Abolition of port fund account and pilotage account and amendment of certain provisions

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 commence- ment shall, subject to the provisions of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, be credited to the Consoli- dated 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 modifica- tions, 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 Govern- ment to appoint Officer or body to receive port dues" shall be substituted and
3. (2) section 37 shall be deleted. 1. Short title
4. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Ports (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1963.
5. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 6 of Act XV of 1908 In sub-section
6. (1) of section 6 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 in its application to ports other than major ports in the State of Gujarat, after clause
   • (k) the following new clause shall be inserted, namely : - "(kk) for licensing of persons engaged in loading or unloading vessels; and for the fees payable in respect of any such licence and for the conditions of any such licence and generally for regulating the business of loading and unloading vessels;".