Section 31
Marine aids to navigation dues payable at one port recoverable at another.
The Marine Aids to Navigation Act, 2021.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the development, maintenance and management of aids to navigation in India; for training and certification of operator of aids to navigation, development of its historical, educational and cultural value; to ensure compliance with the obligation under the maritime treaties and international instruments to which India is a party and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) If the master
of any ship in respect of which marine aids to navigation dues is payable at any port causes the ship to
leave such port without having paid such dues, the proper officer at that port may, by writing, require the
proper officer at any other port in India to which the ship may proceed, to recover the marine aids to
navigation dues remaining unpaid.
(2) Any proper officer to whom such a requisition is directed, shall proceed to levy such sum as if it were payable under this Act at the port at which he is the proper officer, and a certificate by the proper officer at the port at which the marine aids to navigation dues first became payable, stating the amount payable, shall be sufficient proof in any proceeding under this Act that such amount is payable.
(2) Any proper officer to whom such a requisition is directed, shall proceed to levy such sum as if it were payable under this Act at the port at which he is the proper officer, and a certificate by the proper officer at the port at which the marine aids to navigation dues first became payable, stating the amount payable, shall be sufficient proof in any proceeding under this Act that such amount is payable.