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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 48

Port-due Not to Be Chargeable in Certain Case

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Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 48 is part of Indian Ports Act, 1908 - Port-due Not to Be Chargeable in Certain Case. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

No port-due shall be chargeable in respect of--

(a) any pleasure-yacht, or

(b) any vessel which, having left any prot, is compelled to re-enterer it by stress of whether or in consequence of having sustained any damage, or

(c) any vessel which, having entered1[any port2[in the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Madras and Andhra] or the port of Gopalpur in the State of Orissa], leaves it within forty-eight hours without discharging or taking in any passengers or cargo,

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1.Substituted for the words "any port within the territories administered by the Government of Forest Saint George in Council", by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1950 (35 of 1950), Setion 3 and Schedule II (19-4-1950).

2.Substituted the words for "in the State of Madras or in the State of Andhra" by A.L.O., 1956 (1-11-1956). The words "or in the State of Andhra" were inserted by the Andhra (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subject) Order, 1954 (1-10-1953).

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What does Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 48 provide?

Section Section 48 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Port-due Not to Be Chargeable in Certain Case) 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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