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Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Complete Act

Title: Major Port Trusts Act, 1963

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....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 .....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Preamble 1

Title: Major Port Trusts Act, 1963

State: Central

Year: 1963

THE MAJOR PORT TRUSTS ACT, 1963 [Act, No. 38 of 1963] [16th October, 1963] PREAMBLE Act Act to make provision for the constitution of port authorities for certain major ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports in such authorities and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Chapter VA

Title: Tariff Authority for Major Ports

State: Central

Year: 1963

1[CHAPTER VA TARIFF AUTHORITY FOR MAJOR PORTS ________________________ 1. Inserted by Port laws (Amdt) Act, 1997 w.e.f. 09-01-1997.

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Section 47A

Title: Constitution and Incorporation of Tariff Authority for Major Ports

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint there shall be constituted for the purposes of this Act an Authority to be called the Tariff Authority for Major Ports. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued. (3) The head office of the Authority shall be at such place as the Central Government may decide from time to time. (4) The Authority shall consist of the following Members to be appointed by the Central Government, namely :-- (a) a Chairperson from amongst persons who is or who has been a Secretary to the Government of India or has held any equivalent post in the Central Government and who has experience in the management and knowledge of the functioning of the ports; (b) a Member from amongst economists having experience of not less than fifteen years in the field of transport or foreign trade; (c) a Member from amongst persons having experience of not less than fifteen years in the field of finance with special reference to investment or cost analysis in the Government or in any financial.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....property" includes wharfage-rights and all other rights exercisable on, over, or in respect of, any land, wharf, dock or pier;] (j) "Indian Ports Act" means the Indian Ports Act, 1908; (k) "land" includes the bed of the sea or river below high-water mark, and also things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (l) "low-water mark", in relation to a port, means a line drawn through the lowest points reached by ordinary springtides at any season of the year at that port; (m) "major port" has the same meaning as in the Indian Ports Act; (n) "master", in relation to any vessel or any aircraft making use of any port, means any person having for the time being the charge or control of such vessel or such aircraft, as the case may be, except a pilot, harbour master, assistant harbour master, dock master or berthing master of the port; - (o) "owner", (i) in relation to goods, includes any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent for the sale, custody, loading or unloading of such goods; and (ii) in relation to any vessel or any aircraft making use of any port, includes any part-owner, character, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof; (p).....

The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1963

THE MAJOR PORT TRUSTS ACT, 1963 THE MAJOR PORT TRUSTS ACT, 1963 [Act No. 38 of 1963 dated 16th. October, 1963] CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY 1. Short title commencement and application 2. Definitions CHAPTER II : BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMITTEES THEREOF 3. Constitution of Board of Trustees 4. First Board of Trustees 5. Board to be body corporate 6. Disqualification for office of Trustee 7. Term of office of Trustees 8. Vacation of office of Trustees 9. Eligibility of Trustee for re-appointment or re-election 10. Filling of vacancies in office of Trustee 11. Saying provision for appointment of Trustee by Central Government after prescribed period 12. Power of Central Government to extend time for election or appoint Trustees in default of election 13. Term of office In case of certain trustees 14. Absence of Chairman and Deputy Chairman 16[14 A. Acting Chairman or Deputy Chairman 15. Conditions of service of Chairman and Deputy Chairman 16. Meetings of Board 2 of 59 17. Committees of Board 18. Fees and allowances payment Trustees 19. Restriction of power of Trustees to vote in certain cases 20. Defects In appointments or.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Chapter II

Title: Board of Trustees and Commitees there of

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....Unions Act, 1926" by the Major Port Trusts (Amdt.) Act (29 of 1974), S. 8(ii). Section 20 - Defects in appointments or election not to invalidate acts, etc No act or proceeding of a Board or of any of its committees shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof, or (b) any defect in the election or appointment of a person as a member thereof, or (c) any Trustee having acted or taken part in any proceedings in contravention of section 19, or (d) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting merits of the case. Section 21 - Delegation of powers A Board may, with the approval of the Central Government,specify-- (a) the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon theBoard by or under this Act, which may also be exercised or performed by theChairman; and (b) the powers and duties conferred or imposed on theChairman by or under this Act, which may also be exercised or performed by theDeputy Chairman or any officer of the Board and the conditions and restrictions,if any, subject to which such powers and duties may be exercised and performed : Provided that any powers and duties conferred or imposedupon.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Chapter III

Title: Staff of the Board

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....reason of the misconduct of such employee, shall be exercised-- 3[(a) in the case of an employee holding a post referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 24, by the Chairman; (b) in any other case, by the Chairman or by such authority as may be prescribed by regulations :] Provided that no such order, so far as the same involves extension of service, suspension, reduction in rank,2[compulsory retirement,] removal or dismissal of4[an employee referred to in clause (a)], shall have effect until it is approved by the Central Government. (2) Any employee of a Board1[******] aggrieved by an order involving his reduction in rank,2[compulsory retirement,] removal or dismissal may, within such time and in such manner as may be provided for by regulations, prefer an appeal -- 3[(a) to the Central Government, where such order is passed by the Chairman; (b) to the Chairman, where such order is passed by any such authority as is prescribed by regulations under clause (b) of sub-section (1);] Provided that where the person who passed the order becomes, by virtue of his subsequent appointment as the Chairman, the appellate authority in respect of the appeal.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Chapter VIII

Title: Revenue and Expenditure

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....moneys in general account (1) The money credited to the general account under sections 87, shall, subject to the provisions of section 89 of this Act and of section 36 of the Indian Ports Act, be applied by the Board in payment of the following charges, namely:-- (a) the interest and instalments of principal due in respect of any loan that may have been raised or obtained by the Board or for the repayment of which the Board may be liable, and payments to the sinking fund established for such loan; (b) the salaries, fees, allowances, pensions, gratuities, compassionate allowances or other moneys due to-- (i) the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and other Trustees; (ii) the employees of the Board; and (iii) the surviving relatives, if any, of such employees; (c) the contributions, if any, payable to the Central Government or any State Government on account of the pension and leave allowance of any officer lent to the Board by such Government; (d) the cost and expenses if any, incurred by the Board in the conduct and administration of any provident or welfare fund or loan or special fund established by the Board; (e) the contribution, if any, duly authorised to be made.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....Trust securities); (v) "rate" includes any toll, due, rent, rate, fee or charge leviable under this Act; (w) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act; (x) "rules" means rules made by the Central Government under this Act; (y) "Trustee", in relation to a port, means a member of the Board constituted for the port; 5[(z) "vessel" includes anything made for the conveyance, mainly by water, of human beings or of goods and a caisson;] (za) "wharf" includes any wall or stage and any part of the land or foreshore that may be used for loading or unloading goods, or for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers and any wall enclosing or adjoining the same. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Port Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997 w.e.f. 09-01-1997 2. Substituted for the words "the Deputy Chairman of a Board" by the Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act (17 of 1982), Section 2(a) (31-5-1982). 3. Inserted by the Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act (29 of 1974), Section 3(a) (1-2-1975). 4. Inserted the Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act (29 of 1974), Section 2(b). 5. Substituted the Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act (29 of 1974), Section 3(b).