Section 1
Extent.
The Coasting-vessels Act, 1838
1[1. Extent.--This Act extends in the first instance 2[to the territories which, immediately before the
1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States] of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch, but the Central
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend it to any other State 3[or part of a State]
which has a sea-coast.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. s.1 was rep. by Act 14 of 1870, s. 1 and the Schedule, Pt. II.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "to the States".
3. Ins., ibid.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "to the States".
3. Ins., ibid.