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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Ports Act, 1908

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51878

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Indian Ports Act, 1908 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Indian Ports Act, 1908
ChapterI - Preliminary
Section1 - Title and Extent
Section2 - Savings
Section3 - Definitions
ChapterII - Powers of the Government
Section4 - Power to Extend or Withdraw the Act or Certain Portions Thereof
Section5 - Alteration of Limits of Ports
Section6 - Power to Make Port-rules
ChapterIII - Port-officials and their Powers and Duties
Section7 - Appointment of Conservator
Section8 - Power of Conservator to Give and Enforce Directions for Certain Specified Purposes
Section9 - Power to Cut Warps and Ropes
Section10 - Removal of Obstructions Within Limits of Port
Section11 - Recovery of Expenses of Removal
Section12 - Removal of Lawful Obstructions
Section13 - Fouling of Government Moorings
Section14 - Raising or Removal of Wreck Impeding Navigation Within Limits of Port
Section15 - Power to Board Vessels and Enter Buildings
Section16 - Power to Require Crews to Prevent or Extinguish Fire
Section17 - Appointment and Powers of Health-officer
Section18 - Indemnity of Government Against Act or Default of Post Official or Pilot
ChapterIV - Rules for the Safety of Shipping and the Conservation of Ports
Section19 - Injuring Buoys, Beacons and Moorings
Section20 - Willfully Loosening Vessel from Moorings
Section21 - Improperly Discharging Ballast
Section22 - Graving Vessel Within Prohibited Limits
Section23 - Boiling Pitch on Board Vessel Within Prohibited Limits
Section24 - Drawing Spirits by Unprotected Artificial Light
Section25 - Warping
Section26 - Leaving out Warp or Hawser After Sunset
Section27 - Discharge of Firearms in Port
Section28 - Penalty on Master Omitting to Take Order to Extinguish Fire
Section29 - Unauthorised Person Not to Search for Lost Stores
Section30 - Removing Stones or Injuring Shores of Port Prohibited
Section31 - Moving of Vessels Without Pilot or Permission of Harbour-master
Section32 - Provision of Certain Vessels with Fire-extinguishing Apparatus
ChapterV - Port-dues, Fees and Other Charges
Section33 - Levy of Port-dues
Section34 - Variation of Port-dues by Government
Section35 - Fees for Pilotage and Certain Other Services
Section36 - Receipt, Expenditure and Account of Port-charges
Section37 - Grouping of Ports
Section38 - Receipts for Port-charges
Section39 - Master to Report Arrival
Section40 - Conservator May in Certain Cases Ascertain Draught and Charge Expense to Master
Section41 - Ascertainment of Tonnage of Vessel Liable to Port-dues
Section42 - Distraint and Sale on Refusal to Pay Port-charges
Section43 - No Port-clearance to Be Granted Until Port Charges Are Paid
Section44 - Port-charges Payable in One Port Recoverable at Any Other Port
Section45 - Penalty for Evading Payment of Port-charges
Section46 - Port-due on Vessel in Ballast
Section47 - Port-due on Vessels Not Discharging or Taking in Cargo
Section48 - Port-due Not to Be Chargeable in Certain Case
Section49 - Power to Impose Hospital Port-dues
Section50 - Application and Account of Hospital Port-dues
ChapterVI - Hoisting Signals
Section51 - Master to Hoist Number of Vessel
Section52 - Pilot to Require Master to Hoist Number
Section53 - Penalty on Pilot Disobeying Provisions of This Chapter
ChapterVII - Provisions with Respect to Penalties
Section54 - Penalty for Disobedience to Rules and Orders of the Government
Section55 - Offences How Triable, and Penalties How Recovered
Section56 - Costs of Conviction
Section57 - Ascertainment and Recovery of Expenses and Damages Payable Under This Act
Section58 - Cost of Distress
Section59 - Magistrate to Determine the Amount to Be Levied in Case of Dispute
Section60 - Jurisdiction over Offences Beyond Local Limits of Jurisdiction
Section61 - Conviction to Be Quashed on Merits Only
ChapterVIII - Supplemental Provisions
Section62 - Hoisting Unlawful Colours in Port
Section63 - Foreign Deserters
Section64 - Application of Sections 16 and 21
Section65 - Grant of Sites for Sailors Institutes
Section66 - Exercise of Powers of Conservator by His Assistants
Section67 - Service of Written Notices of Directions
Section68 - Publication of Orders of Government
Section68A - Authorities Exercising Jurisdiction in Ports to Co-operate in Manoeuvres for Defence of Port
Section68B - Duties of the Said Authorities in an Emergency
Section68C - Application of Certain Provisions of the Act to Aircraft
Section68D - Maritime Security
Section69 - Repeal
ScheduleI - First Schedule

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