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Grant of masters’, serangs’, engineers’ and engine-drivers’ certificates of service.—(1) The State Government may, 2[if it thinks fit], grant without examination to any person who has served as a master, or as an engineer, of 3[a vessel of the Coast Guard, Indian Navy or regular Army for a period as may be prescribed by the State Government in this behalf], a certificate (hereinafter called a certificate of service) to the effect that he is, by reason of his having so served, competent to act as a first-class master, second-class master or serang, or as an engineer, first-class engine-driver or second-class engine-driver, as the case may be, on board an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel]. 4[Explanation—For the purposes of this section, (a) the expression “Coast Guard” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (d) of section 2 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (30 of 1978); (b) the expression “Indian Navy” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (10) of section 3 of the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957); (c) the expression “regular Army” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (xxi) of section 3 of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950);] (2) A certificate of service so granted shall have the same effect as a certificate of competency granted under this Act after examination. 5[22A. Licences.—(1) The State Government may also, 2[if it thinks fit], grant— (a) to a person who is in possession of a second-class master‟s certificate granted under section 21 or section 22, and has, by virtue of such certificate, acted as master of an inland 4[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of forty or more nominal horse-power for a period of not less than five years, or (b) to a person who is in possession of a first-class engine-driver‟s certificate granted under section 21 or section 22, or an engine-driver‟s 6[certificate granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958)] and has, by virtue of such certificate, served as an engine-driver of an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of not less than seventy nominal horse-power for five years, for not less than two and a half years of which period he has been the engine-driver of such vessel within the meaning of section 26,