Special provisions relating to accidents occurring outside Indian territory

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....re- (a) masters of ships or seamen; or (b) captain and other members of crew of aircraft; (c) persons recruited by companies registered in India and working as such abroad; (d) persons sent for work abroad along with motor vehicles registered under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) as drivers, helpers, mechanics, cleaners or other employees. (2) The n....

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.... Provided that where the accident happened and the disablement commenced on board, the ship or aircraft, as the case may be, then, it shall not be necessary for any seaman or members of the crew of aircraft to give any notice of the accident. (3) The claim of compensation shall be made- (a) in the case of the death of an employee referred to in sub-section (1), one year after the new....

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....fficer in the foreign country and transmitted by the person by whom they are taken to the Central Government or any State Government shall, in any proceedings for enforcing the claim, be admissible in evidence- (a) if the deposition is authenticated by the signature of the Judge, Magistrate or Consular Officer before whom it is made; (b) if the defendant or the person accused, as....

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....ct of the period during which the owner of the ship is, under any law for the time being in force relating to merchant shipping, liable to defray the expenses of maintenance of the injured master or seaman. (6) Failure to give a notice or make a claim or commence proceedings within the time required by this section shall not be a bar to the maintenance of proceedings under this Chapter in respe....