THE INLAND VESSELS ACT, 2021
An Act to promote economical and safe transportation and trade through inland waters, to bring
uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the
country, to provide for safety of navigation, protection of life and cargo, and prevention of
pollution that may be caused by the use or navigation of inland vessels, to ensure
transparency and accountability of administration of inland water transportation, to
strengthen procedures governing the inland vessels, their construction, survey, registration,
manning, navigation and such other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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