The Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948
An Act to provide for the transfer of control over pilotage on the River Hooghly to the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta.
Administered by. Ministry of Shipping · Other Acts of 1948
Preamble
THE CALCUTTA PORT (PILOTAGE) ACT, 1948
ACT NO. 33 OF 1948
[16 th April, 1948.] An Act to provide for the transfer of control over pilotage on the River Hooghly to the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the transfer of control over pilotage on the River Hooghly to the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta and for other matters incidental thereto, and to make certain consequential amendments in the Calcutta Pilots Act 12 of 1859;
It is hereby enacted as follows:--
What this Act covers
Summary The Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948,
Key Provisions
1. Short Title and Commencement: - Title: Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948.
• Commencement: Date notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions: - Appointed Day: Date the Act comes into force.
• Commissioners: Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta incorporated under the Calcutta Port Act, 1890.
• Hooghly Area: Part of the Hooghly River from Calcutta Port to the sea, as per the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
3. Key Operational Provisions: - Commissioners' Duty (Section 3): Maintain sufficient pilots for safe navigation in the Hooghly area as prescribed by the Central Government.
• Appointment of Pilots (Section 4): Only persons authorized by the Central Government under the Indian Ports Act, 1908, can be appointed.
• Rules Regulating Pilots (Section 5): Commissioners may make rules for salaries, conduct, and impose penalties (up to 200 rupees, suspension, etc.), subject to Central Government approval.
• Levy of Pilotage Fees (Section 6): Commissioners can levy fees at rates fixed under the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
4. Financial and Administrative Provisions: - Pilotage Fees and Fines (Section 7): To be accounted for and expended as per the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
• Power to Transfer Moneys (Section 9): Between general and pilotage accounts with Central Government sanction.
5. Incorporation of Other Acts: - Application of Bengal Act 3 of 1890 (Section 10): With specified modifications.
Sections
Type to filter. 11 sections.
- 1Short title and commencement
- 2Definitions
- 3Commissioners’ duty to maintain pilots
- 4Appointment of pilots
- 5Rules regulating Pilots
- 6Levy of pilotage fees
- 7Pilot age fees and fines and penalties levied under the Act
- 8Repealed
- 9Power to transfer moneys from the general account to pilot age account and vice versa
- 10Application of certain provisions of Bengal Act 3 of 1890
- 11Repealed
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