Dated: Sept 9, 2005

Sub: Merchant Shipping (Recruitment & Placement of Seafarers) Rules 2005 - Bank Guarantee

          Under rule 4(12) of the Merchant Shipping (Recruitment & Placement of Seafarers) Rules, 2005, a recruitment and placement service is required to submit bank guarantee to the concerned Seamen's Employment Office along with the application for licence.  In this regard, a format for bank guarantee is enclosed as Annex-I. 

2.       The recruitment and placement services are, hereby, requested to ensure that the bank guarantee submitted with the application adheres to the format enclosed herewith.   

3.       The Seamen's Employment Office, Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai are requested to scrutinize the applications for licence and the formats and ensure that the bank guarantees adhere to the format enclosed herewith.   

Sd/-
(Neera Malhotra)
Dy. Director General of Shipping
 

Annex-I

DRAFT BANK GUARANTEE 

BETWEEN (indicate name of the bank and branch).   And wherever the context so required includes its successors and assigns, hereinafter called "the SURETY"in favour of "Seamen's Employment Office"under the Director General of Shipping, Govt. of India at (indicate address of the concerned Seamen's Employment Office).  Wherever the context so required includes its heirs, successors and assigns, hereinafter called " the OWNER"

WHEREAS (indicate the name and full address of the Recruitment and Placement Service) and wherever the context so requires includes its successors and assigns, hereinafter called (the company/firms/individual...)   is in the business of recruiting personnel for ships and whereas by an order of the Govt. of India vide in its Gazette Notification No. GSR 182 (E), dated 18^th March 2005 all persons will have to obtain a licence from the DG Shipping.   Whereas one of the conditions is the issue of a Bank Guarantee in favour of the Seamen's Employment Office under the DG Shipping for varying amounts having regard to the number of personnel being recruited per annum.  Whereas the company/firms/individual... is obliged to execute a Bank Guarantee in favour of the "Seamen's Employment Office"c/o DG Shipping for an amount of Rs.       [ indicate amount of bank guarantee applicable as per the table in rule 4(12)] valid for a period of five years, which has been perused and verified by us.  

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH that in consideration of the said bank guarantee executed in favour of the Seamen's Employment Office by the SURETY, the guarantee can be invoked by the Seamen's Employment Office under the following circumstances :

a)     When the company fails to repatriate the seafarer in the event of his being stranded.

b)      When the Company fails to transport the mortal remains of the seafarer.

c)      For the maintenance of the stranded seafarer.

d)     We (indicate name of the bank) hereby undertake that this guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall be so long as the said guarantee is in force and any part of the guarantee remains outstanding and we further agree that if any default shall be made by the company/firm/individual...in performing any of the terms and conditions stipulated in (a) to (c) above, the guarantee can be invoked by the Seamen's Employment Office.

e)     This guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall remain in force without any need for periodic extension and effect so long as any portion of the guarantee remaining unexpired/uninvoked and shall expire and become ineffectual only when the Seamen Employment Office provides clearance for its revocation.  In that event the Surety shall be stand discharged by the company/firm/individual... and this bond shall hereinafter become of no effect.

f)       The Guarantee shall come into force from the date of execution of this deed. 

NOTWITHSTANDING  anything contained hereinabove, our liability under the guarantee is restricted to Rs.    [ indicate amount of bank guarantee applicable as per the table in rule 4(12)] and it shall remain in force for a period of five years until (indicate date of expiry of the bank guarantee). Unless a claim or demand in writing is made on the bank before the expiry of the guarantee, all your rights under the said guarantee shall be forfeited and we shall be released and discharged from all liabilities hereunder, irrespective of whether or not original/extended guarantee is returned to us. 

We, (indicate name of the bank) undertake to revoke this guarantee during its currency only with the previous consent in writing by the Seamen's Employment Office and further agree to extend the same if so required by the Seamen's Employment Office and the Company.  

This guarantee shall be treated as an unconditional guarantee and the company shall have no objection or obstruct in any way the enforcement of this guarantee.

Signature                                                                                 Signature

Name of the Bank                                                            Name of the Bank

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