Lawgist45Penalty for evading payment of port-charges
(1) If the master of a vessel evades the payment of any such sum as is mentioned in section 43, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five times the amount of the sum.
(2) In any proceeding before a Magistrate on a prosecution under sub-section (1), any such certificate as is mentioned in section 44, sub-section (2), stating that the master has evaded such payment, shall be sufficient prima facie proof of the evasion, unless the master shows to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that the departure of the vessel without payment of the sum was caused by stress of weather, or that there was lawful or reasonable ground for such departure.
(3) Any Magistrate having jurisdiction under this Act in any port to which the vessel may proceed, or in which she may he found, shall be deemed to have jurisdiction in any proceeding under this section.
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- 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
