Lawgist18Indemnity of Government against act or default of port -official or pilot
The Government shall not be responsible for any act or default of any conservator, port-officer or harbour-master, of any port subject to this Act, or of any deputy or assistant of any of the authorities aforesaid, or of any person acting under the control or direction of any such authority, deputy or assistant, or for any act or default of any pilot, or for any damage sustained by any vessel in consequence of any defect in any of the moorings, hawsers or other things belonging to the Government which may be used by the vessel:
Provided that nothing in this section shall protect 1[the Government] from a suit in respect of any act done by or under the express order or sanction of the Government.
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1. The words "the Secretary of State for India in Council" successively subs. by the A.O. 1937 and the A.O. 1950, to read as above.
- 7 Appointment of conservator
- 8 Power of conservator to give and enforce directions for certain specified purposes
- 9 Power to cut warps and ropes
- 10 Removal of obstructions within limits of port
- 11 Recovery of expenses of removal
- 12 Removal of lawful obstructions
- 13 Fouling of Government moorings
- 14 Raising or removal of wreck impeding navigation within limits of port
- 15 Power to board vessels and enter buildings
- 16 Power to require crews to prevent or extinguish fire
- 17 Appointment and powers of health-officer
- 18 Indemnity of Government against act or default of port -official or pilot
