The Indian Ports Act 1901, 3 of 1901, (Rep., Act 15 of 1908)

Section 0

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

&\ : ||--|--<br>-<br>----<br>--<br>7<br>-<br> -|---=7||--<br>-|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||>||||| |1%|1%|Fbrts;<br>ACT11f||||| |-||||||| ||(iii)whereavessel on whioh there"hasbean any|||||| |||case of dalzgerous infectious or contagious||||| |||disease oranydeath within twelve days||||| |||previous to the arrivalofthe vessel at such||||| |||port, enters or is in any such port;||||| ||(iv)whereavessel enters any such port from a||.|||| |||portinwhich, or in the neigbbourhood of||||| |||wl~ich, thepe is believed to be, or tohave||||| |||been at the time when the vessel leftsuch||||| |||port, any dangerous infectious or contagi-||||| |||ous disease uncommoni nIndia;||||| ||(a)where a vessel enters any such port having|||||| |||on board any person transhipped froma||||| |||vessel coming fromaport in which orin||||| |||tbe ncighbourhood of which there is be-||||| |||lieved to be or to have been at the time when||||| |||such last-mentioned vessel left such last-||||| |||mentioned portanydangerous infectious||||| |||or contagious disease uncommon in India;||||3!| ||(vi)where there is a dead body on boardavessel<br>in army such port;|||||4<br>I;| ||(vii)where there are on boardavesselinany such|||||| |||portfood-stxffs which, owing to decompo-||||| |||sition or for any other reason, are, in the||,|,|| |||opinion of the Health Officer, unfit for||||| |||human consumptio~;or||||)| ||(viii)where a vessel leaves any such port while|||||| |||tbere is in the port or in its neighbourhood||||| |||any dangerous infectious or contagious||||| |||disease uncommon in India.||||| ||For the purposes of this clause only such diseases|||||| |shall be deemed to be dangerous infectiousOYcontagi-||||||| |ous diseases, or diseases common or uncommon in||||||| |India, as the Governor General -in Glouncil||India, as the Governor General -in Glouncilmayby||||| |order direct."||||||| ||(2)After sub-section(2)of the same section the-||of the same section the-|||| |following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely||following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:-||||| ||6 c(3)Ifansyperson disobeys any rulemadeunder||||||

Source: India Code