Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Short title, extent and commencement.—-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3} It shall come into force at once. (4) It applies to all non-major ports, excluding the Fishing Harbours and Fish Landing Centres in the State, to which the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Central Act 15 of 1908) applies on the date of commencement of this Act and the State Government may, by notification, apply the provisions of this Act to any ether non-major ports in the State 70 to which the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Central Act 15 of 1908) is extended by the State Government under section 4 of that Act and with effect from such date, as may be specified in the notification.