The master of any Indian ship on meeting with dangerous ice, a dangerous derelict, a tropical storm or any other direct danger to navigation [or on encountering sub-freezing air temperatures associated with gale-force winds, causing severe ice accretions on super-structures or strong gales for which no storm warning has been received by him] shall send information accordingly by all means of communication at his disposal and in accordance with such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf to ships in the vicinity and to such authorities on shore as may be prescribed by those rules.

Explanation .-For the purpose of this section the expression "tropical storm " means a hurricane, typhoon, cyclone or other storm of a similar nature, and the master of a ship shall be deemed to have met with a tropical storm if he has reason to believe that there is such a storm in the vicinity.

[354-A. Communication of intelligence regarding dangers to navigation.-

(1)

Where an authority prescribed under section 354 receives intelligence from any source of any danger to navigation mentioned in that section, that authority shall, as soon as possible, communicate such intelligence to such ships and authorities as he may deem proper.

(2)

The intelligence shall be communicated in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed:

Provided that no fees shall be levied for communicating any intelligence under this section to a ship.]