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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1908

Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 7

Appointment of Conservator

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Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 7 is part of Indian Ports Act, 1908 - Appointment of Conservator. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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(1) The¹[Government] shall appoint some officer or body of persons to be conservator of every port subject to this Act.

(2) Subject to any direction by the¹[Government] to the contrary.--

(a) in ports where there is a port officer, the port-officer shall be the conservator;

(b) in ports where there is no port-officer, but where there is a harbour-master the harbour-master shall be the conservator.

(3) Where the harbour-master is not conservator, the harbour-master and his assistants shall be subordinate to, and subject to the control of, the conservator.

(4) The conservator shall be subject to the control of the¹[Government], or of any intermediate authority which²[the Government] may appoint.

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

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

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