Section 3Certain vessels not to ply without pilot

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3. Certain vessels not to ply without pilot (1) A vessel not registered in Bangladesh shall not ply on any inland water without a pilot on board [: Provided that a vessel chartered for movement of food and relief materials may ply without such a Pilot.] (2) A vessel registered in Bangladesh and having a hull of one hundred tons or above displacement shall not ply without a pilot on board on any inland water between- (a) Chandpur and Barisal, (b) Chandpur and Ilishaghat, (c) Barisal and Ilishaghat, [* * *] (d) Ilishaghat and Chittagong [, and] [(e) Mongla and Jhalokati via Mongla-Ghasiakhali Canal.] (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), the owner, the agent or the master of a vessel, which is by these sub-sections required to have a pilot on board, shall be answerable for any loss or damage caused by the vessel or by any fault of the navigation of the vessel in the same manner as he would have been if the vessel had not been so required by these sub-sections.

1. 4. The word “and” was omitted by section 2 of the Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. III of 1974)
2. 5. The comma and word “, and” was substituted for the full stop (.) by section 2 of the Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. III of 1974)
3. 6. Clause (e) was inserted by section 2 of the Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Act No. III of 1974)