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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 5

Alteration of Limits of Ports

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Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 5 is part of Indian Ports Act, 1908 - Alteration of Limits of Ports. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The1[Government] may,2[***] subject to any rights of private property, alter the limits of any port in which this Act is in force.3[Explanation.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the power conferred on the Government by this sub-section includes the power to alter the limits of any port by uniting with that port, any other port or any part of any other port.]

(2) When the1[Government] alters the limits of a port under Sub-section (1), it shall declare or describe, by notification in the4[Official Gazette], and by such other means, if any, as it thinks fit, the precise extent of such limits.

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1. Substituted for the words "Local Government" by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1978).

2. The words "with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council and" were omitted by the Indian Ports (Amendment) Act, 1916 (6 of 1916), Section 2.

3. Inserted by the Port Laws (Amendment) Act (17 of 1978), Section 2 (4-5-1978).

4. Substituted for the words "Gazette of India", by A.O., 19. Section 5A

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What does Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 5 provide?

Section Section 5 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Alteration of Limits of Ports) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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