REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 50] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963/AGRAHAYANA 1, 1885
LOK SABHA
The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on the 22nd November, 1963:—
BILL NO. 41 OF 1963
A Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amend- ment) Act, 1963.
Short title
and com-
mencement
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Govern- 5
ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In section 456 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958— (i) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be insert-
Amendment
of section
456.
ed, namely: —
10 "(2) The Central Government shall lay before both Houses of Parliament annually a special report stating the cases in which they have exercised their powers under sub-section (1) during the preceding year, and the grounds upon which they have acted in each case."
15 (ii) Sub-section (2) shall be re-numbered as sub-section (3).
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756 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IISTATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Under the present provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, unchecked powers of discretion are given to the authorities appointed by Government to exercise the powers of exemption under section 456. The result is that many ships are unjustifiably exempted from compliance with one or other specified requirement contained In or prescribed in pursuance of the Act, particularly with reference to safety measures and working and living conditions of seamen.
The Bill seeks to ensure that Parliament will be kept Informed of the exemptions granted and the grounds for each such exemption. This would bring the Act in line with the Merchant Shipping Act3 in force iri*the United Kingdom also.
NEW DELHI;
INDRAJIT GUPTA-
The nth August, 1963,
SKC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 757BILL NO. 42 OF 1963
A Bill further to amend the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Rent Control (Amend-
ment) Act, 1963.
Short title and com- mencervu nt.
5 (2) It shall come into force at once.
Amendment of section 1^, .• pf 1958.
2. In clause (b) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, for the figures, letters and words "&th day of June, 1952", the figures, letye^s and^ worcjs "9th day oj June, 1902" shall be substituted.
758 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 2]STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The object of the Bill is to help and safeguard the interests of the tenants from being ejected.
Hence this Bill.
NEW DELHI;
The 12th September, 1963. NIHAR RANJAN LASKAR.
M. N. KAUL,
Secretary.
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