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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 68B

Duties of the said authorities in an emergency 3

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 68B is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Duties of the said authorities in an emergency 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) [a] See foot-note (a) under Section 68-A. [ Whenever the 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words 'Government-General in Council' by A.0., 1937. [Central Government] is of opinion that an emergency has arisen which renders it necessary that the duties imposed for the purposes specified in (section 68A) on the authorities therein mentioned, or other duties of a like nature should be imposed on such authorities continuously during the existence of the emergency, 3 (c) [c] Substituted for the word "he", by A.0., 1937. [it] may, by general or special order, authorize any officer to require the said authorities to perform such duties until the 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words 'Government-General in Council' by A.0., 1937. [Central Government] is of opinion that the emergency has passed, and the said authority shall comply accordingly, and the provisions of the said section shall apply subject to the following modification, namely :- The 3 (d) [d] Substituted for the words "Government of India", by A.0., 1937. [Central Government] shall pay any authority, on whom a requisition has been made, such compensation for any. loss or damage attributable to such requisition, and for any services rendered or expenditure incurred in complying therewith as, in default of agreement, shall be decided to be just and reasonable, having regard to the circumstances of the case, by the arbitration of a person to be nominated in this behalf by the 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words 'Government-General in Council' by A.0., 1937. [Central Government], and the decision of such person shall be final. ]

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Section Section 68B of the Ports Act, 1908 (Duties of the said authorities in an emergency 3) 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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