Bare Acts
Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
Central · 1963
Chapter Section 1
S. 1
Short title, commencement and application
Chapter Section 2
S. 2
Definitions
Chapter Section 3
S. 3
Constitution of Board of Trustees
Chapter Section 4
S. 4
First Board of Trustees
Chapter Section 5
S. 5
Board to be body corporate
Chapter Section 6
S. 6
Disqualification for office of Trustee
Chapter Section 7
S. 7
Term of office of Trustees
Chapter Section 8
S. 8
Vacation of office of Trustees
Chapter Section 9
S. 9
Eligibility of Trustee for re-appointment or re-election
Chapter Section 10
S. 10
Filling in of vacancies in office of Trustee
Chapter Section 11
S. 11
Saving provision for appointment of Trustee by Central Government after prescribed period
Chapter Section 12
S. 12
Power of Central Government to extend time for election or appoint Trustees in default of election
Chapter Section 13
S. 13
Term of office in case of certain Trustees
Chapter Section 14
S. 14
Absence of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Chapter Section 1[14A
S. 14A
Acting Chairman or Deputy Chairman
Chapter Section 15
S. 15
Conditions of service of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Chapter Section 16
S. 16
Meetings of Board
Chapter Section 17
S. 17
Committees of Board
Chapter Section 18
S. 18
Fees and allowances payable to Trustees
Chapter Section 19
S. 19
Restriction of power of Trustees to vote in certain cases
Chapter Section 20
S. 20
Defects in appointments or election not to invalidate acts, etc.
Chapter Section 21
S. 21
Delegation of powers
Chapter Section 22
S. 22
Duties of Chairman and Deputy Chairman
Chapter Section 23
S. 23
Schedule of Board's staff
Chapter Section 24
S. 24
Power to make appointments
Chapter Section 25
S. 25
Power to promote grant leave, etc., to employees of Board
Chapter Section 26
S. 26
Consulting Engineer to Board
Chapter Section 1[27
S. 27
Power to create posts
Chapter Section 28
S. 28
Power to make regulations
Chapter Section 29
S. 29
Transfer of assets and liabilities of Central Government, etc.
Chapter Section 30
S. 30
Existing rates, etc., to continue until altered by Board
Chapter Section 31
S. 31
Repayment of capital with interest
Chapter Section 32
S. 32
Procedure when immovable property cannot be acquired by agreement
Chapter Section 33
S. 33
Contracts by Board
Chapter Section 34
S. 34
Mode of executing contracts on behalf of Board
Chapter Section 35
S. 35
Power of Board to execute works and provide appliances
Chapter Section 1[35A
S. 35A
Power with respect to landing places and bathing ghats
Chapter Section 36
S. 36
Power of Board to undertake certain works
Chapter Section 37
S. 37
Power of Board to order sea-going vessels to use docks, wharves, etc.
Chapter Section 38
S. 38
If accommodation sufficient, all sea-going vessels compelled to use docks, wharves; etc.
Chapter Section 39
S. 39
Power to order vessels not to come alongside of, or to be removed from, docks, wharves, etc.
Chapter Section 40
S. 40
Power of Central Government to exempt from obligation to use docks, wharves, etc.
Chapter Section 41
S. 41
Board to declare when vessels other than sea-going vessels compelled to use docks, wharves, etc.
Chapter Section 42
S. 42
Performance of services by Board or other person
Chapter Section 43
S. 43
Responsibility of Board for loss, etc., of goods
Chapter Section 44
S. 44
Accommodation to be provided for customs officers in wharves, etc., appointed under Customs Act
Chapter Section 45
S. 45
Dues at customs wharves, etc.
Chapter Section 46
S. 46
Power to permit erection of private wharves, etc., within a port subject to conditions
Chapter Section 47
S. 47
Compensation payable in certain cases where use of any private wharf, etc., rendered unlawful
Chapter Section *47A
S. 47A
Constitution and incorporation of Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Chapter Section *47B
S. 47B
Term of office, conditions of service, etc., of Chairperson and other Members
Chapter Section *47C
S. 47C
Disqualification for the office of Chairperson and Member
Chapter Section *47D
S. 47D
Removal, etc., of Chairperson and Members
Chapter Section *47E
S. 47E
Meetings
Chapter Section *47F
S. 47F
Authentication of all orders and decisions of the Authority
Chapter Section *47G
S. 47G
Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Authority
Chapter Section *47H
S. 47H
Officers and employees of the Authority
Chapter Section 48
S. 48
Scales of rates for services performed by Board or other person
Chapter Section 49
S. 49
Scale of rates and statement of conditions for use of property belonging to Board
Chapter Section 1[49A
S. 49A
Fees for pilotage and certain other services
Chapter Section 1[49B
S. 49B
Fixation of port-dues
Chapter Section 50
S. 50
Consolidated rates for combination of services
Chapter Section 50A
S. 50A
Port-due on vessels in ballast
Chapter Section 50B
S. 50B
Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo
Chapter Section 50C
S. 50C
Publication of orders of Authority
Chapter Section 51
S. 51
Power to levy concessional rates in certain cases
Chapter Section 52
S. 52
Prior sanction of Central Government to rates and conditions
Chapter Section 53
S. 53
Exemption from, and remission of, rates or charges
Chapter Section 54
S. 54
Power of Central Government, to require modification or cancellation of rates
Chapter Section 55
S. 55
Refund of overcharges
Chapter Section 56
S. 56
Notice of payment of charges short-levied or erroneously refunded
Chapter Section 57
S. 57
Authority not to lease rates without sanction
Chapter Section 58
S. 58
Time for payment of rates on goods
Chapter Section 59
S. 59
Board's lien for rates
Chapter Section 60
S. 60
Ship-owner's lien for freight and other charges
Chapter Section 61
S. 61
Sale of goods after two months if rates or rent are not paid or lien for freight is not discharged
Chapter Section 62
S. 62
Disposal of goods not removed from premises of Board within time limit
Chapter Section 63
S. 63
Application of sale proceeds
Chapter Section 64
S. 64
Recovery of rates and charges by distraint of vessel
Chapter Section 1[65
S. 65
Grant of port-clearance after payment of rates and realisation of damages, etc.
Chapter Section 66
S. 66
Power to raise loans
Chapter Section 67
S. 67
Port Trust securities
Chapter Section 68
S. 68
Right of survivors of joint or several payees of securities
Chapter Section 69
S. 69
Power of one or two or more joint holders to grant receipts
Chapter Section 70
S. 70
Indorsements to be made on security itself
Chapter Section 71
S. 71
Indorser of security not liable for amount thereof
Chapter Section 72
S. 72
Impression of signature on securities
Chapter Section 73
S. 73
Issue of duplicate securities
Chapter Section 74
S. 74
Issue of converted, etc. securities
Chapter Section 1[74A
S. 74A
Recognition as holder of Port Trust securities in certain cases
Chapter Section 1[74B
S. 74B
Legal effect of recognition by the Board under section 74A
Chapter Section 75
S. 75
Discharge in certain cases
Chapter Section 76
S. 76
Power of Board to make regulations
Chapter Section 77
S. 77
Place and currency of loans raised by Board
Chapter Section 78
S. 78
Security for loans taken out by Board
Chapter Section 79
S. 79
Remedies of Government in respect of loans made to Boards
Chapter Section 80
S. 80
Power of Board to repay loans before due date
Chapter Section 81
S. 81
Establishment of sinking fund
Chapter Section 82
S. 82
Investment and application of sinking fund
Chapter Section 83
S. 83
Examination of sinking fund
Chapter Section 84
S. 84
Power of Board to raise loans on short-term bills
Chapter Section 85
S. 85
Power of Board to take temporary loans or overdrafts
Chapter Section 86
S. 86
Powers of Board to borrow money from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or other foreign institutions
Chapter Section 87
S. 87
General account of Port
Chapter Section 88
S. 88
Application of moneys in general account
Chapter Section 89
S. 89
Power to transfer moneys from general account to pilotage account and vice versa
Chapter Section 90
S. 90
Establishment of reserve funds
Chapter Section 91
S. 91
Power to reserve Port Trust securities for Board's own investments
Chapter Section 92
S. 92
Prior sanction of Central Government to charge expenditure to capital
Chapter Section 93
S. 93
Works requiring sanction of Board or Central Government
Chapter Section 94
S. 94
Power of Chairman as to execution of works
Chapter Section 95
S. 95
Power of Board to compound or compromise claims
Chapter Section 96
S. 96
Writing off losses
Chapter Section 97
S. 97
Powers, etc., of Board as Conservator or Body appointed under section 36 of Indian Ports Act
Chapter Section 98
S. 98
Budget estimates
Chapter Section 99
S. 99
Preparation of supplemental estimates
Chapter Section 100
S. 100
Re-appropriation of amounts in estimate
Chapter Section 101
S. 101
Adherence to estimate except in emergency
Chapter Section 102
S. 102
Accounts and audit
Chapter Section 103
S. 103
Publication of audit report
Chapter Section 104
S. 104
Board to remedy defects and irregularities pointed out in audit report
Chapter Section 105
S. 105
Central Government to decide difference between Board and auditors
Chapter Section 106
S. 106
Administration report
Chapter Section 107
S. 107
Submission of statements of income and expenditure to Central Government
Chapter Section 108
S. 108
Power of Central Government to order survey or examination of works of Board
Chapter Section 109
S. 109
Power of Central Government to restore or complete works at the cost of Board
Chapter Section 110
S. 110
Power of Central Government to supersede Board
Chapter Section 1[110A
S. 110A
Power of Central Government to supersede the Authority
Chapter Section 111
S. 111
Power of Central Government to issue directions to Board
Chapter Section 1[112
S. 112
Every person employed by the Authority of this Act to be a public servant
Chapter Section 113
S. 113
Penalty for contravention of sections 37, 38, 40 and 41
Chapter Section 114
S. 114
Penalty for setting up wharves, quays, etc., without permission
Chapter Section 115
S. 115
Penalty for evading rates, etc.
Chapter Section 116
S. 116
Recovery of value of damage to property of Board
Chapter Section 117
S. 117
Other offences
Chapter Section 1[117A
S. 117A
Person interested in contracts, etc., with the Board to be deemed to have committed an offence under section 168 of the Indian Penal Code
Chapter Section 118
S. 118
Cognizance of offences
Chapter Section 119
S. 119
Offences by companies
Chapter Section 120
S. 120
Limitation of proceedings in respect of things done under the Act
Chapter Section 121
S. 121
Protection of acts done in good faith
Chapter Section 122
S. 122
Power of Central Government to make rules
Chapter Section 123
S. 123
General Power of Board to make regulations
Chapter Section 1[123A
S. 123A
Power of Authority to make regulations
Chapter Section 124
S. 124
Provisions with respect to regulations
Chapter Section 125
S. 125
Power of Central Government to direct regulations to be made or to make regulations
Chapter Section 126
S. 126
Power of Central Government to make first regulations
Chapter Section 127
S. 127
Posting of certain regulations, etc.
Chapter Section 128
S. 128
Saving of right of Central Government and municipalities to use wharves, etc., for collecting duties and of power of Customs Officers
Chapter Section 129
S. 129
Application of certain provisions of the Act to aircraft
Chapter Section 130
S. 130
Power to evict certain persons from the premises of Board
Chapter Section 131
S. 131
Alternative remedy by suit
Chapter Section 132
S. 132
Requirements as to publication of notifications, orders, etc., in the Official Gazette
Chapter Section 133
S. 133
Repeal
Chapter Section 134
S. 134
Power to remove difficulties