Office Memorandum No. 1554/2006/PD of the Ports Department, Government of Gujarat dated 8th November, 2006 on the recruitment of seafarers [C16-H4T]

No. 1554/2006/PD

GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT

Ports Department, Government of Gujarat

Gandhinagar, dated the 8th November, 2006

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The recruitment of seafarers by recruitments and placement agency for seafarers under the Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Ports Department, Government of Gujarat on the manner in which the recruitment of seafarers by recruitments and placement agency for seafarers is to be regulated under the Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981.

2. The matter has been examined. Every recruitment and placement agency for seafarers carrying on the recruitment of seafarers shall make an application in Form 5 to the Director-General within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the recruitment of seafarers is undertaken, and the Director-General shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Ports Department, Government of Gujarat.

(Secretary to Government)