**Executive Summary**
DGS Order No. 26 of 2021, dated 23.07.2021, provides the third amendment to DGS Order No. 1 of 2020, which concerns an amnesty scheme for candidates with false/forged certificates from Maritime Training Institutes. The order extends the deadlines for repeating training courses and restoring e-migrant facilities, with a new deadline of 31.12.2021.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Extension of Deadlines:**
* Candidates who have not repeated training courses now have until 31.12.2021 to do so and apply for restoration of their e-migrant facility, which will be restored within 10 days.
* Seafarers who surrendered wrongly obtained certificates to the Directorate by 31.08.2020 can repeat the course until 31.12.2021 without debarment.
* **Debarment Policy:**
* Surrendering a wrongly obtained course certificate after 31.08.2021 will result in debarment according to MS (CDC - cum - SID) Rules.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Candidates with false/forged certificates**
* **Impact:** The order extends the opportunity to repeat training courses and restore e-migrant facilities.
* **Action Required:** Complete the necessary training courses by 31.12.2021 to avoid debarment.
**Stakeholder: Seafarers who surrendered certificates before 31.08.2020**
* **Impact:** Retains the opportunity to repeat courses without facing debarment.
* **Action Required:** Complete the courses by 31.12.2021.
**Stakeholder: Directorate General of Shipping (DGS)**
* **Impact:** Enforcement of amended deadlines.
* **Action Required:** Process applications for course completion and restoration of e-migrant facilities according to the new deadlines, while enforcing debarment for those who surrender certificates after 31.08.2021.
Key Entities Referenced
DGS Order No. 1 of 2020: Original order introducing the amnesty scheme for false certificates from Maritime Training Institutes
Maritime Training Institutes (MTI): The institutions where the affected seafarers received their training.
MS (CDC - cum - SID) Rules: Rules according to which debarment will be assessed.
Directorate General of Shipping: Issuer and regulator
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MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAY'S
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SHIPPING, MUMBAI
File No. 20-19016/37/2020-TRG
-DGS Dated: 23.07.2021
DGS Order No. 26 of 2021
Sub.: AmendmentIlt o DGS Order No. 1l of 2020 dated 30.01.2020-reg
1. Whereas the Directorate has issued DGS Order No. 01 of 2020 dated 30/01
2020 on the subject "One- time Amnesty Scheme for candidates who acquired
false or forged certificates from Maritime Training Institutes without attending
classes - reg.".
2. Whereas para 11(d) of the said DGS Order stated that -"Candidates who
have not repeated the training courses can do so within six months from 01st of
February 2020 and apply for restoration of their e-migrant facility and the same
shall be restored within 10 days".
B. Whereas para 11 (e) of the said DGS Order stated that - "Any other seafarer
who wishes to surrender his certificate obtained wrongly to the Directorate, can do
so and repeat the course(s) till 31st July 2020 without facing any debarment. This
facility will not be available after 3lst of July 2020 and surrender after this date
will attract debarment in accordance with MS (CDC -cum - SID) Rules".
4. Whereas vide Amendment - II to DGS Order I of 2020 dated 12.01.2021, the
last date to redo the course and apply for restoration of e-migrant facility was
extended from 31.12.2020 to 30.06.2021.
Whereas a series of requests have been received from such candidates about
their inability to do the training course within the prescribed time limit and
extension of the timelines to redo the training course.
6. Whereas due to ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic had led to the temporary
closing down of all the Maritime Training Institutes (MTI) and candidates are
unable to repeat their training courses as required.
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5.I Para 11(d) shall now be read as -"Candidates who have not repeated the
training courses can do so latest by 31.12.2021 and apply for restoration of their
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migrant facility and the same shall be restored within 10 days".
5.2 Para 11(e) shall now be read as -"Any other seafarer who surrenders has
Surrendered his wrongly obtained certificate to the Directorate till 31.08.2020 shal
be allowed
to repeat the course latest by 31.12.2021 without facing any debarment.
This facility will not be available for seafarers who surrender their wrongly
obtained course certificate after 31.08.2021 and will attract debarment in
accordance with MS (CDC - cum - SID) Rules".
(Amitabh Kumår)
Director General of Shipping&
Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of India
To All concern through DGS Website