Section 1
Short title, commencement and application
The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021
About this Act
An Act to provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
(1) This Act may be called the Major Port
Authorities Act, 2021.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) It shall apply to the Major Ports of Chennai, Cochin, Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Kolkata, Mormugao, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Paradip, V.O. Chidambaranar (Tuticorin) and Visakhapatnam.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) It shall apply to the Major Ports of Chennai, Cochin, Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Kolkata, Mormugao, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Paradip, V.O. Chidambaranar (Tuticorin) and Visakhapatnam.
Notes
1. 3rd November, 2021, Vide notification No. S.O. 4504 (E), dated 29th October, 2021, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(ii).