Merchant Shipping Act : Prohibition against solicitation by lodging house keepers. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Prohibition against solicitation by lodging house keepers.

188. Prohibition against solicitation by lodging house keepers. No person shall, while a ship is at any port or place in India-- (a) solicit a seaman or apprentice to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire; or (b) take out of the ship any property of the seaman or apprentice except under the direction of the seaman or apprentice and with the permission of the master.