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(1) The1[State Government] may direct that for the purposes of the last foregoing section any number of ports2[in the State not being major ports] shall be regarded as constituting a single port, and thereupon all moneys to be credited to the port fund account under sub-section (4) of that section shall form a common port fund account which shall be available for the payment of all expenses incurred for the sake of any of the ports.
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(2) Where ports are grouped by or under this Act, the following consequences ensue, namely:--
(a) the State Government, in the exercise of its control over expenditure debitable to the common port fund account of the group, may4[* * *] make rules with respect to the expenditure of the fund for the sake of the several ports of the group on the objects authorized by this Act5[* * *]; and
(b) the State Government may exercise its authority under section 34 as regards all the ports in the group collectively or as regards any of them separately.
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1. Substituted for the words "Provincial Government" by A.L.O., 1950.
2. Inserted by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).
3. The proviso was omitted by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).
4. The words "subject to the control of the Governor-General-in-Council" were omitted by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).
5. The words "and shall cause effect to be given to any directions which the Governor-General-in-Council may deem it necessary to issue with respect to such expenditure" were omitted by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).