Insertion of new section 50A in Act XV of 1908

In the Indian Ports Act, 1908, in its application to the State of Gujarat, after section 50, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:- "50A. The port fund account and the pilotage account kept or maintained under this Act for each minor port in the State of Gujarat shall, on the commencement of the Indian Ports (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1963, stand abolished, and the balances to the credit of those accounts at such commencement shall, subject to the provisions of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, be credited to the Consolidated Fund of the State; and accordingly, in relation to the said minor ports-

1. (1) the provisions of section 36 shall apply with the following modifications, that is to say-
   • (a) in sub-section (1), the words "and, subject to the control of the Government, to expend the receipts on any of the objects authorized by this Act" shall be deleted;
   • (b) sub-sections (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and
2. (9) shall be deleted;
   • (c) for the marginal note, the marginal note "power of State Government to appoint officer or body to receive port dues" shall be substituted; and
3. (2) section 37 shall be deleted."