This Merchant Shipping Act, consisting of XII Parts and one Schedule and divided into 333 regulations, applies to the following: all Sri Lanka ships wherever they may be; all ships registered or deemed to be registered under this Act wherever they may be; all ships, not being Sri Lanka ships, licensed under this Act to engage in the coasting trade, while engaged in such trade; and all other ships while in a port or place in, or within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka. The Act shall not apply