Section 3
Declaration as to expediency of control and development by Union of waterways specified in Schedule for certain purposes.
The National Waterways Act, 2016.
About this Act
An Act to make provisions for existing national waterways and to provide for the declaration of certain inland waterways to be national waterways and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Save as provided in sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 2, it is hereby
declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the
regulation and development of the waterways specified in the Schedule for the purposes of shipping and
navigation to the extent provided in the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985).