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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 57

Ascertainment and recovery of expenses and damages payable under this Act

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 57 is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Ascertainment and recovery of expenses and damages payable under this Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 ) If any dispute arises as to the sum to be paid in any case as expenses or damages under this Act, it shall be determined by a Magistrate upon application made to him for that purpose by either of the disputing parties. (2) Whenever any person is liable to pay any sum, not exceeding one thousand rupees, as expenses or damages under this Act, any Magistrate, upon application made to him by the authority to whom the sum is payable, may, in addition to or instead of any other means for enforcing payment, recover the sum as if it were a fine.

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What does Ports Act, 1908 Section 57 provide?

Section Section 57 of the Ports Act, 1908 (Ascertainment and recovery of expenses and damages payable under this Act) 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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