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Section 10: Port operations.

The Indian Ports Act 2025Central Act · Act 27 of 2025

No port shall commence or carry on operations therein unless it is,---

(a) an existing port; or

(b) a new port notified under sub-section (1) of section 11:

Provided that the Government may, by notification, declare a port or part thereof non-operational in the following cases, namely:---

(i) if such port or part thereof has been non-operational for a continuous period of ten years; or

(ii) in the interest of national security; or

(iii) for any other reason, as the Government may deem fit.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Ports Act 2025
Section10
Marginal notePort operations.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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