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x x x x] Part XIV Repealed as per Act 20 of 2025 dt. 09/08/2025 (Coastal Shipping Act, 2025). Prior to the deletion it read as: "PART XIV Control of Indian Ships and Ships Engaged in Coasting Trade 405. Application of Part.-- This Part applies only to sea-going ships fitted with mechanical means of propulsion of not less than one hundred and fifty tons gross, but the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix any lower tonnage for the purposes of this Part. 406. Indian ships and chartered ships to be licensed.-- (1) No Indian ship and no other ship chartered by a citizen of India or a company [or a co-operative society] shall be taken to sea from a port or place within or outside India except under a licence granted by the Director General under this section: Provided that the Central Government, if it is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any class of ships chartered by a citizen of India or a company [or a co-operative society] from the provisions of this sub-section. (2) A licence granted under this section may be-- (a) a general licence; (b) a licence for the whole or any part of the coasting trade of India; or (c) a licence for a specified period or voyage. (3) A licence granted under this section shall be in such form and shall be valid for such period as may be prescribed, and shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Director General. 407. Licensing of ships for coasting trade.-- (1) No ship other than an Indian ship or a ship chartered by a citizen of India [or a company or a co-operative, society which satisfies the requirements specified in clause (b) or, as the case may be, clause (c) of Section 21] shall engage in the coasting trade of India except under a licence granted by the Director General under this section. (2) A licence granted under this section may be for a specified period or voyage and shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Director General. (3) The Central Government may, by general or special order, direct that the provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply in respect of any part of the coasting trade of India or shall apply subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the order. 408. Revocation or modification of licence.-- (1) The Director General may, at any time if the circumstances of the case so require, revoke or modify a licence granted under Section 406 or Section 407. (2) No licence shall be revoked or modified under this section unless the person concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of making a representation against such revocation or modification, as the case may be. 409. Licences to be surrendered when they cease to be valid.-- When a licence under Section 406 or Section 407 ceases to be valid, the person to whom it was granted shall, without unreasonable delay, return it or cause it to be returned to the Director General. 410. No port clearance until licence is produced.-- No customs collector shall grant a port clearance to a ship in respect of which a licence is required under this Part until after production by the owner, master or agent of such a licence. 411. Power to give directions.-- The Director General may, if he is satisfied that in the public interest or in the interests of Indian shipping it is necessary so to do, give, by order in writing, such directions as he thinks fit-- (a) in the case of a ship which has been granted a licence under Section 406, with respect to all or any of the following matters:-- (i) the ports or places, whether in or outside India, to which, and the routes by which, the ship shall proceed for any particular purpose; (ii) the diversion of any ship from one route to another for any particular purpose; (iii) the classes of passengers or cargo which may be carried in the ship; (iv) the order of priority in which passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off the ship at any port or place, whether in or outside India; (b) in the case of a ship which has been granted a licence under Section 407 with respect to the order of priority in which passengers or cargo may be taken on the ship at any port or place in India from which she is about to proceed for any port or place on the continent of India at which she is to call in the course of her voyage."