Central Act
Section 27. Certificates to .be held by master and engineer of vessel of less than forty horse-power.
This Act was repealed on 7 June 2022 by the Inland Vessels Act, 2021 (24 of 2021), s.114; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
27. Certificates to .be held by master and engineer of vessel of less than forty horse-power.—An inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of less than 2[forty] nominal horse-power shall not proceed on any voyage unless she has— (a) as her master a person possessing a scrang’s certificate granted under this Act, or any certificate referred to in clause (a) of section 26, and (b) as her engineer a person possessing a second-class engine-driver’s certificate granted under this Act, or any certificate referred to in clause (b) of section 26: Provided that a 1[mechanically propelled vessel] shall be deemed to have complied with this section if she has as her master and engineer a person possessing both a certificate referred to in clause (a), and a certificate referred to in clause (b), of this section.