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Section 29: Offences in connection with safety of vessels, etc.

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

(1) No person shall wilfully and without lawful excuse---

(a) loosen or remove from its moorings or from its fastenings any vessel in the port without leave or authority from the master or owner of such vessel; or

(b) lift, injure, make a vessel fast to, loosen or set adrift any moorings, buoys, beacons or sea or landmarks; or

(c) discharge any firearm in the port; or

(d) do or omit to do any act on board any vessel in the port which has caused or likely to cause fire; or

(e) use a vessel in the port which is in such a state that by reason of the defective condition of its hull, equipment or machinery, or by reason of under-manning or otherwise, the life of any person or the safety of any other vessel navigating in the port is likely to be endangered.

(2) No master of a vessel shall cause or suffer any warp or hawser attached to his vessel to be left out in any port in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any other vessel navigating in the port.

(3) No person shall grave, bream or smoke any vessel in the port, or boil or heat any pitch, tar, resin, dammar, turpentine oil or other such combustible matter on board any vessel within por limits, if such act is prohibited by the Government, or contrary to the orders or directions of the conservator.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Ports Act 2025
Section29
Marginal noteOffences in connection with safety of vessels, etc.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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