Lawgist37Grouping of ports
(1) The State Government may direct that for the purposes of the last foregoing section any number of ports 1[in the State not being major ports] shall be regarded as constituting a single port, and thereupon all moneys to be credited to the port fund account under sub-section (4) of that section shall form a common port fund account which shall be available for the payment of all expenses incurred for the sake of any of the ports:
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(2) Where ports are grouped by or under this Act, the following consequences ensue, namely:--
(a) the State Government, in the exercise of its control over expenditure debitable to the common port fund account of the group, may, 3*** make rules with respect to the expenditure of the fund for the sake of the several ports of the group on the objects authorised by this Act 3***; and
(b) by the State Government may exercise its authority under section 34 as regards all the ports in the group collective by or as regards any of them separately
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1. Ins., ibid.
2. The proviso omitted, ibid.
3. Certain words omitted, ibid.
- 33 Levy of port-dues
- 34 Variation of port-dues by Government
- 35 Fees for pilotage and certain other services
- 36 Receipt, expenditure and account of port-charges
- 37 Grouping of ports
- 38 Receipts for port-charges
- 39 Master to report arrival
- 40 Conservator may in certain cases ascertain draught and charge expense to master
- 41 Ascertainment of tonnage of vessel liable to port -dues
- 42 Distraint and sale on refusal to pay port-charges
- 43 No port-clearance to be granted until port-charges are paid
- 44 Port-charges payable in one port recoverable at any other port
- 45 Penalty for evading payment of port-charges
- 46 Port-due on vessels in ballast
- 47 Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo
- 48 Port-due not to be chargeable in certain cases
- 49 Power to impose hospital port-dues
- 50 Application and account of hospital port-dues
