Definitions (Section 2 inferred)

(s) “non-port land” means the land vested in the Board but not immediately put to any use directly related to maritime activities of the port; (t) “owner” means,— (i) in relation to goods, any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent for the sale, custody, loading or unloading of such goods; and (ii) in relation to any vessel or craft making use of any port and includes any port owner, charterer, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof; (u) “pier” means and includes any stage, stairs, landing place, hard jetty, floating barge trans-shipper or pontoon and any bridges or other works connected therewith; Explanation,—Trans-shipper means a floating craft for vessel whether dump or self-propelled, with provision for discharging cargo from a barge or wharf and loading it onto a ship; (v) “port” means an Indian port to which this Act applies within such limits as may, from time to time, be defined by the State Government under the Indian Ports Act; (w) “port approaches”, in relation to a port, means those parts of the navigable rivers and channels leading to the port to which the Indian Ports Act applies; (x) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; (y) “public securities” means – (i) promissory notes, debentures, stock or other securities of the Central Government or any State Government, the principal and the interest whereof have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such Government; and (ii) debentures or other securities for money issued by or on behalf of any Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Notified Area Council, Improvement Trust or Port Trust under the authority or any law for the time being in force in the State and includes the Board Securities; (z) “rate” means the money payable against any toll, dues, rent, fee or charge leviable under this Act; (za) “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; (zb) “rules” means rules made under this Act; (zc) “State” means the State of Odisha; (zd) “State Government” means the Government of Odisha; (ze) “vessel” means a means of transport by water, of passengers and goods; and (zf) “wharf” includes any wall or stage and any part of the land or foreshore that may be used for loading or unloading goods or for the embarking or disembarking of passengers and any wall enclosing or adjoining the same. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Indian Ports Act, 1908 and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.