registry of the alteration has been made (if he is not the registrar of the ship's port of registry) shall forthwith report to the last mentioned registrar the particulars and facts as aforesaid, accompanied, where a new certificate of registry has been granted, by the old certificate of registry.
1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1960, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "sub-section" (w.e.f. 26-12-1960).
57. If a seaman or apprentice ― 191(1) 1[He shall be liable to forfeit (a) all or any part of the
(a) deserts his ship; property he leaves on board and of the wages he has then earned and also if the desertion takes place at any place not in India, to forfeit all or any part of the wages which he may earn in any other ship in which he may be employed until his next return to India, and to satisfy any excess of wages paid by the master or owner of the ship from which he deserts to any substitute engaged in his place at a higher rate of wages than the rate stipulated to be paid to him.]
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for certain words. (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
||(b) contravenes clause (b) of|<br>191 (1) (b)|<br>1[he<br>shall,<br>if<br>the|
|---|---|---|---|
||sub-section (l) of section 191.||contravention does not|
||||amount to desertion, be|
||||liable to forfeit out of|
||||his wages a sum not|
||||exceeding two days'|
||||pay and in addition for|
||||every twenty-four hours|
||||of absence either a sum|
||||not exceeding six days'|
||||pay or any expense|
||||properly<br>incurred<br>in|
||||hiring a substitute.]|
|58.|If any person contravenes|<br>193 (3)|Fine which may extend|
||sub-section (3) of section 193.||to two hundred rupees.|
|59.|If a seaman or apprentice is|<br>194||
||guilty of the offence specified<br>in―||Forfeiture out of his<br>wages of a sum not|
||(i) clause (a) of section 194;||exceeding one month's|
||||pay.|
||(ii) clause (b) of section 194;||forfeiture out of his<br>wages of a sum not|
||||exceeding two days'|
||(iii) clause (c) of section 194;||pay;|
||||imprisonment<br>which|
||||may<br>extend<br>to<br>one|
||||month and also for|
||||every twenty-four hours|
||||of continuance of such|
||||disobedience or neglect,|
||||forfeiture out of his|
||||wages of a sum not|
||||exceeding six days' pay|
||||or any expenses which|
||||may have been properly|
||||incurred in hiring a|
||||substitute;|
||2[(iv) clause (d) of section 194|194(d)|imprisonment<br>which|
||||may extend to three|
||||months, or fine which|
||||may extend to five|
||||hundred rupees, or both;|
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for certain words (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
2. Subs. by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
||(iva) clause (e) of section 194|194(e)|imprisonment<br>which|
|---|---|---|---|
||||may extend to one|
||||month, and also for|
||||every twenty-four hours|
||||of such disobedience or|
||||neglect, forfeiture out|
||||of his wages of a sum|
||||not exceeding six days'|
||||pay or any expenses,|
||||which may have been|
||||properly<br>incurred<br>in|
||(v) clause (f) of section 194.|hiring a substitute.]<br>forfeiture out of his<br>wages of a sum equal to<br>the loss sustained and<br>also<br>imprisonment<br>which may extend to<br>three months.||
|60.|If any master fails to comply with|197|1[Penalty<br>which<br>may|
||section 197.||extend<br>to<br>one<br>lakh|
||||rupees]|
|61.|If a seaman on or before being engaged<br>wilfully and fraudulently makes a false|General|Fine which may extend<br>to fifty rupees.|
||statement of the name of his last ship or|||
||alleged last ship or wilfully and|||
||fraudulently makes a false statement of|||
||his own name|||
|62.|If a master or owner neglects or refuses<br>to pay over the fine under sub-section (1)|<br>202|Fine which may extend<br>to six times the amount|
||of section 202.||of the fine retained by|
||||him.|
|63.|If any person contravenes section 203.|203|Fine which may extend<br>to one hundred rupees.|
|64.|If any person contravenes section 204.|204|Fine which may extend<br>to one hundred rupees.|
|65.|If any person goes to sea in a ship<br>|205 (1)|2[Penalty which may|
||contrary to sub-section (1) of||extend to two lakh|
||section 205.||rupees.]|
|66.|(a) If any person willfully disobeys<br>|206 (a)|3[Penalty which may|
||the prohibition obtained in||extend to two lakh|
||clause (a) of section 206;||rupees.]|
||(b)If any master or owner refuses<br>|206 (b)|Fine which may extend|
||or neglects to deposit any wages,<br>money, or other property or sum in<br>the manner required by clause (b) of<br>section 206.||to five hundred rupees.|
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule for certain words (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
2. Subs. by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid. , for certain words (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
3. Subs. by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid. , for certain words (w.e.f. 10-9-2024).
Source: India Code