Section 13 of The Indian Ports Act, 2025: Establishment of State Maritime Board.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business and ensure the optimum utilisation of India's coastline; establish and empower State Maritime Boards for effective management of ports other than major ports; establish the Maritime State Development Council for fostering structured growth and development of the port sector; provide for the management of pollution, disaster, emergencies, security, safety, navigation, and data at ports; ensure compliance with India's obligations under international instruments to which it is a party; take measures for the conservation of ports; provide for adjudicatory mechanisms for the redressal of port-related disputes; and address matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Provided that where the State Maritime Board has not been established or constituted, the State Government may, by notification, establish a State Maritime Board within six months from the date of commencement of this Act:
Provided further that where the functions of the State Maritime Board are discharged by a body of persons or a department of the State Government, that Government may notify such body of persons or department, as the State Maritime Board for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The State Maritime Board shall be a distinct legal entity, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
(3) The head office of the State Maritime Board shall be at such place as the State Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
TABLE THE THIRD SCHEDULE [See section 13(1)] State Maritime Boards constituted or established under State Acts
Serial No. | Name of State Maritime Board | Name of State Act | Date of establishment
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4)
1. | Gujarat Maritime Board | Gujarat Maritime Board Act, 1981 (Gujarat Act No. 30 of 1981) | The 3rd November, 1981
2. | Maharashtra Maritime Board | Maharashtra Maritime Board Act, 1996 (Maharashtra Act XV of 1997) | The 4th October, 1996
3. | Tamil Nadu Maritime Board | Tamil Nadu Maritime Board Act, 1995 (Tamil Nadu Act No. 4 of 1996) | The 18th March, 1997
4. | The West Bengal Maritime Board | West Bengal Maritime Board Act, 2000 (West Bengal Act XXX of 2000) | The 1st October, 2015
5. | Karnataka Maritime Board | Karnataka Maritime Board Act, 2015 (Karnataka Act 41 of 2017) | The 9th September, 2019
6. | Kerala Maritime Board | Kerala Maritime Board Act, 2017 (Kerala Act 16 of 2017) | The 2nd February, 2018
7. | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board | Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board Act, 2018 (Andhra Pradesh Act No. 16 of 2019) | The 16th December, 2019
8. | Odisha State Maritime Board | Odisha State Maritime Board Act, 2022 (Odisha Act No. 01 of 2022) | The 28th March, 2022