THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 · Safety certificates, safety equipment certificates, safety radio certificates, exemption certificates, etc.
Section 301 — Cargo ship safety radio certificate and qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate etc
The owner or master of any Indian cargo ship, which is required by the provisions of section 291 to be provided with a radio installation shall, if the Central Government or any person authorised by it in this behalf is satisfied that the ship complies with all the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder relating to radio installation applicable to such ship, receive―
(a)in the case of a ship of three hundred tons gross or more, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a cargo ship safety radio certificate;
(b)in the case of a ship of three hundred tons gross or more but less than three thousand tons gross performing voyages only between ports or places in India, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a qualified cargo ship safety radio certificate; and
(c)in other cases, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a cargo ship radio certificate.]