Legal glossary
“ship”
Defined in 4 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Indian Naval Armament Act, 1923 · s. 2
(b) "ship" means any boat, vessel, battery or craft, whether wholly or partly constructed, which is intended to float or is capable of floating, on water, and includes all equipment belonging to any ship; 6[(bb) "States" denotes all the territories 7[to which this Act extends]; and 8 [(c) "the Treaty" means the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament and for the Exchange of Information concerning Naval Construction signed in London on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-fifth day of March, 1936.]
Read section 2The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 356B
(n) "ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and fixed or floating platforms.
Read section 356BThe Recycling of Ships Act, 2019 · s. 2
(k) "ship" means a vessel and floating structure of any type whatsoever operating or having operated in the marine environment and includes submersibles, floating craft, floating platforms, selfelevating platforms, the floating storage units, and the like;
Read section 2
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