Section 4
Amendment of section 2 of Act 82 of 1985.
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.
In the Inland Waterways Authority of India
Act, 1985, in section 2, for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
'(h) "national waterway" means the inland waterway declared by section 2 of the National Waterways Act, 2016, to be a national waterway.
Explanation.—If Parliament declares by law any other waterway to be a national waterway, then, from the date on which such declaration takes effect, such other waterway—
(i) shall also be deemed to be a national waterway within the meaning of this clause; and
(ii) the provisions of this Act shall, with necessary modifications (including modification for construing any reference to the commencement of this Act as a reference to the date aforesaid), apply to such national waterway;'.
'(h) "national waterway" means the inland waterway declared by section 2 of the National Waterways Act, 2016, to be a national waterway.
Explanation.—If Parliament declares by law any other waterway to be a national waterway, then, from the date on which such declaration takes effect, such other waterway—
(i) shall also be deemed to be a national waterway within the meaning of this clause; and
(ii) the provisions of this Act shall, with necessary modifications (including modification for construing any reference to the commencement of this Act as a reference to the date aforesaid), apply to such national waterway;'.