8.  Computation of period of stay in India for an Indian citizen, being a member of the crew of a foreign bound ship.—

(1) For the purposes of section 6(6), in case of an individual, being a citizen of India and a member of the crew of a foreign bound ship, the period or periods of stay in India in respect of an eligible voyage, shall not include the period computed under sub-rule (2).
The period referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be the period beginning on the date entered into the Continuous Discharge Certificate in respect of joining the ship by the said individual for the eligible voyage and ending on the date entered into the Continuous Discharge Certificate in respect of signing off by that individual from the ship in respect of such voyage.

3.  For the purposes of this rule, —

a.  "Continuous Discharge Certificate "shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Merchant Shipping (Continuous Discharge Certificate-cum-Seafarer's Identity Document) Rules, 2001 made under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958);
b. " eligible voyage" shall mean a voyage undertaken by a ship engaged in the carriage of passengers or freight in international traffic, where —
i.   for the voyage having originated from any port in India, has as its destination any port outside India; and
ii. for the voyage having originated from any port outside India, has as its destination any port in India.