BSc Nautical Sciences Maritime Law Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Maritime Law
Module I: Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 in general
- withspecial reference to;
- a Definitions. Section 3.
- b Registration of Indian Ships Sections 20 to 74.
- c Seamen and Apprentices. Sections 88 to 218.
- d Limitation and Liability. Sections 352 to 352 F.
- e Investigation and Inquiries. Sections 357 to 389.
Module II: Contract of affreightment
- a General aspects of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925.
- b The Indian Multimodal Transport of Goods Act, 1993.
- c Hague Visby Rules; Hamburg Rules.
- d Charter Party – Various Clauses and their Interpretations. Marine Insurance Act – Insurable interest in a
Module III
- policy,difference between marine insurance policies andother policies, different types of marine insurancepolicies, perils of sea, claim. Settlement of claims. Legal remedies maritime liens, at common law,general legal remedies as given in specific relief act.Writs injunction Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act. 1996. General Average: Particular and general average, York- Antwerp Rules, Examples of GA and PA Acts.
Reference Books
- 1 Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Govt. of India
- 2 The Indian Multimodal Transport of Goods Act,1993 Govt. of India
- 3 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 Govt. of India
- 4 Marine Insurance Act, 1963 Govt. of India
- 5 The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Govt. of India
- 6 The Indian contract Act Govt. of India
- 7 STCW Convention and Code, 1978 as amended IMO
- 8 Hague/Visby, Hamburg Rules
- 9 Charter parties & Bills of Lading Thomas E. Scrutton
- 10 Business & Law for the Shipmaster F.N. Hopkins
- 11 Shipping Law Grime R.
- 12 MLC 2006 ILO
- 13 UNCLOS, 1982
- 14 FAL Convention IMO
- 15 SAR Convention IMO
- 16 SUA Convention IMO
- 17 NAIROBI Convention IMO
- 18 NUCLEAR Convention IMO
- 19 ATHENS Convention IMO
- 20 Convention on LLMC IMO
- 21 ISPS Code IMO
- 22 ISM Code IMO
- 23 Code of Casualty Investigation IMO
- 24 IGF Code IMO
- 25 INF Code IMO
- 26 Polar Code IMO
- 27 IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code IMO
- 28 Best Management Practices for protection against Piracy of Somalia based Piracy
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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