Merchant Shipping

• Merchant Shipping Act No. 52 of 1971
• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act No. 36 of 1988
• Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Watch Keeping) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Watch Keeping) (Amement-2010)- No.1987/19(2016/10/04)
• Merchant Shipping (Engagements and Conditions of Service of Seamen) Regulations (No.99/6-1980)
• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) (Engagement and Conditions of Service of Seamen) Regulations (No.612/25-1990)
• Merchant Shipping (Conditions of Service and Wages of Seamen) Regulations (No.133/9-1974)
• Merchant Shipping (Apprenticeship to Sea Service) Regulations, (No.183/7-1975)
• Merchant Shipping (Distressed Seamen) Regulations (1975)
• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations (No.97/5-1980)
• Merchant Shipping (Third Mate’s Certificate Examination) Regulations (No.218/3-1976)
• Merchant Shipping (Examination) Regulation (No.243/3-1976)
• Merchant Shipping (Registration of Sri Lankan Ships owned by Sri Lankan Companies with Foreign Shareholders) Regulation (No.257/5-1983)
• Merchant Shipping (Official Log Book) Regulations (167/5-1975)
• Merchant Shipping (Amendment) (Fees) Regulations-Gazzette No.1,471/11

Shipping Agency Law

• Licensing of Shipping Agents Act No. 10 of 1972
• Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 1981
• Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 1982
• Shipping Agents (Licensing) Regulations (684/9-1991)
• Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (1992)
• Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (No.763/8-1993)
• Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (No.905/13-1996)
• Regulations under Exchange Control Act (Shipping Agencies, Freight Forwarding & Coastal Shipping) (No.721/4-1992)
• Shipping Agency – Exchange Control Tariff 1996
• Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 18 of 2002
• Shipping Agents Regulations (Amendment-Licencing) (Fees)
• Freight Forwarders,Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Regulations ( No.1717/6-02nd August,2011)

Admiralty Jurisdiction

• Admiralty Jurisdiction Act No. 40 of 1983

Marine Pollution Prevention

• Marine Pollution Prevention Act, No.35 of 2008

Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)

• Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)
• Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, No. 42 of 2000
• Piracy Act, No. 9 of 2001

Carriage of Goods by Sea

• Carriage of Goods by Sea Act No. 21 of 1982
• Hague Visby Rules/Rotterdam Rules

Port State Control

• Procedures for Port State Control
• Comparison of Procedures for Port State Control under IMO
• Indian Ocean MOU
  Website: www.iomou.org.