The Indian Ports Act,

1908
No.15 of 1908
 Indian Ports Act, 1908
 Applicable to all Major and Non-Major Ports
(i.e. ports mentioned in the First Schedule)
and to such parts of the navigable rivers and
channels
 It does not apply to vessels in the service of
the Central or State Government or naval
vessels belonging to India or foreign country
 Indian Ports Act, 1908
 Chapter I – Preliminary (Sections 1,2 3)
 Chapter II – Powers of the Government
(Sections 4, 5 and 6)
 Chapter III – Port Officials – Their powers
and duties (Sections 7 to 18)
 Chapter IV – Rules for the Safety of
Shipping and the Conservation of Ports.
(Sections 19 to 32)
 Indian Ports Act, 1908
 Chapter V – Port Dues, Fees and other
charges. (Sections 33 to 50)
 Chapter VI – Hoisting Signals (Sections 51
to 53)
 Chapter VII – Provisions with respect to
penalties (Sections 54 to 61)
 Chapter VIII – Supplemental Provisions
(Sections 62 to 68).
 The First Schedule
 Part I – Major Ports
 Part II – Reserved for Ports in West Bengal (if
any)
 Part III – Ports under Control of Govt. of
Orissa
 Part IV – Ports under Control of the Govt. of
Andhra Pradesh
 Part V – Ports under the control of the Govt. of
Tamil Nadu
 The First Schedule
 Part VI – Ports under the Control of the
Govt. of Pondicherry.
 Part VII – Port under the control of the
Govt. of Kerala.
 Part VIII – Ports under the Control of the
Govt. of Karnataka.
 Part IX – Ports under the Control of the
Govt. of Goa, Daman and Diu.
 The First Schedule
 Part X – Ports under the control of the
Govt. of Maharashtra.
 Part XI – Ports under the control of the
Govt. of Gujarat.
 THE SECOND SCHEDULE is repealed.
 Definitions
 “Master", when used in relation to any
vessel 6[or any aircraft making use of any
port], means , subject to the provisions of
any other enactment for the time being in
force, any person (except a pilot or
harbour-master 6[of the port]) having for
the time being the charge or control of the
vessel 6[or the aircraft, as the case may
be]
 Definitions
 "pilot" means a person for the time being
authorized by the 2[Government] to pilot
vessels.
 "port" includes also any part of a river or
channel in which this Act is for the time
being in force;
 "port-officer" is synonymous with master-
attendant;
 Definitions
 "ton" means a ton as determined or
determinable by the rules for the time
being in force for regulating the
measurement of the net tonnage of British
ships;
 "vessel" includes anything made for the
conveyance 6[mainly] by water of human
beings or of property;
 Definitions
 "major port" means any port which the
Central Government may by notification in
the Official Gazette declare, or may under
any law for the time being in force have
declared, to be a major port;
Duties of a Deputy Conservator
 To ensure that ropes and cables do not
endanger the safety of vessel in the port or near
the entrance of the port.
 To remove any obstructions within the limits of
the port
 To recover expenses of removal
 To prevent damage to buoys and moorings
 To raise or remove wreck affecting navigation
within the port limits
 To request Master and Crew of any vessel to
prevent or extinguish fire
 Duties of a Port Health Officer
 To board any vessel and medically examine the
officers and crew
 To examine any documents, papers, log-book
etc for the purpose of enquiring about the health
and physical condition of the persons on board
the vessel
 To call any person for interrogation in the above
connection
 To make any person so interrogated to sign a
declaration of the truth of the statements made
by him earlier.
 Recommendation
 Read complete Chapter III from the Indian
Ports Act, 1908. (Sections 7 to 18).
 Read the Definitions.
Thank you