Inland Steamvessels (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1940 Complete Act - Bare Act

25th April, 1940

An Act to amend the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917, in its application to Bengal WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917, in its application to Bengal in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows :-

Section 1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Inland Steam-vessels (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1940.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the 11. Word subs, for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Section 2 Application of Act

The Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917, shall, in its application to 22. Words subs, for the word "Bengal" by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order, 1948. [West Bengal), be amended in the manner hereinafter

provided.

Section 3 Insertion of new section 44A in Act 1 of 1917

After section 44 of the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917, the following section shall be inserted namely:-

"44A. Power of Court to award costs of investigation under this Chapter.- A Court making an investigation under this chapter may make such order as it thinks fit respecting the costs of the investigation or any part thereof and any money payable as costs by virtue of an order made under this section shall be recoverable under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, as if it were a fine.".