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There shall be no discrimination between seamen,-- (a) on the ground of their membership or lack of membership in any particular union purporting to represent the interests of seamen and membership in such union shall not be pre-requisite condition; (b) on the basis of training institute from where they obtained training or place of issue of their continuous discharge certificates, for their recruitment and engagement on board any ship.] Inserted by Act 63 of 2002, Section 6 (w.e.f. 01/02/2003).