Act came into force on 15

³ Omitted by Act 8 of 1980 w.e.f. 1.1.1980

th July 1964 by Notification No. PWD 75 CSP 61 dt. 6 th July 1964 2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) “drift” includes timber or other floating matter, whether the same is in the possession or under the control of any person or not;
2. (b) “goods” include wares and merchandise of every description and also vehicles, animals, packages and other articles;
3. (c) “notification” means a notification published in the official Gazette;
4. (d) “owner” when used in relation to goods or drift includes any consignor, consignee, shipper, or agent for the sale, custody, landing, or shipping of such goods or drift;
5. (e) “passenger” means any person not below the age of three years carried in a vessel, other than the master and crew and the owner, his family and his servants;
6. (f) “port” means the area included within the limits of a port to which all or any of the provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Central Act XV of 1908) are for the time being applicable other than a major port;
7. (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
8. (h) “vessel” includes anything made for the conveyance mainly by water of human beings or property.