CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY   1. Title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Ports Act, 1908.(2) It shall extend, save as otherwise appears from its subject or context,–     (a) to the ports mentioned in the First Schedule, and to such parts of the navigable rivers and channels leading to such  [ Read More ]

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to 2*Inland Vessels. CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY   1.Short title and extent.   1. Short title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the [Inland Vessels] 8* Act, 1917.4*[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: 5*[Provided that it shall not come  [ Read More ]

An Act to provide for the constitution of an Authority for the regulation and development of inland waterways for purposes of shipping and navigation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:– CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY 1.Short title and commencement.    [ Read More ]

An Act to provide for the acquisition of the shares of the Jayanti Shipping Company Limited in order to serve better the shipping needs of the nation and to facilitate the promotion and development, in the interests of the general public, of national shipping and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY 1.Short  [ Read More ]

An 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. CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY   1.Short title, commencement and application. 1. Short title, commencement and application. (1) This Act may be  [ Read More ]

CHAPTER VIIMPOSITION AND RECOVERY OF RATES AT PORTS 48.Scales of rates for services performed by Board or other person.   48. Scales of rates for services performed by Board or other person. (1) Every Board shall from time to time frame a scale of rates at which, and a statement of the conditions under which,  [ Read More ]

An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority for the development of the marine products industry under the control of the Union and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:– CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY   1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1)  [ Read More ]

An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER IPRELIMINARY   1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002.(2) It shall come into  [ Read More ]

An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-   1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central  [ Read More ]