| Contents |
| Sections |
Particulars |
| Chapter I |
Preliminary |
| 1 |
Title and extent |
| 2 |
Saving |
| 3 |
Definitions |
| Chapter II |
Powers Of The [Government] |
| 4 |
Power to extend or withdraw the Act or certain portions thereof |
| 5 |
Alteration of limits of ports |
| 6 |
Power to make part-rules |
| Chapter III |
Port-Officials And Their Powers And Duties |
| 7 |
Appointment of conservator |
| 8 |
Power of conservator to give and enforce directions for certain specified purposes |
| 9 |
Power to cut warps and ropes |
| 10 |
Removal of obstructions within limits of port |
| 11 |
Recovery of expenses of removals |
| 12 |
Removal of lawful obstructions |
| 13 |
Fouling of Government moorings |
| 14 |
Raising or removal or wreck impeding navigation within limits of port |
| 15 |
Power to board vessels and enter buildings |
| 16 |
Power to require crews to prevent or extinguish fire |
| 17 |
Appointment and powers of health-officer |
| 18 |
Indemnity of Government against act or default of port-official or pilot |
| Chapter IV |
Rules For The Safety Of Shipping And The Conservation Of Ports |
| 19 |
Injuring buoys, beacons and moorings |
| 20 |
Willfully loosening vessel from moorings |
| 21 |
Improperly discharging ballast |
| 22 |
Graving vessel within prohibited limits |
| 23 |
Boiling pitch on board vessel within prohibited limits |
| 24 |
Drawing spirits by unprotected artificial light |
| 25 |
Warping |
| 26 |
Leaving out warp or hawser after sunset |
| 27 |
Discharge of fire-arms in port |
| 28 |
Penalty on master omitting to take order to extinguish fire |
| 29 |
Unauthorized person not to search for lost stores |
| 30 |
Removing stones or. injuring shores of port prohibited |
| 31 |
Moving of vessels without pilot or permission of harbor master |
| 32 |
Provision of certain vessels with fire extinguishing apparatus |
| Chapter V |
Port-Dues, Fees And Other Charges |
| 33 |
Levy of port-dues |
| 34 |
Variation of port-dues by Government |
| 35 |
Fees for pilotage and certain other services |
| 36 |
Receipt, expenditure and account of port-charges |
| 37 |
Grouping of ports |
| 38 |
Receipts for port-charges |
| 39 |
Master to report arrival |
| 40 |
Conservator may in certain cases ascertain draught and charge expense to master |
| 41 |
Ascertainment of tonnage of vessel liable to port-dues |
| 42 |
Distraint and sale on refusal to pay port-charges |
| 43 |
No port-clearance to be granted until port-charges are paid |
| 44 |
Port-charges payable in one port recoverable at any other port |
| 45 |
Penalty for evading payment of port-charges |
| 46 |
Port-due on vessels in ballast |
| 47 |
Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo |
| 48 |
Port-due not to be chargeable in certain cases |
| 49 |
Power to impose hospital port-dues |
| 50 |
Application and account of hospital port-dues |
| Chapter VI |
Hoisting Signals |
| 51 |
Master to hoist number of vessel |
| 52 |
Pilot to require master to hoist number |
| 53 |
Penalty on pilot disobeying provisions of this Chapter |
| Chapter VII |
Provisions With Respect To Penalties |
| 54 |
Penalty for disobedience to rules and orders of the Government |
| 55 |
Offences how triable, and penalties how recovered |
| 56 |
Costs of conviction |
| 57 |
Ascertainment and recovery of expenses and damages payable under this Act |
| 58 |
Cost of distress |
| 59 |
Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute |
| 60 |
Jurisdiction over offences beyond local limits of jurisdiction |
| 61 |
Conviction to be quashed on merits only |
| Chapter VIII |
Supplemental Provisions |
| 62 |
Hoisting unlawful colors in port |
| 63 |
Foreign deserters |
| 64 |
Application of sections 10 and 21 |
| 65 |
Grant of sites for sailors institutes |
| 66 |
Exercise of powers of conservator by his assistants |
| 67 |
Service of written notices of directions |
| 68 |
Publication of orders of Government |
| 68A |
Authorities exercising jurisdiction in ports to co-operate in manoeuvres for defense of port |
| 68B |
Duties of the said authorities in an emergency |
| 68C |
Application of certain provisions of the Act to aircraft |
| 69 |
[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938)] |
| The First Schedule |
Ports, Vessels Chargeable, Rate Of Port-Dues And Frequency Of Payment |
| Part I |
Major Ports |
| Part II |
Reserved For Ports In West Bengal, If Any |
| Part III |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Orissa |
| Part IV |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Andhra Pradesh |
| Part V |
Ports Under The Control Of The Government Of Tamil Nadu |
| Part VI |
Ports Under The Cotrol Of Government Of Pondichierry |
| Part VII |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Kerala |
| Part VIII |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Karnataka |
| Part IX |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Goa, Daman And Diu |
| Part X |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Mararashtra |
| Part XI |
Ports Under The Control Of Government Of Gujarat
|
| The Second Schedule |
[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938)] |
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