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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 16

Power to require crews to prevent or extinguish fire

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 16 is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Power to require crews to prevent or extinguish fire. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) For the purpose of preventing or extinguishing fire in any port subject to this Act, the Conservator or port-officer may require the master of any vessel within the port to place at his disposal such number as he requires, not exceeding three-fourths, of the crew then under the orders of such master.

(2) Any master refusing or neglecting to comply with such requisition shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and any seaman then under his orders who, after being directed by the master to obey the orders of the Conservator or port-officer for the purpose aforesaid, refuses to obey such orders, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees.

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What does Ports Act, 1908 Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Ports Act, 1908 (Power to require crews to prevent or extinguish fire) is reproduced on this page as part of the 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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