The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section 175. Application of this Chapter.
This Chapter shall apply to,---
(a) pollution damage caused by,---
(i) Indian vessel within the jurisdiction of any contracting party to the Civil Liability Convention; and
(ii) Indian vessel and any ship while it is at a port or place in India including the coastal waters, extending not more than two hundred nautical miles from the baseline;
(b) preventive measures, wherever taken, to prevent or minimise such pollution damage.
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