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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28052025-263446
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 305]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025/JYAISTHA 7, 1947
MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th May, 2025
G.S.R. 348(E). Whereas draft of the Inland Vessels (Prevention and Containment of Pollution)
(First Amendment) Rules, 2024 were published, as required under sub-section (1) of section 106 of the Inland Vessels
Act, 2021 (24 of 2021), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
number G.S.R. 671 (E), dated the 29th October, 2024, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-
section (i), dated the 29th October, 2024, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby,
before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of Gazette containing the said notification
were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said notification were made available to the public on 29th October, 2024;
And whereas no objections and suggestions were received from the public in respect of the said draft rules by
the Central government.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred bysub-section (2) of section 52, sub-sections (1) and (3) of
section 53 and sub-section (1) of section 54 read with clauses (zm) to (zp) of sub-section (2) of section 106 of the Inland
Vessels Act, 2021, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Inland Vessels (Prevention
and Containment of Pollution) Rules, 2022, namely.
1. (1) These rules may be called the Inland Vessels (Prevention and Containment of Pollution) Amendment
Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Inland Vessels (Prevention and Containment of Pollution) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the said
rules), in rule 2, in sub-rule (1), in clause (c), the following explanation shall be inserted, namely:
"Explanation. - For the purposes of this clause, gross tonnage of vessels of 24 meters orabove shall be calculated
according to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, whereas gross tonnage of
vessels less than 24 meters shall be calculated according to rule 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage
Measurement of Ships) Rules, 1987, as amended from time to time;".
3. In rule 6, for the words "International Organisation of Standards", the words "International Organisation for
Standardisation" shall be substituted.
4. In rule 12 of the said rules,-
(a) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely: -
"(2) All inland vessels where sewage is generated are to be provided with an appropriate sewage treatment plant
or bio-digester or holding tank of such capacity sufficient for the number of persons on board."; and
(b) for sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely: -
"(3) Vessels engaged on voyages of less than 60 minutes duration may be exempted from the requirements
contained in sub-rule (2).".
[F. No. IWT-11011/91/2021-IWT(9)]
P. K. ROY, Jt. Secy. (IWT-II)
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
dated the 7th June, 2022, vide notification number G.S.R. 427(E), dated the 7th June, 2022.
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