Bombay Landing and Wharfage Fees Act, 1882, (Maharashtra) Section 5 - Bare Act

Act Info:

It shall be lawful for ¹[Government] from time to time by notification in the ²[Official Gazette]-

(a) to define the limits of any port to which this Act is made applicable when such limits have not been defined under the ³[Indian Ports Act, 1908];

(b) to determine what are ⁴[* * *] landing-places to which the provisions of this Act shall apply;

(c) to determine the limits of any such landing-place;

(d) to withdraw this Act from any port in which it is for the time being in force;

⁵[(e) to fix the fees to be levied-

(1) on goods landed, shipped or stored at, and

(2) on passengers embarking or disembarking at, and

(3) on animals or vehicles bringing or removing goods to or from, or plying for hire at, and

(4) on vessels or boats approaching or lying alongside ⁶[and

(5) for any services (other than those chargeable under the Indian Ports Act, 1908) rendered at or in relation to, any such landing-place] :

⁷[Provided that, it shall be lawful for ⁸[Government] at any time to exempt any goods, passengers, vessel, boat, animal or vehicle wholly or partially from any fee to which the same may be liable under this section :]

⁷[Provided further that, the fee to be levied on any passenger on each occasion of embarking or disembarking at a landing-place shall not exceed one anna.]

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1. The word Government was substituted for the words the Governor in Council by the Adaptation of Indian Laws order in Council.

2. The words Official Gazette were substituted for the words Bombay Government Gazette and other local Official Gazette:, ibid.

3. These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures Indian Ports Act, 1875 by Bom. 55 of 1959, section 4(d).

4. The word Public was deleted, ibid., section 4(d).

5 Clause (e) was substituted by section 3(1) of the Bombay Landing and Wharfage Fees (Amendment) Act, 1916 (Bom. 5 of 1916).

6 This portion was substituted for the words any such landing place" by Bom. 55 of 1959, section 4(d).

7. This and the succeeding proviso were substituted for the original proviso by Bom. 5 of 1916, section 3(2).

8. The word Government was substituted for the words the Governor in Council by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.