Where the Central Government is satisfied that by the law or practice of any country outside India, inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessels] having a certificate of registration in force under this Act—
(a) obtain by reason of such registration any special exemption in that country while plying in the inland waters thereof, or
(b) arc required as a condition of plying in the inland waters of that country to comply with any special requirement, whether by way of registration anew or payment of a f ee or otherwise, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of reciprocity, direct that the same exemption or requirement, or an exemption or a requirement as similar thereto as may be, be granted to, or imposed upon, inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessels] registered in that country while plying in the inland waters of the territories to which this Act extends.
2 [19QA. Mortgage of mechanically propelled vessel or share.—The provisions of sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), shall mutatis mutandis apply, in relation to the mortgage of a mechanically propelled vessel as they apply in relation to ships, subject to the following modifications, namely: —
(a) in sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53, references to “ship”, “registrar” and “register book”, wherever they occur, shall, respectively, be construed as references to “mechanically propelled vessel”, “registering authority” and “book of registration”;
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for “steam-vessel” (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Ins. by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
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(b) in section 47, in sub-section (1), for the words “the registrar of the ship‟s port of registry shall record it in the register book”, the words “the registering authority shall record it in the book of registration” shall be substituted.]