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Harbour, except in s. 157, and in s. 130 in the case in which the harbour is given by the wife or husband of the person harboured, the word 'harbour' includes the supplying a person with shelter, food, drink, money, clothes, arms, ammunition or means of conveyance, or the assisting a person by any means, whether of the same kind as those enumerated in this section or not, to evade apprehension. (Penal Code, 1860 s. 52A)Harbour, includes any haven, cove or other landing place. (English) Fishery Harbours Act, 1915, s. 2(4). Where the expression 'harbour' is used in that Act with reference to a local lighthouse authority, it has the meaning assigned to it by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 742. See: (English) Harbour Act, 1964, s. 57(1); Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 36, para 401, p. 231.Means a harbour property so called whether natural or artificial, estuary, navigable river, pier, jetty, and other work in or at which ships can obtain shelter or ship and unship goods or ...
Harbours
Harbours. See PORT. As to the improvement and management of Harbours, docks and piers, see the (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 Vict. c. 27), and other Acts. As to the constitution of Port Health Authorities, see (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2-10. By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 2, the powers of the Board of Trade over harbours, docks and piers were transferred to the Ministry of Transport. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Harbours.'The word 'harbours' used in TADA must be understood in its ordinary meaning as for penal provisions. In Black's Law Dictionary its meaning is shown as 'to afford lodging to, to shelter, or to give a refuge to', Kalpnath Raj v. State, (1997) 8 SCC 732: AIR 1998 SC 201 (212). [TADA, 1987, ss. 3(4) and 2(1) (i)]...
Piers and Harbours
Piers and Harbours. As to the formation, manage-ment, and maintenance of piers and harbours in Great Britain and Ireland, see the (English) General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 45), amended by 25 Vict. c. 19, and later Acts. See HARBOURS....
Fishery harbour
Fishery harbour, is a small harbour which, in the opinion of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is principally used by the fishing industry, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 36, para 401, p. 230....
Harbouring
Harbouring. This constitutes an offence in the case of (1) constables on duty [see, however, Sherras v. de Rutzen, (1895) 1 QB 918, and (English) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), s. 78]; (2) deserters from merchant ships (see s. 236 (British ship) and s. 238 (foreign ship) of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894); (3) felons with a view to their concealment from justice; and (4) thieves or reputed thieves under ss. 10 and 11 of the (English) Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871. See ESCAPE....
Master
Master [fr. meester, Dut.; maistre, Fr.; magister, Lat.], a director; a governor; a teacher; one who has servants; the head of a college; the captain of a ship; an officer of the Supreme Court; and see MASTERS.It means--(a) in relation to any vessel or aircraft means any person, other than a pilot, harbour master, assistant harbour master or berthing master, having for the time being the charge or control of such vessel or aircraft, as the case maybe; and(b) in relation to any boat belonging to a ship, means the master of that ship. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (g)]Includes any person (except a pilot or harbour master) having command or charge of a ship. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(22)]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 o...
Quays
Quays. As to erection of quays in or near to a public harbour, or river communicating therewith, see the (English) Public Harbours Act, 1806 (46 Geo. 3, c. 153), amended by the (English) Harbours Transfer Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 69), s. 15. See also the (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27).By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 20, the general powers over quays were transferred to the Ministry of Transport; and see HARBOURS....
Ballast
Ballast. Heavy matter, as water, sand, stone, or iron, carried in the bottom of a ship to increase its weight and prevent its being readily over-set, a vessel being said to be 'in ballast' when she sails without a cargo. For penalty for taking from shore of harbour, etc., see (English) Harbours Act, 1814 (54 Geo. 3, c. 15); and for penalty for throwing it into harbour or dock, (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), s. 73; and see (English) Weights and Measurers Act, 1936....
Gazette and local advertisement
Gazette and local advertisement, unless the context otherwise requires, means in relation to an application, proposed order, order or scheme relating to a harbour or group of harbours in England or Wales, publication in the London Gazette and , in each of two successive weeks, in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality where the harbour or group is situate (English) Harbours Act, 1964, s. 57(1); Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 36, p. 256...
Haven
Haven, that which holds or contains ships; a port or harbour. See HARBOURS...
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