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The Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948

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An Act to provide for the transfer of control over pilotage on the River Hooghly to the Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta.

Act number
33 of 1948
Ministry
Ministry of Shipping
Enacted
16 Apr 1948

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

11 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and commencement.
  2. Section 2Definitions.
  3. Section 3Commissioners’ duty to maintain pilots.
  4. Section 4Appointment of pilots.
  5. Section 5Rules regulating Pilots.
  6. Section 6Levy of pilotage fees.
  7. Section 7Pilot age fees and fines and penalties levied under the Act.
  8. Section 8Repealed.
  9. Section 9Power to transfer moneys from the general account to pilot age account and vice versa.
  10. Section 10Application of certain provisions of Bengal Act 3 of 1890.
  11. Section 11Repealed.