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Section 31

The Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981State Act of Gujarat · Act 30 of 1981

(1) When any dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passengers from or upon vessels, not being sea-going vessels, has been made and completed with all proper appliances in that behalf, the Board may, after obtaining the approval of the Collector of Customs, by order published in the Official Gazette-

(i) declare that such, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage is ready for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passenger from or on vessels not being sea going vessels, and

(ii) direct that within certain limits to be specefied therein it shall not be lawful without the express sanction of the Board, to land or ship any goods or passengers, out of, or into, any vessel not being, seagoing vessels of any class, specified in such order, except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage,

(2) As from the date of the publication of the order mentioned in sub-section

(1) it shall not be lawful, without the consent of the Board, for any vessel of such class—

(i) to land or ship any goods or passengers at any place within the limits so specified except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, statge, jetty, pier or place of anchorage.

(ii) while within such limits, to anchor, fasten or lie within fifty yards of the ordinary low-water mark.

(3) If after publication of such order, any such vessel shall, while within the limits so specified, so anchor, faster or lie, it shall be lawful for the Board to cause the same to be removed out of the said limits at the expense of the master or owner or agent of the vessel.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981
Section31
JurisdictionState of Gujarat
StatusIn force as published by the source

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