Act Info:Preamble1 - MAJOR PORT TRUSTS ACT, 1963
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title, commencement and application
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section3 - Constitution of Board of Trustees
Section4 - First Board of Trustees
Section5 - Board to be body corporate
Section6 - Disqualification for office of Trustee
Section7 - Term of office of Trustees
Section8 - Vacation of office of Trustees
Section9 - Eligibility of Trustee for reappointment or re-election
Section10 - Filling of vacancies in office of Trustee,
Section11 - Saving provision for appointment of Trustee by Central Government after prescribed period
Section12 - Power of Central Government to extend time for election or appoint Trustees in default of election
Section13 - Term of office in case of certain Trustees
Section14 - Absence of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Section14A - Acting Chairman or Deputy Chairman
Section15 - Conditions of service of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Section16 - Meetings of Board
Section17 - Committees of Board
Section18 - Fees and allowances payable to Trustees
Section19 - Restriction of power of Trustees to vote in certain cases
Section20 - Defects in appointments or election not to invalidate acts, etc
Section21 - Delegation of powers
Section22 - Duties of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Chapter III
Section23 - Schedule of Board's staff
Section24 - Power to make appointments
Section25 - Power to promote, grant leave, etc., to employees of Board
Section26 - Consulting Engineer to Board
Section27 - Power to create posts
Section28 - Power to make regulations
Chapter IV
Section29 - Transfer of assets and liabilities of Central Government, etc., to Board
Section30 - Existing rates, etc., to continue until altered by Board
Section31 - Repayment of capital with interest
Section32 - Procedure when immovable property cannot be acquired by agreement
Section33 - Contracts by Board
Section34 - Mode of executing contracts on behalf of Board
Chapter V
Section35 - Power of Board to execute works and provide appliances,
Section35A - Power with respect to landing places and bathing ghats
Section36 - Power of Board to undertake certain works
Section37 - Power of Board to order sea-going vessels to use docks, wharves, etc
Section38 - If accommodation sufficient, all sea-going vessels compelled to use docks, wharves etc
Section39 - Power to order vessels not to come alongside of, or to be removed from docks, wharves, etc
Section40 - Power of Central Government to exempt from obligation to use-docks, wharves, etc
Section41 - Board to declare when vessels other than sea-going vessels compelled to use docks, wharves, etc
Section42 - Performance of services by Board or other person
Section43 - Responsibility of Board for loss, etc., of goods
Section44 - Accommodation to be provided for customs officers in wharves, etc., appointed under Sea Customs Act
Section45 - Dues at customs wharves, etc
Section46 - Power to permit erection of private wharves, etc., within a port subject to conditions
Section47 - Compensation payable in certain cases where use of any private wharf, etc., rendered unlawful
ChapterVA - TARIFF AUTHORITY FOR MAJOR PORTS
Section47A - Constitution and incorporation of Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Section47B - Term of office, conditions of service, etc., of Chairperson and other Members
Section47C - Disqualification further office of Chairperson and Member
Section47D - Removal, etc., of Chairperson and Members
Section47E - Meetings
Section47F - Authentication of all orders and decisions of the Authority
Section47G - Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Authority
Section47H - Officers and employees of the Authority
Chapter VI
Section48 - Scales of rates of services performed by Board or other person
Section49 - Scale of rates and statement of conditions for use of property belonging to Board
Section49A - Fees for pilotage and certain other services
Section49B - Fixation of port-dues
Section50 - Consolidated rates for comibination of services
Section50A - Port-due on vessels in ballast
Section50B - Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo
Section50C - Publication of orders of Authority
Section51 - Power to levy concessional rates in certain cases
Section52 - [***]
Section53 - Exemption from, and remission of rates or charges
Section54 - Power of Central Government to require modification or cancellation of rates
Section55 - Refund of overcharges
Section56 - Notice of payment of charges short-levied or erroneously refunded
Section57 - Board not to lease rates without sanction
Section58 - Time for payment of rates on goods
Section59 - Board's lien for rates
Section60 - Ship-owner's lien for freight and other charges
Section61 - Sale of goods after two months if rates or rent are not paid or lien for freight is not discharged
Section62 - Disposal of goods not removed from premises of Board within time limit
Section63 - Application of sale proceeds
Section64 - Recovery of rates and charges by distraint of vessel
Section65 - Grant of post-clearance after payment of rates and realisation of damages, etc
Chapter VII
Section66 - Power to raise loans
Section67 - Port Trust securities
Section68 - Right of survivors of joint or several payees of securities
Section69 - Power of one or two or more joint holders to grant receipts
Section70 - Endorsements to be made on security itself
Section71 - Endorser of security not liable for amount thereof
Section72 - Impression of signature on securities
Section73 - Issue of duplicate securities
Section74 - Issue of converted, etc., securities
Section74A - Recognition as holder of Port Trust securities in certain cases
Section74B - Legal effect of recognition by the Board under section 74 A
Section75 - Discharging in certain cases
Section76 - Power of Board to make regulations
Section77 - Plate and currency of loans raised by Board
Section78 - Security for loans taken out by Board
Section79 - Remedies of Government in respect of loans made to Boards
Section80 - Power of Board to repay loans before due date
Section81 - Establishment of sinking fund
Section82 - Investment and application of sinking fund
Section83 - Examination of sinking fund
Section84 - Power of Board to raise loans on short-term bills
Section85 - Power of Board to take temporary loans or overdrafts
Section86 - Power of Board to borrow money from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or other foreign institutions
Chapter VIII
Section87 - General account of port
Section88 - Application of moneys in general account
Section89 - Power to transfer moneys from general account to pilotage account and vice versa
Section90 - Establishment of reserve funds
Section91 - Power to reserve Port Trust securities for Board's own investments
Section92 - Prior sanction of Central Government to charge expenditure to capital
Section93 - Works requiring sanction of Board or Central Government
Section94 - Powers of Chairman as to execution of works
Section95 - Power of Board to compound or compromise claims
Section96 - Writing off of losses
Section97 - Powers, etc. of Board as Conservator or Body appointed under section 36 of Indian Ports Act
Section98 - Budget estimates
Section99 - Preparation of supplemental estimate
Section100 - Re-appropriation of amounts in estimate
Section101 - Adherence to estimate except in emergency
Section102 - Accounts and audit
Section103 - Publication of audit report
Section104 - Board to remedy defects and irregularities pointed out in audit report
Section105 - Central Government to decide difference between Board and auditors
Chapter IX
Section106 - Administration report
Section107 - Submission of statements of income and expenditure to Central Government
Section108 - Powers of Central Government to order survey or examination of works of Board
Section109 - Power of Central Government to restore or complete works at the cost of Board
Section110 - Power of Central Government to supersede Board
Section110A - Power of Central Government to supersede the Authority
Section111 - Power of Central Government to issue directions to Board
Chapter X
Section112 - Every person employed by the authority of this Act to be a public servant
Section113 - Penalty for contravention of sections 37, 38, 40 and 41
Section114 - Penalty for setting up wharves, quays, etc., without permission
Section115 - Penalty for evading rates, etc
Section116 - Recovery of value of damage to property of Board
Section117 - Other offences
Section117A - Person interested in contracts, etc., with the Board to be deemed to have committed an offence under section 168 of the Indian Penal Code
Section118 - Cognizance of offences
Section119 - Offences by companies
Chapter XI
Section120 - Limitation of proceedings in respect of things done under the Act
Section121 - Protection of acts done in good faith
Section122 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section123 - General power of Board to make regulations
Section123A - Power of Authority to make regulations
Section124 - Provisions with respect to regulations
Section125 - Power of Central Government to direct regulations to be made or to make regulations
Section126 - Power of Central Government to make first regulations
Section127 - Posting of certain regulations, etc
Section128 - Saving of right of Central Government and municipalities to use wharves, etc., for collecting duties and of power of Customs Officers
Section129 - Application of certain provisions of the Act to aircraft
Section130 - Power to evict certain persons from the premises of Board
Section131 - Alternative remedy by suit
Section132 - Requirements as to publication of notifications, orders, etc., in the Official Gazette
Section133 - Repeal
Section134 - Power to remove difficulties
Amending Act1 - MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002