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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 45

Penalty for evading payment of port-charges

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 45 is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Penalty for evading payment of port-charges. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) If the master of a vessel evades the payment of any such sum as is mentioned in (section 43) . he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five times the amount of the sum.

(2) In any proceeding before a Magistrate on a prosecution under sub-section (1), any such certificate as is mentioned in (section 44) . sub-section (2), slating that the master has evaded such payment, shall be sufficient prima facie proof of the evasion, unless the master shows to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that the departure of the vessel without payment of the sum was caused by stress of weather, or that there was lawful or reasonable ground for such departure.

(3) Any Magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act in any port to which the vessel may proceed, or in which she may be found, shall be deemed to have jurisdiction in any proceeding under this section.

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What does Ports Act, 1908 Section 45 provide?

Section Section 45 of the Ports Act, 1908 (Penalty for evading payment of port-charges) 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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