Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Inland Vessels Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-08-11

Long Title: An Act to promote economical and safe transportation and trade through inland waters, to bring uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the country, to provide for safety of navigation, protection of life and cargo, and prevention of pollution that may be caused by the use or navigation of inland vessels, to ensure transparency and accountability of administration of inland water transportation, to strengthen procedures governing the inland vessels, their construction, survey, registration, manning, navigation and such other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Department:

Section 95: Power of State Government to make rules to regulate non-mechanically propelled inland vessels.
    (1) The State Government may, by rules made in this behalf, specify the measures to regulate non-mechanically propelled inland vessels.
    (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the State Government may make rules for the following, namely:—
        (a) for prevention and minimising pollution caused by the non-mechanically propelled inland vessels;
        (b) for removal of obstructions to safe navigation;
        (c) measures that may be adopted to avert accidents and casualty; and
        (d) any other measure which the State Government may deem fit in implementing the provisions of this Chapter.
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