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The Commissioners shall have the power, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, to apply 1 [any sum out of] the moneys credited to the general account towards meeting deficits, if any, in the pilotage account 2 [maintained under section 36 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908)] and to transfer the whole or 2 [part of the surplus funds, if any, in such pilot age account] to the general account.