Section 4. Appointment of Director General, Deputy Director Generals and Directors

CHAPTER III DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION 4. Appointment of Director General, Deputy Director Generals and Directors.— (1) The Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint,— - (a) the Director General; - (b) Deputy Director Generals; and - (c) Directors for districts. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Central Government may demarcate such areas to be districts. (3) Every officer appointed under sub-section (1) shall discharge his functions under the general superintendence and control of the Director General. 4. The Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021, inter alia, provides for the following, namely:— (a) to use the term "marine aids to navigation" instead of "lighthouse" in order to statutorily recognise and enable further use of modern forms of aids to navigation; (b) renaming of the existing Director General of Lighthouse and Lightships as the Director General of Marine Aids to Navigation; (c) to provide a framework for establishment, operation and management of aids to navigation; (d) to provide a framework for establishment, operation and management of vessel traffic services; (e) to empower the Central Government to appoint by notification, the Director General of Marine Aids to Navigation and a Competent Authority for Vessel Traffic, Services; (f) to empower the Central Government to provide by the rules the standards of regulation and operation of vessel traffic services; (g) to provide for training and certification for operators of marine aids to navigation and vessel traffic services; (h) to provide for marking of wrecks; (i) to empower the Central Government for identification and development of heritage lighthouses; (j) to provide for levy of marine aids to navigation dues in the place of the existing light-dues, levied on all vessels entering into or departing from a port in India; (k) to provide for offences and penalties for obstruction and damage to marine aids to navigation or vessel traffic services; (l) to empower the Central Government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the proposed legislation.