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Repeal and savings. * * * * STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 20 of 1961.- The existing legislation in regard to the levy of fees on landing, shipping and storage of goods and on passengers embarking and disembarking at the several minor ports of the State is different in the North and South Kanara Districts. The procedure in vogue for the collection and credit of ports revenue and the operation of the accounts are likewise different in the two areas. It is found necessary in the interest of administrative convenience to have uniform legislative in regard to the levy of such fees and the procedure for collection and utilisation of the proceeds. It is proposed to create a Port Fees Fund to which all the receipts from the different levies will be credited and in which the receipts on account of the levies under the Indian Ports Act will also be merged. (Obtained from LAW 103 LGN 58.) 2 II Amending Act 8 of 1980.- The regulation, conservancy and improvement of the Mangalore Minor Port were vested in the Mangalore Fort Trust Board under the Mangalore Port Trust Act 1953. After commissioning the New Mangalore harbour, no steamer is calling at the old port and only small sailing vessels carrying coastal cargo, viz., tiles, fish, salt, etc., are calling at the port. The steamer traffic stands diverted to New Mangalore harbour where better facilities are available. Thus, the revenue of the Old Port has steeply declined and the port is at present in a financial crisis. With the meagre income it is impossible to maintain the Old Port with the existing set up. If the old port is taken over by the State Government under the Directorate of Ports and Inland Water Transport development works can be carried out by the State Government. As the Ports Department has got its own organisation for administration and maintenance of minor organisation for administration and maintenance of minor ports, it can take the old Mangalore Port under its control and it may not e necessary to have a separate Port Trust for Mangalore when all the other minor ports are being administered and maintained by the Department of Ports and Inland Water Transport. The old port may also be maintained properly as a fishing port in addition to its commercial activities to serve the coastal trade of tiles, salt etc., If the old Mangalore port under the Port Trust is transferred to the Government of India, the fishermen might be charged higher wharfage and other charges with the result it may adversely affect the progress of mechanised fishing in that port. It will also cause hardship to the fishermen who are now residing in Bengre, (opposite to old Mangalore Port) if they are displaced consequent to the old Mangalore Port being taken over by the Government of India. On the contrary, if this land is transferred to the Ports Department the whole area of Bengre can be developed as a fish processing complex for which it is ideally suited. If the old Mangalore Port is transferred to the Department of Ports and Inland Water Transport, this centre can, at a future date, be developed as an important all weather fishing harbour like Malpe, with Central assistance and the second stage of development, namely, deepening the bar and the river mouth with provision of break waters can be taken up in due course. The Mangalore Port Trust was an autonomous body primarily interested in the development and conservancy of the commercial Port and it would not have been enthusiastic about taking up such development of the fishing industry. It is uneconomical to 3 run the port with its present setup. The financial position of the Mangalore Port Trust Fund and the Mangalore Port Fund is poor and it has become impossible to run the conservancy and administration of the port any further. It is, therefore, proposed to transfer the administration of the Mangalore Port to State Government under the Directorate of Ports and Inland Water Transport in Karnataka, for being administered with other minor ports in the State by repealing the Mangalore Port Trust Act 1953. As the matter was very urgent an Ordinance was promulgated. Hence the Bill to replace the said Ordinance. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 5th March 1980 as No.166 at pages 5-7.) III Amending Act 9 of 2007.- The Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 was enacted in 1961 and the penalty incorporated therein was also fixed keeping in view the limit at that time. Therefore in order to bring the provisions of the Act more effectively, it is considered necessary to increase the amount of penalty for violation of the provisions of the Act. Hence the Bill. [L.A.Bill No. 4 of 2007] [Entry 31 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] IV Amendment Act 46 of 2025:- It is considered necessary further to amend the Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 20 of 1961) to,- (i) revise the fees on goods shipped in such interval, as prescribed by the rules; and (ii) increase or decrease percentage of fee by the Government by notification if fees are not revised with in time. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 50 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 64 SHASANA 2025] [Entry 31 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.550 in part-IVA dated:09.09.2025] 4 1[KARNATAKA ACT]1 No. 20 OF 1961 (First published in the 1 [Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-eighth day of September, 1961.) THE 2[KARNATAKA]2 PORTS (LANDING AND SHIPPING FEES) ACT, 1961 (Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-first day of September, 1961.) (As amended by Act 8 of 1980, 9 of 2007 and 46 of 2025) An Act to provide for the levy of fees on landing, shipping and storage of goods, and on passengers embarking and disembarking within the ports of the 1[State of Karnataka]1 and for certain other purposes. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the levy of fees on landing, shipping and storage of goods, and on passengers embarking and disembarking within the ports in the 1[State of Karnataka]1 and for certain other purposes; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—