The Indian Ports Act, 1908 section 1: Ins. by notification No. 1/605/78/IPD, dat…

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Explanation 4 .—(a) A vessel entering a port and taking in only provisions, water, bunker-coal or liquid fuel for her own consumption shall be charged port dues at half the rate with which she would otherwise be chargeable. (b) A vessel that has paid half the port dues under clause (a) above re-enters the same port with cargo or passengers or both within thirty days from the date of its previous entry in the port shall be charged the difference between the dues already paid and those payable at the full rate Explanation 5.—When a vessel which has been charged port dues, leviable under Government of Gujarat, Public Works Department, Notification No. G/J/48/75/IPA-2975-M, dated the 5th December, 1975, re-enters the same port with cargo or passengers or for any other purpose within thirty days from the date of its previous entry on the port, it shall be charged the difference between the dues already paid and those with which she would otherwise be chargeable.] THE SECOND SCHEDULE.—[Enactment repealed.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938), s. 2 and the Schedule. __________________ 1. Title and extent.— (1) This Act may be called the Indian Ports Act, 1908. (2) It shall extend, save as otherwise appears from its subject or context,— (a) to the ports mentioned in the first schedule, and to such parts of the navigable rivers and channels leading to such ports respectively as have been declared to be subject to Act XXII of 1855 (for the Regulation of Ports and Port-due s) or to the Indian Ports Act, 1875 (12 of 1875), or to the Indian Ports Act, 1889 (10 of 1889); (b) to the other ports or parts of navigable rivers or channels to which the 2[Government], in exercise of the power hereinafter conferred, extends this Act. (3) But nothing in section 31 or section 32 shall apply to any port, river or channel to which the section has not been specially extended by the[2] [Government]. 1. For Report of Select Committee, see Gazette of India, 1908, Pt. V, p. 359; and for Proceedings in Council, see Gazette of India, 1908, Pt. VI, pp. 146, 154 and 182. Thi s Act has been supplemented in its application to the port of Cochin by the Cochin Port Act, 1936 (6 of 1936), s. 2 and Sch. This Act has been amended in Andhra Pradesh by A.P. Act 18 of 1968, in Pondicherry by Pondy. Act 10 of 1969 and Tamil Nadu by T.N. Act 19 of 1975. This Act has been extended to Pondicherry on 1-10-1963: vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I, to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep (w.e.f. 1-10-1967): v ide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch., and Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch. 2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Government". 3. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "His Majesty". 4. The words "or the Government of India" omitted by the A.O. 1937. 5. Subs. by Act 15 of 1997, s. 2, for clause (1) (w.e.f. 9-1-1997). 6. Ins. by Act 35 of 1951, s. 188. (3) "pilot" means a person for the time being authorised by the[1] [Government] to pilot vessels; (4) "port" includes also any part of a river or channel in which this Act is for the time being in force; (5) "port officer" is synonymous with master-attendant; PART II.—RESERVED FOR PORTS IN WEST BENGAL, IF ANY 2 [PART III.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OF ORISSA Name of port Vessels chargeable Rate of port dues Due how often chargeable in respect of the same vessel (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Chandbali Sea-going vessels of ten tonnes Not exceeding rupee Once in the same month. (Dhamra) and upwards (except fishing one and fifty paise boats). per tonne. (Tug-boats, ferry-boats and river Ditto. Once between the 1st boats, whether propelled by steam January and the 30th June, or other mechanical means). and once between the 1st july and 31st December, in each year. 2. Gopalpur Sea-going vessels of ten tonnes Not exceeding rupee Once in the same month. and upwards (except fishing one and fifty paisa boats). per tonne. (Tug-boats, ferry-boats and river Ditto. Once between the 1st boats, whether propelled by steam January and the 30th June, or other mechanical means). and once between the 1st july and 31st December, in each year 3 [PART IV.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 2[(6) "ton" means a ton as determined or determinable by the rules made under section 74 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), for regulating the measurement of the gross tonnage of ships;] (7) "vessel" includes anything made for the conveyance[3] [mainly] by water of human beings or of property; 4[(8) "major port" means any port which the Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette declare, or may under any law for the time being in force ha ve declared, to be a major port;[5] [and] (9) "Government", as respects major ports, for all purposes, and, as respects other ports, for the purposes of making rules under clause (p) of section 6 (1) and of the appointment and control of port health-officers under section 17, means the Central Government, and save as aforesaid, means the State Government.] 6* * * * * (1) Pindhara (1) Foreign ships. Re. 1.00 p per ton. (2) Salaya (3) Sikka (4) Bedi (including (2) Coasting ships. Re. 0.50 per ton. -doRozi) (5) Jodia (3) Sailing Vessels. Re. 0.60 p per ton. -do- 1. This Schedule is liable to variation by notifications of State Governments, and for any change thereof notifications of the States concerned should be consulted. 2. Subs. by notification No. G.S.R. 257(E), dated 1-5-1978, Gazette of India, Pt. II, s. 3(i), p. 398, for the heading and the major ports of Calcutta and Paradip and the entries relating thereto. 3. Subs. by notification No. S.O. 2020(E), for the entry "Calcutta" (dated 24-6-2020). |3[PARTIV.—PORTSUNDERTHECONT|ROLOFGOVERNMENTOFANDHRA PRADESH| |---|---| |Name of the Port District Vessels Chargeable|Rate of port dues Class of vessels Rate Due how often chargeable in respect of the same vessel| |(1) (2)|(3) (4) (5)| |Calingapatnam (Srikakulam) Bheemunipatnam Kakinada (East Godavari) Narsapur (WestGodavari) Machilipatnam (Krishna) (Visakhapatnam) Sea-going vessels of 42-45 cubic metres (15 tons) and upwards (1) Foreign ship or steamer calling at any port. (2) Foreign ship or steamer (referred to in item 1 above) calling at any port for more than once in the same voyage Fifteen paise cubic metre. Twenty-five paise per cubic metre. Payable on each entry into the port. Payable once for one voyage.|| |. .|| 1. Entries under cols. (2), (3) and (4) omitted by Act 15 of 1997, s. 9 (w.e.f. 9.1.1997). 2. Added by notification No. 1317-PD, dated 29-04-1978, Gazette of Orissa. 3. Added by notification No. G.O. Ms. 253, dated 28-4-1978, Gazette of Andhra Pradesh. PART IV.— PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH—CONTD. 1 [PART X.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA |(1)|(2)||(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||(4)Tugs, ferry|and|Re. 0.60 p per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to| ||river ships.|||say once between the| |||||1st January to the 30th| |||||June and once between| |||||the 1st July to the 31st| |||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships||Rs. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case| ||bringing cargo|||of each vessel.| ||for transhipment|||| ||in daughter|||| ||ships.|||| ||(6) Daughter|ships|Re. 1.00 p per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast|being||| ||loaded|with||| ||cargo|from||| ||tankers|and||| ||leaving for|ports||| ||other|than||| ||Gujarat|State||| ||ports.|||| |VIII. Navlakhi Group of pots:||||| |(1) Navlakhi|(1) Foreign ships.||Re. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case| ||(2)Coasting ships.||Re. 0.50 per ton.|of each vessel. -do-| ||(3) Sailing Vessels. (4)Tugs, ferry and||Re. 0.60 p per ton. Re. 0.60 p per ton.|-do- Twice in a year_i.e._to| ||river ships.|||say once between the| |||||1st January to the 30th| |||||June and once between| |||||the 1st July to the 31st| |||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships||Rs. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case| ||bringing cargo|||of each vessel.| ||for transhipment|||| ||in daughter|||| ||ships.|||| ||(6) Daughter|ships|Re. 1.00 p per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast|being||| ||loaded|with||| ||cargo|from||| ||tankers|and||| ||leaving for|ports||| ||other|than||| ||Gujarat|State||| ||ports.|||| |Name of ports and|Vessels chargeable|Rate|of port dues|Dues|how|often| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group within which||||chargeable in respect||| |they fail||||of same vessels||| |(1)|(2)||(3)||(4)|| ||I-BANDRA|GROUP|OFPORTS|||| |1. Dhanu.|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at|| |2. Tarapur.|vessels of 5 tons and upwards but|metric ton.||the same provided that||port; no| |3. Nawapur.|less than 10 tons|||coasting vessels||| |4. Satpati.|(exceeding fishing boats).|||having paid port dues at any port shall be||| |5. Kelwa Mahim||||chargeable with||port| |(including Kelwa).||||dues|again at|the| |||||same|or any|other| |||||port|of the|same| |||||group|within 30|days.| |6. Arnala (including|(ii) Sea-going|Forty paise per metric||||| |Datiware).|vessels other|ton.||||| |7. Bassein.|than power, driven sea-going|||||| |8. Uttan.|vessels of 10|||||| |9. Bhivandi.|tons and upwards|||||| ||(exceeding|||||| ||fishing boats).|||||| |10. Manori|(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric||||| |11. Kalyan.|sea-going vessels of 10|ton.||||| |12. Thane.|tons and|||||| |13. Vessava.|upwards.|||||| |14. Bandra.||||||| ||II—MORA|GROUP|OFPORTS|||| |1. Trombay (including|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at|| |Mahul.)|vessels of 5 tons| metric ton.||the|same|port;| ||and upwards but|||provided that|| no| ||less than 10 tons|||coasting vessels||| ||(exceeding|||having paid port||dues| ||fishing boats).|||at any port shall be||| |||||chargeable with||port| |||||dues|again at|the| |||||same|or any|other| |||||port|of the|same| |||||group|within 30|days.| (1) (2) (3) (4) IX. Mandvi Group of Ports: (1) Mundra (1) Foreign ships. Re. 1.00 p per ton. Once in 30 day in case of each vessel. (2) Mandvi (2) Coasting ships. Re. 0.50 per ton. -do(3) Jakhau (3) Sailing Vessels. Re. 0.60 p per ton. -do(4) Koteshwar (4) Tugs, ferry and Re. 0.60 p per ton. Twice in a year i.e. to river ships. say once between the 1st January to the 30th June and once between the 1st July to the 31st December. (5) Foreign ships Rs. 1.00 p per ton. Once in 30 day in case bringing cargo of each vessel. for transhipment in daughter ships. (6) Daughter ships Re. 1.00 p per ton. -doin ballast being loaded with cargo from tankers and leaving for ports other than Gujarat State ports. Explanations to Part XI of the First Schedule. Explanation 1.—(a) The ports shown under each of the nine groups in the first column of the table shall be treated as if they were only one port. The payment of the dues at the first port called in a group shall exempt the vessel for the period shown in column 4 in the table from the liability of payment of the dues again on re-entering or entering that or any other port in the same group. (b) No port dues shall be charged in respect of vessel of less than 10 tons or any fishing boat. (c) A vessel in distress with no cargo on board brought into harbour in tow shall be charged with threefourths of port dues. 1. Ins. by notification No. IPA 1077/264/36TR, dated 21-31978, Gazette of Maharashtra. (d) A coastal ship entering a port, bringing coal or taking salt shall be charged port dues at ten per cent. less than the rates with which she would otherwise be chargeable. Explanation 2.—(a) In determining of the measurement of the net tonnage for the purpose of calculating the charges, a fraction of half a ton or more shall be counted as one ton and less than half ton shall be ignored. (b) The period of thirty days shall be reckoned from the date of entry of the vessel into the port. (c) "Vessel" includes any ship, boat, sailing vessel or other description of vessel used in the navigation. (d) "Sailing vessel" means any description of vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, and includes a rowing boat or canoe but does not inclued a pleasure craft. (e) "Ship" does not include a sailing vessel. (f) "Coastal ship" means a ship which at any port in Gujarat discharges exclusively from or takes any cargo exclusively for any port in the Republic of India and is not enagaged in overseas trade. (g) "Foreign ship" means a ship which is not a coasting ship. Explanation 3.— If the vessel, in the course of her voyage or during stay in the port, changes her character from a coasting vessel to a foreign ship or vice versa, port dues shall be charged at the rates leviable in respect of foreign ships. |(1)|(2)||(3)||(4)| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |2. Panvel (Ulwa and|(ii) Sea-going vessels|Forty|paise per metric||| |Belapur).|other than power|ton.|||| |3. Mora.|driven sea-going||||| |4. Karanja.|vessels of 10 tons||||| |5. Mandwa.|and upwards||||| |6. Thal (Rewas).|(exceeding||||| ||fishing boats).||||| |7. Alibag.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty|paise per metric||| |(including Dharamtar).|sea-going|ton.|||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| ||upwards.||||| ||III—RAJPURI|GROUP OFPORTS|||| |1. Revdanda.|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at| |2. Borli Mandla.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||the same port; provided|| |3. Nandgaon.|and upwards but|||that no coasting vessels|| |4. Murud (J).|less than 10 tons|||having paid port dues|| ||(excepting|||at any port shall be|| ||fishing boats).|||chargeable with port|| |||||dues|again at the same| |||||or any other port of the|| |||||same|group within 30| |||||days.|| |5. Rajpuri.|(ii) Sea-going|Forty|paise per metric||| ||vessels other|ton.|||| ||than power||||| ||driven sea-going||||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| ||upwards||||| ||(excepting||||| ||fishing boats).||||| |6. Bankot.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty|paise per metric||| ||sea-going|ton.|||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| |1. Kelshi.|upwards. IV—RATNAGIRIGROUP OFPORTS (i) Sea-going Twenty-five paise per|||Once|in thirty days at| |2. Harnai.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||the same port; provided|| |3. Dabhol.|and upwards but|||that no coasting vessels|| |4. Palshet.|less than 10 tons|||or|coasting power| ||(excepting|||driven vessels having|| ||fishing boats).|||paid|port dues at any| |||||port shall be chargeable with port dues again at the same or any other port of the same group within 30 days.|| Explanation 4 .—(a) A vessel entering a port and taking in only provisions, water, bunker-coal or liquid fuel for her own consumption shall be charged port dues at half the rate with which she would otherwise be chargeable. (b) A vessel that has paid half the port dues under clause (a) above re-enters the same port with cargo or passengers or both within thirty days from the date of its previous entry in the port shall be charged the difference between the dues already paid and those payable at the full rate Explanation 5.—When a vessel which has been charged port dues, leviable under Government of Gujarat, Public Works Department, Notification No. G/J/48/75/IPA-2975-M, dated the 5th December, 1975, re-enters the same port with cargo or passengers or for any other purpose within thirty days from the date of its previous entry on the port, it shall be charged the difference between the dues already paid and those with which she would otherwise be chargeable.] THE SECOND SCHEDULE.—[Enactment repealed.] Rep. by the Repealing Act, 1938 (1 of 1938), s. 2 and the Schedule. __________________ ||(1)|(2)||(3)|||(4)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |5.|Borya.|(i) Sea-going other|Forty|paise per metric||||| |6.|Jaigad.|than power|ton.|||||| |7.|Varoda (Tiwari).|driven sea-going||||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |||upwards||||||| |||(excepting||||||| |||fishing boats).||||||| |8.|Ratnagiri.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|||||| |9.|Purnagad.|sea-going|ton.|||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |1.|Jaipur.|upwards. V—VIJAYDURG (i) Sea-going vessels|GROUP OFPORTS Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty||days at| |2.|Vijaydurg.|of 5 tons and|metric ton.||the same port; provided|||| |3.|Deogad.|upwards but less|||that no||coasting|vessels| |||than 10 tons|||or|coasting||power| |||(excepting|||driven||vessels|having| |||fishing boats).|||paid|port dues||at any| |4.|Achara.|(ii) Sea-going|Forty|paise per metric|port shall be chargeable with port dues again at the same or any other port of the same group within 30 days.|||| |||vessels other|ton.|||||| |||than power||||||| |||driven sea-going||||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |||upwards||||||| |||(excepting||||||| |||fishing boats).||||||| |||(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|||||| |||sea-going|ton.|||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |1.|Malwan|upwards. VI—VENGURLAGROUP OFPORTS (i) Sea-going Twenty-five paise per|||Once|in|thirty days at the|| |2.|Nivati.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||same|port; provided that||| |3.|Vengurla.|and upwards but|||no coasting vessels or|||| |||less than 10 tons|||coasting|| power| driven| |||(excepting|||vessels||having paid port|| |||fishing boats),|||dues at any port shall be|||| ||||||chargeable with port dues|||| ||||||again|at|the same or any|| ||||||other|port of the same||| ||||||group|within 30 days.]||| ||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---| |4. Redi.||(ii) Sea-going|Forty paise per metric|| |5. Kiranpani.||vessels other|ton.|| |||than power||| |||driven sea-going||| |||vessels of 10||| |||tons and||| |||upwards||| |||(excepting||| |||fishing boats).||| |||(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|| |||sea-going|ton.|| |||vessels of 10||| |||tons and||| |||upwards.||| ||1[PARTXI.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OFGOVERNMENT|||OFGUJARAT| |1. Umargaon 2. Maroli||(1) Foreign Ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |3. Kolak 4. Umarsadi||(2) Costing ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |5. Valsad||||| |6. Billimora||||| |7. Vansi-Borsi||(3) Sailing vessels|Re. 0.35 p. per ton.|-do-| |8. Onjal||||| |9. Surat|(Magdalia)|||| |10. Bhagva 11. Bharuch||(4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| |12. Dahej||||June and once between| |||||the 1st July to the 31st| |||||December.| |13. Khambhat||(5) Foreign ships||| |||bringing cargo||| |||for transhipment||| |||in daughter||| |||ships.||| |||(6) Daughter ships in|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| |||ballast being||| |||loaded with||| |||cargo from||| |||tankers and||| |||leaving for ports||| |||other than||| |||Gujarat State||| |||ports.||| 1. Ins. by Notification No. G/J/16/ IPA/1077/95-M, dated 1-5-1978, Gazette of Gujarat, Extraordinary, Part IV-A. |(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---| |II. Bhavnagar Group of Ports:|||| |1. Bhavnagar|(1) Foreign Ships|Re. 1.00 per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessels.| |2. Gogha|||| |3. Talaja|(2) Coasting ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| ||(3) sailing vessels (4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.35 p. per ton. Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships bringing cargo|Rs. 2.50 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| ||for transhipment||| ||in daughter||| ||ships.||| ||(6) Daughter ships in|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other than||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |III. Mahuva Group of Ports:|||| |1. Mahuva|(1) Foreign ships|Re. 1. 00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |2. Pipavav|||| |Bandar|(2) Coasting ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |3. Jafrabad|(3) Sailing Vessels|Re. 0.35 p. per ton.|-do-| |4. Rajpara|(4) Tugs, ferry and river ships|Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships vringing cargo|Re. 2. 50 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| ||for||| ||transshipment in||| ||daughter ships.||| |(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---| ||(6) Daughter ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other then||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |IV. Veraval Group of Ports:|||| |(1) Nawabandar|(1) Foreign ships.|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |(2) Madhwad|(2) Coasting ships.|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |(3) Veraval|||| |(4) Mangrol|(3) Sailing Vessels. (4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.35 p. per ton. Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do- Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships bringing cargo|Rs. 2.50 p. per ton.|Once in30 day in case of each vessel.| ||for transhipment||| ||in daughter||| ||ships.||| ||(6) Daughter ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other than||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |V. Porbandar Group of ports: (1) Porbandar (1) Foreign ships.||Re. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case of each vessel.| ||(2) Coasting ships. (3) Sailing vessels. (4) Tugs, ferry and|R. 0.50 p per ton. Re. 0.35 p per ton. Re. 0.60 p per ton.|-do- -do- Twice in a year_i.e._to| ||river ships.||say once between the| ||||1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| |(1)|(2)||(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||(5) Foreign ships||Rs. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case| ||bringing cargo|||of each vessel.| ||for transhipment|||| ||in daughter|||| ||ships.|||| ||(6) Daughter in ballast|ships being|Re. 1.00 p per ton.|-do-| ||loaded|with||| ||cargo|from||| ||tankers|and||| ||leaving for|ports||| ||other|than||| ||Gujarat|State||| ||ports.|||| VI. Okha Group of Ports: ||(1)|(2)|||(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |4.|Tiracol|(a) Sea-going|vessels||-do-|Once between 1st January| |||of ten tons||and||& 31st March, once| |||upwards fishing boats)|(except|||between 1st April & 30th June, once between 1st July & 30th September & once| |||||||between 1st October.| |5.|Chapora|(b) Inland mechanically propelled vessles. (a) Sea-going vessels|||-do- -do-|Once in the same month. Once between 1st January| |||of ten tons||and||& 31st March, once| |||upwards fishing boats)|(except|||between 1st April & 30th June, once between 1st July & 30th September & once| |||||||between 1st October.| |6.|Panaji|(b) Inland mechanically propelled vessles. (a) Sea-going vessels|||-do- -do-|Once in the same month. Once between 1st January| |||of ten tons and||||& 31st March, once| |||upwards (except fishing boats)||||between 1st April & 30th June, once between 1st July & 30th September & once| |||||||between 1st October.| |7.|Talpona|(b) Inland mechanically propelled vessles. (a) Sea-going vessels|||-do- -do-|Once in the same month. Once in the same month.| |||of ten tons and||||| |||upwards (except||||| |||fishing boats)||||| |||(b) Inland|||-do-|Once between 1st January| |||mechanically propelled vessles.||||& 31st March, once between 1st April & 30th June, once between 1st July| |||||||& 30th September & once| |||||||between 1st October.]| 1 [PART X.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA |Name of ports and|Vessels chargeable|Rate|of port dues|Dues|how|often| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group within which||||chargeable in respect||| |they fail||||of same vessels||| |(1)|(2)||(3)||(4)|| ||I-BANDRA|GROUP|OFPORTS|||| |1. Dhanu.|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at|| |2. Tarapur.|vessels of 5 tons and upwards but|metric ton.||the same provided that||port; no| |3. Nawapur.|less than 10 tons|||coasting vessels||| |4. Satpati.|(exceeding fishing boats).|||having paid port dues at any port shall be||| |5. Kelwa Mahim||||chargeable with||port| |(including Kelwa).||||dues|again at|the| |||||same|or any|other| |||||port|of the|same| |||||group|within 30|days.| |6. Arnala (including|(ii) Sea-going|Forty paise per metric||||| |Datiware).|vessels other|ton.||||| |7. Bassein.|than power, driven sea-going|||||| |8. Uttan.|vessels of 10|||||| |9. Bhivandi.|tons and upwards|||||| ||(exceeding|||||| ||fishing boats).|||||| |10. Manori|(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric||||| |11. Kalyan.|sea-going vessels of 10|ton.||||| |12. Thane.|tons and|||||| |13. Vessava.|upwards.|||||| |14. Bandra.||||||| ||II—MORA|GROUP|OFPORTS|||| |1. Trombay (including|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at|| |Mahul.)|vessels of 5 tons| metric ton.||the|same|port;| ||and upwards but|||provided that|| no| ||less than 10 tons|||coasting vessels||| ||(exceeding|||having paid port||dues| ||fishing boats).|||at any port shall be||| |||||chargeable with||port| |||||dues|again at|the| |||||same|or any|other| |||||port|of the|same| |||||group|within 30|days.| 1. Ins. by notification No. IPA 1077/264/36TR, dated 21-31978, Gazette of Maharashtra. |(1)|(2)||(3)||(4)| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |2. Panvel (Ulwa and|(ii) Sea-going vessels|Forty|paise per metric||| |Belapur).|other than power|ton.|||| |3. Mora.|driven sea-going||||| |4. Karanja.|vessels of 10 tons||||| |5. Mandwa.|and upwards||||| |6. Thal (Rewas).|(exceeding||||| ||fishing boats).||||| |7. Alibag.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty|paise per metric||| |(including Dharamtar).|sea-going|ton.|||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| ||upwards.||||| ||III—RAJPURI|GROUP OFPORTS|||| |1. Revdanda.|(i) Sea-going|Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty days at| |2. Borli Mandla.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||the same port; provided|| |3. Nandgaon.|and upwards but|||that no coasting vessels|| |4. Murud (J).|less than 10 tons|||having paid port dues|| ||(excepting|||at any port shall be|| ||fishing boats).|||chargeable with port|| |||||dues|again at the same| |||||or any other port of the|| |||||same|group within 30| |||||days.|| |5. Rajpuri.|(ii) Sea-going|Forty|paise per metric||| ||vessels other|ton.|||| ||than power||||| ||driven sea-going||||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| ||upwards||||| ||(excepting||||| ||fishing boats).||||| |6. Bankot.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty|paise per metric||| ||sea-going|ton.|||| ||vessels of 10||||| ||tons and||||| |1. Kelshi.|upwards. IV—RATNAGIRIGROUP OFPORTS (i) Sea-going Twenty-five paise per|||Once|in thirty days at| |2. Harnai.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||the same port; provided|| |3. Dabhol.|and upwards but|||that no coasting vessels|| |4. Palshet.|less than 10 tons|||or|coasting power| ||(excepting|||driven vessels having|| ||fishing boats).|||paid|port dues at any| |||||port shall be chargeable with port dues again at the same or any other port of the same group within 30 days.|| ||(1)|(2)||(3)|||(4)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |5.|Borya.|(i) Sea-going other|Forty|paise per metric||||| |6.|Jaigad.|than power|ton.|||||| |7.|Varoda (Tiwari).|driven sea-going||||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |||upwards||||||| |||(excepting||||||| |||fishing boats).||||||| |8.|Ratnagiri.|(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|||||| |9.|Purnagad.|sea-going|ton.|||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |1.|Jaipur.|upwards. V—VIJAYDURG (i) Sea-going vessels|GROUP OFPORTS Twenty-five paise per||Once|in thirty||days at| |2.|Vijaydurg.|of 5 tons and|metric ton.||the same port; provided|||| |3.|Deogad.|upwards but less|||that no||coasting|vessels| |||than 10 tons|||or|coasting||power| |||(excepting|||driven||vessels|having| |||fishing boats).|||paid|port dues||at any| |4.|Achara.|(ii) Sea-going|Forty|paise per metric|port shall be chargeable with port dues again at the same or any other port of the same group within 30 days.|||| |||vessels other|ton.|||||| |||than power||||||| |||driven sea-going||||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |||upwards||||||| |||(excepting||||||| |||fishing boats).||||||| |||(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|||||| |||sea-going|ton.|||||| |||vessels of 10||||||| |||tons and||||||| |1.|Malwan|upwards. VI—VENGURLAGROUP OFPORTS (i) Sea-going Twenty-five paise per|||Once|in|thirty days at the|| |2.|Nivati.|vessels of 5 tons|metric ton.||same|port; provided that||| |3.|Vengurla.|and upwards but|||no coasting vessels or|||| |||less than 10 tons|||coasting|| power| driven| |||(excepting|||vessels||having paid port|| |||fishing boats),|||dues at any port shall be|||| ||||||chargeable with port dues|||| ||||||again|at|the same or any|| ||||||other|port of the same||| ||||||group|within 30 days.]||| ||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---| |4. Redi.||(ii) Sea-going|Forty paise per metric|| |5. Kiranpani.||vessels other|ton.|| |||than power||| |||driven sea-going||| |||vessels of 10||| |||tons and||| |||upwards||| |||(excepting||| |||fishing boats).||| |||(iii) Power driven|Sixty paise per metric|| |||sea-going|ton.|| |||vessels of 10||| |||tons and||| |||upwards.||| ||1[PARTXI.—PORTS UNDER THE CONTROL OFGOVERNMENT|||OFGUJARAT| |1. Umargaon 2. Maroli||(1) Foreign Ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |3. Kolak 4. Umarsadi||(2) Costing ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |5. Valsad||||| |6. Billimora||||| |7. Vansi-Borsi||(3) Sailing vessels|Re. 0.35 p. per ton.|-do-| |8. Onjal||||| |9. Surat|(Magdalia)|||| |10. Bhagva 11. Bharuch||(4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| |12. Dahej||||June and once between| |||||the 1st July to the 31st| |||||December.| |13. Khambhat||(5) Foreign ships||| |||bringing cargo||| |||for transhipment||| |||in daughter||| |||ships.||| |||(6) Daughter ships in|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| |||ballast being||| |||loaded with||| |||cargo from||| |||tankers and||| |||leaving for ports||| |||other than||| |||Gujarat State||| |||ports.||| 1. Ins. by Notification No. G/J/16/ IPA/1077/95-M, dated 1-5-1978, Gazette of Gujarat, Extraordinary, Part IV-A. |(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---| |II. Bhavnagar Group of Ports:|||| |1. Bhavnagar|(1) Foreign Ships|Re. 1.00 per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessels.| |2. Gogha|||| |3. Talaja|(2) Coasting ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| ||(3) sailing vessels (4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.35 p. per ton. Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships bringing cargo|Rs. 2.50 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| ||for transhipment||| ||in daughter||| ||ships.||| ||(6) Daughter ships in|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other than||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |III. Mahuva Group of Ports:|||| |1. Mahuva|(1) Foreign ships|Re. 1. 00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |2. Pipavav|||| |Bandar|(2) Coasting ships|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |3. Jafrabad|(3) Sailing Vessels|Re. 0.35 p. per ton.|-do-| |4. Rajpara|(4) Tugs, ferry and river ships|Re. 0.60 p. per ton.|Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships vringing cargo|Re. 2. 50 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| ||for||| ||transshipment in||| ||daughter ships.||| |(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---| ||(6) Daughter ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other then||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |IV. Veraval Group of Ports:|||| |(1) Nawabandar|(1) Foreign ships.|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|Once in 30 days in case of each vessel.| |(2) Madhwad|(2) Coasting ships.|Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do-| |(3) Veraval|||| |(4) Mangrol|(3) Sailing Vessels. (4) Tugs, ferry and river ships.|Re. 0.35 p. per ton. Re. 0.50 p. per ton.|-do- Twice in a year_i.e._to say once between the 1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| ||(5) Foreign ships bringing cargo|Rs. 2.50 p. per ton.|Once in30 day in case of each vessel.| ||for transhipment||| ||in daughter||| ||ships.||| ||(6) Daughter ships|Re. 1.00 p. per ton.|-do-| ||in ballast being||| ||loaded with||| ||cargo from||| ||tankers and||| ||leaving for ports||| ||other than||| ||Gujarat State||| ||ports.||| |V. Porbandar Group of ports: (1) Porbandar (1) Foreign ships.||Re. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case of each vessel.| ||(2) Coasting ships. (3) Sailing vessels. (4) Tugs, ferry and|R. 0.50 p per ton. Re. 0.35 p per ton. Re. 0.60 p per ton.|-do- -do- Twice in a year_i.e._to| ||river ships.||say once between the| ||||1st January to the 30th| ||||June and once between| ||||the 1st July to the 31st| ||||December.| |(1)|(2)||(3)|(4)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||(5) Foreign ships||Rs. 1.00 p per ton.|Once in 30 day in case| ||bringing cargo|||of each vessel.| ||for transhipment|||| ||in daughter|||| ||ships.|||| ||(6) Daughter in ballast|ships being|Re. 1.00 p per ton.|-do-| ||loaded|with||| ||cargo|from||| ||tankers|and||| ||leaving for|ports||| ||other|than||| ||Gujarat|State||| ||ports.|||| VI. Okha Group of Ports:

Source: India Code

Section 1. Ins. by notification No. 1/605/78/IPD, dated 1-5-1978, Gazette of Goa, Daman Diu

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