(i) This Ordinance may be called the Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Ordinance, 1973.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "appointed day" means the date of promulgation of this Ordinance;
(b) "company" means the Chowgule Steamships Limited, being a company as denned in the Companies Act, 1956, and having its registered office in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu;
(c) "Government company'1 has the meaning assigned to it by section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956;
(d) "Konkan coast" means that part of the western coast of India which is commonly known as the "Konkan coast";
(e) "Konkan passenger ships" means the passenger ships, known as "Konkan Sevak" and "Sarita" and owned by the company;
(f) ^'prescribed" moans prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance;
(g) words and expressions used in this Ordinance and not defined but denned in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, have the mean- .ings respectively assigned to them in that Act.
CHAPTER II ACQUISITION OF THE KONKAN PASSENGER SHIPS
3. On the appointad day, the ownership of the Konkan passenger ships shall, by virtue of this Ordinance, stand transferred to, and vest In, the Central Government free from all incumbrances.
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