Section 1: Short title, application and commencement.
The Coastal Shipping Act, 2025Central Act · Act 20 of 2025
(1) This Act may be called the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025.
(2) Save as otherwise provided; the provisions of this Act shall apply to---
(a) every vessel, other than an Indian vessel, engaged in coasting trade, irrespective of the place of residence or domicile of the owner;
(b) every chartered vessel referred to in Chapter IV; and
(c) coastal waters of India.
(3) It shall come into force on 1such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
other. 15th day of March, 2026, vide notifn. No. S.O. 1243 (E), dated 10th day of March, 2026, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
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