Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The amounts credited to the General Fund under Section 69 shall be applied by the Board in payment of the following charges, namely:-- (a) the interest and instalments of principal due in respect of any loan that may have been raised or obtained by the Board or for the payment of which the Board may be liable and payments to the sinking fund established for such loan; (b) the salaries, fees, remunerations, allowances, pensions, gratuities, compassionate allowances or other amounts due to officers and other employees of the Board; (c) the contributions, if any, payable to the Central or State Government on account of pension and leave allowance of any officer lent to the Board by such Government; (d) the cost and expenses, if any, incurred by the Board in the conduct and administration of any provident fund, welfare fund, loan or special fund established by the Board; (e) the contributions, if any, duly authorized to be made, by regulations made under this Act, to any such fund referred to in Clause (d); (f) such sums as may, from time to time, be agreed upon by the Board and the Government or the Central Government or any other authority as a reasonable contribution payable by the Board towards the expenses in connection with the watch and ward functions of the Police Force or the Central Industrial Security Force or any other Force which the Government or the Central Government or any other authority, as the case may be, may establish and maintain for the protection of the port and the docks, warehouses and other property of the Board; (g) the cost of repairs and maintenance of the property belonging to or vested in, the Board and all charges upon the same and all working expenses; (h) the cost of the execution and provision of any new work or appliance specified in Section 23 which the Board may determine to charge to revenue; (i) any expenditure incurred under Section 24; (j) any other expenditure which may be incurred by the Board generally for the purposes of this Act; (k) any other charge which may on the application of the Board or otherwise be specially sanctioned by the Government or for which the Board may be legally liable. (2) All amounts standing at the credit of the Board which cannot immediately be applied in the manner or for the purpose specified in sub-section (1) shall,-- (a) be deposited in any Nationalised Bank or Treasury Savings Bank or financial institution controlled and managed by the Government as the Board may decide; or (b) be invested in any specialised scheme in Nationalised Banks or in such public securities as may be determined by the Board and the said securities shall be held in trust by the Board for the purposes of this Act.