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title: "Merchant Shipping Act 1964"
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# Merchant Shipping Act 1964

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Merchant Shipping Act 1964
1964 c.47
An Act to enable effect to be given to an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 17th June 1960; to amend section 271 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894; and for purposes connected therewith.
[10th June 1964]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3}



## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5}



## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6}



## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-8}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-9}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-10}



## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-12}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-15}



## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-16}



## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-17}



## 18 Transitional provisions and repeals. {#section-18}

(1)–(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-19}



## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-20}