In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(a) “Act” means the Inland Vessels Act, 1917;
(b) “Builder” means the person in overall control of design, construction, fitting and delivery of Vessels and includes a person who has engine for fitting on hull or shell, or who has constructed super structure on hull or shell, and also includes his representative;
(c) “Candidate” means a candidate desirous of obtaining a certificate of competency under the Inland Vessels Act, 1917;
(d) “Cargo” includes livestock;
(e) “Central Rules” means rules made by the Central Government under the Act or the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985;
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(f) “Certificate of Competency” means a certificate of competency granted under these rules to act as an engineer, master, or engine driver, serang on board of inland Mechanically Propelled Vessel;
(g) “Deputy Commissioner” includes the Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Collector and if specially authorized in this behalf by the Deputy Commissioner includes any other Additional Collector;
(h) “Dumb Barge” means a vessels under Act without mechanical propulsion or pressureoriented propulsion but towed by a vessel so powered;
(i) “Examiner” means an Examiner appointed as such by the State Government under section 20 of the Act. National Inland Navigation Institute, Patna shall be as deemed examiner from the date of coming in force of these rules.
(j) “Chief Examiner under section 21 of the Act, means State Transport Commissioner, Jharkhand or any other officer authorized by the State Government.
(k) “Form” means a form appended to these Rules;
(l) “National Waterway” means a waterway, or part thereof, notified as such by the Inland Waterways Authority of India;
(m) “Registering Authority” means an officer appointed as such under clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 19B of the Act who may be Joint Transport Commissioner or any officer authorized by the State Government;
(n) “Schedule” means a Schedule appended to these Rules;
(o) “Director Inland Water Transport” means the State Transport Commissioner or any other officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government;
(p) “Chief Surveyor” means the State Transport Commissioner, Jharkhand or any other officer authorized by State Government appointed under sub-section 4 of section 9 of the Act for issuing the survey certificate of the vessels;
(q) “Approved Consultant” means a naval architect or a marine engineer qualified to certify the safe construction of hull/machinery of the vessel for the purpose of survey and dully approved by the competent authority;
(r) “Approved Classification Society” means a classification society duly approved by Government or is a member/associate member of International Association of Classification Society (IACS);
(s) “Convoy” means a group of vessels, floating equipment or raft towed or pushed by a mechanically propelled vessel;
(t) “Dangerous Goods” shall have the meaning as provided in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958;
(u) "Mechanically Propelled Vessel" means every description of vessel propelled wholly or in part by electricity, steam or other mechanical power including dumb vessel towed by the mechanically propelled vessel and vessel propelled by outboard motor;
(v) “Surveyor” means any such person or member of agency such as-
(i) Indian Register of Shipping (IRS),
(ii) International Classification Society,
(iii)Institute of Marine Engineers or Company of Master Mariner of India, and 3
(iv) Surveyor appointed by Principal National Inland Navigation Institute, Patna and appointed as per rule 4(a) by chief surveyor at such place as he considers necessary for the purposes of these rules.
(w) “Inland Vessels” or "Inland Mechanically Propelled Vessel" means a mechanically propelled vessel as defined in the principal Act and further classified into Category-A, Category-B as per Rule 3;
(x) "Inland Water" means any canal, river, lake or other navigable water;
(y) "Passenger" includes any person carried in a mechanically propelled vessel other than the master, crew, the owner, his family and servants;
(z) "State" means state of Jharkhand and “Government” means the Government of Jharkhand.
CHAPTER: 2.0 SURVEY OF INLAND VESSELS