Bare Act
The Bombay Landing and Wharfage Fees Act, 1882
General188213 sections
The Bombay Landing and Wharfage Fees Act, 1882, is a regulatory statute governing the usage of ports and landing places within the State of Maharashtra. It empowers the State Government to define the boundaries of ports, designate specific landing places, and establish fee structures for the movement of goods, passengers, animals, and vehicles. The Act ensures transparency by mandating that fee schedules be publicly displayed at every landing place. It provides the legal framework for port authorities to collect these fees and enforce compliance, ensuring that port infrastructure is managed and maintained through a standardized, lawful process.
- 1. Short title
- 2. Local extent
- 3. Repeal and savings
- 4. "Government", "Landing-place" and "Passengers" defined
- 5. Government to fix limits of bandars, etc. and the fees to be levied
- 5A. Provided further that the fee to be levied on any passenger on each occasion of embarking or disembarking at a landing-place shall not exceed one anna.
- 6. Powers and duties under this Act by whom to be exercised and performed
- 7. The intermediate authority shall in exercising control as aforesaid be subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the State Government.
- 8. Tables of fees to be posted up
- 9. Power to make bye-laws
- 10. Fees realised under this Act how to be expended
- 11. Receipt, expenditure and account of landing and wharfage fees
- 12. Grouping of ports
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