'(/) "Magistrate" means a person exercising powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;'. 2 of 1974.
Amendment of section 6.
3. In section 6 of the Ports Act, in sub-section (/),— (0 in clause (/), after the words "rates to be paid", the words "in a port other than a major port" shall be inserted;
(//) for clause (Jj), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— "(if) for regulating the use of piers, jetties, landing places, wharves, quays, warehouses and sheds when belonging to the Government;
(jja) for fixing the rates to be paid for the use of piers, jetties, landing places, wharves, quays, warehouses and sheds of any port, other than a major port, when belonging to the Government;";
(Hi) for clause (A), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— "(A) for licensing and regulating catamarans plying for hire, and flats and cargo, passenger and other boats plying, whether for hire or not, and whether regularly or only occasionally, in or partly within and partly without any such port, and for licensing and regulating the crews of any such vessels; and for determining the quantity of cargo or number of passengers or of the crew to be carried by any such vessels and the conditions under which such vessels shall be compelled to ply for hire and further for conditions under which any licence may be revoked;
(kk) for providing for the fees payable in respect of the services specified in clause (A) for any port, other than a major port;".
Amendment of section 33.
4. In section 33 of the Ports Act,—
(a) in sub-seciion (/), after the words "in each of the ports mentioned in the First Schedule", the words "other than a major port" shall be inserted;
(b) in sub-section (3), after the words "declares any other port", the words "other than a major port" shall be inserted.
Substitution of section 34.