Central Act
Section 59. Penalty for serving, or engaging a person to serve, as master or engineer, without certificate.
This Act was repealed on 7 June 2022 by the Inland Vessels Act, 2021 (24 of 2021), s.114; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
59. Penalty for serving, or engaging a person to serve, as master or engineer, without certificate.—If any person— (a) proceeds on any voyage in an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] as the master or engineer of such vessel without being at the time entitled to, and possessed of, a master’s or serang’s or an engineer’s or engine-driver’s certificate 5[or a master’s or engine-driver’s licence] as the case may be, as required under this Act, or (b) employs as the master or engineer of an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] any person without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to, and possessed of, such certificate 2[or licence], he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.