Section 35A
Power with respect to landing places and bathing ghats.
The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
About this Act
An Act to make provision for the constitution of port authorities for certain major ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports in such authorities and for matters connected therewith.
1.[35A. Power with respect to landing places and bathing ghats.--Without prejudice to the powers
exercisable under section 35, the Board of Trustees for the port of Calcutta may, if it considers it
necessary so to do for the purposes of this Act,--
(i) provide for sufficient number of public landing places from and upon which the public shall be permitted to embark and to land free of charge;
(ii) occupy any bathing ghat, or remove any landing place, within the port and thereafter prohibit the public from resorting to or using the same:
Provided that the Board shall not exercise any power under this section unless it reserves, sets out, makes and provides for the use of the public, such number of bathing ghats within the port as the Central Government may direct.]
(i) provide for sufficient number of public landing places from and upon which the public shall be permitted to embark and to land free of charge;
(ii) occupy any bathing ghat, or remove any landing place, within the port and thereafter prohibit the public from resorting to or using the same:
Provided that the Board shall not exercise any power under this section unless it reserves, sets out, makes and provides for the use of the public, such number of bathing ghats within the port as the Central Government may direct.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-1975).