Act Number: 38

Act Name: The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963

Year: 1963

Enactment Date: 1963-10-16

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 51: Power to levy concessional rates in certain cases.
    In framing scales under any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, the 1[Authority] may prescribe a lower rate in respect of,--
         (a) costal goods, that is to say, goods, other than imported goods as defined in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), carried in a vessel from one Indian port to another Indian port:
         Provided that the 1[Authority] shall not make any discrimination between one Indian port and another such port in prescribing a lower rate under this section;
         (b) other goods, in special cases.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 19, ibid., for "Board" (w.e.f. 9-1-1997).
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