Section 50B
Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo.
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[50B. Port-due on vessels not discharging or taking in cargo.--When a vessele enters a port but
does not discharge or taken in any cargo or passengers therein (with the exception of such unshipment
and reshipment as may be necessary for purposes of repair), she shall be charged with a port-due at a rate
to be determined by the Authority and not exceeding half the rate with which she would otherwise be
chargeable.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 18, ibid., for section 50 (w.e.f. 9-1-1997).