1. Short title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025.
(2)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Amendment notes (1)
- 115th day of March, 2026, vide notifn. No. S.O. 1244(E), dated 10th day of March, 2026, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).