LawgistThe Indian Ports Act
40Conservator may in certain cases ascertain draught and charge expense to master
If any vessel liable to the payment of port-dues is in any such port without proper marks on the stem and stern posts thereof for denoting her draught, the conservator may cause the same to be ascertained by means of the operation of hooking, and the master of the vessel shall be liable to pay the expenses of the operation.
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PORT-DUES, FEESANDOTHERCHARGES
- 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
