Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
35. Whoever, without lawful excuse, discharges Guns not t o any gun, musket, or other firearm in any port sub. !edi"h"rged in port. ject to this Act, or on or from the landing-places, piers, wharfs, or quays thereof, except a gun loaded Exception. only with gunpowder for the purpose of making a signal of distress, or for such other purpose as may be allowed by the Local Government, shall, for every Penalty. such offence, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
Exthgzcishmeat of Pij4es.
36. The Master of any vessel in which fire takes Penalty oh place while lying in any port, who wilfully omits to :!$&, `t,` take order to extinguish such fire, shall be punished take order to
extinguish wit11 fire,
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Iidiam Ports.
-with imprisonment which may extend to six months, <or with fine which may exterld to one thousand . , rupees, or with both.
Im$mmable Oil.
Power to make rules for prevention of fire f1som inflam. mable oil.
37. The Local Government may from time to
-time make rules for regulating-
(a) the prevention of injury from fire in ports and places at which vessels entering port with inflammable oil on board are to be moored ;
(b) the mode in which such oil shall be landed from or shipped on board of such vessels. Explmatwlz.-" Inflammable oil" includes petro- leum, benzole, kerosine and any oil or product of oil that gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than one hundred degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer.
Special Rules.
Vessels in in `38.` No vessel of the burden of two hundred tons certain cases or upwards, shall be moved in any port to which moved this section has been specially extended without without having a Pilot, Harbour-Master, or Assistant of the having a pilot,.&p., Master Attendant or Harbour-Maste~ on board ; and permlsslon no vessel of any burden less than two hundred tons Master. of Harbonr- of Harbonr- and exceeding one hundred tons shall be moved in any such port without having on board a Pilot, Harbour-Master, or Assistant of the aaster Attendant or Harbour-Master, unless authority in writing so to do has been obtained from the Conservator or some officer empoweyed by him to give s u ~ h authoiity.
Vessels in in certain cases moved without having a pilot,.&p., permlsslon Master. of Harbonr- of Harbonr-
If any vessel, except in case of urgent necessity, be moved contrary to the provisions of this section, the Master of such vessel shall for every such offence be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, unless upon- application to the proper officer the Master be unable to procure a Pilot, Harbour-Master, or Assistant of the Master Attendant or Harbour-Ma~ter~tg on board the said vessel. o
Source: India Code