The Indian Ports (Puducherry Amendment) Act, 1969

1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Ports (Pondicherry Amendment) Act, 1969. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Unlion ter~itory of Pondicherry. l(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Govan- ment may, by notification il the Off~cial Gazette, appoint.

2. For section 36 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, n d y :-

"36. (1) The Government shall appoint some officer or body of persons at every port at which any dues, fees or other charges are authorised to be taken by, or under, this Act, to receive the same. (2) All money received under this Act at or on account of any port subject to this Act, including- (a) receipts on account of pilotage; (b) all fines ; (c) proceeds of waifs ; and (d) any balance of the proceeds of a sale under section 14 where no right to the balance lias been established on a clainl made within three years from the date of the sale, shall he credited to the Consolidated Pund of the Union terri- tory of Pondicherry. (3) All expenses incurred for the sake of any such port, including expenses on account of pilotage, shall k paid from the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Pondicherry".

3. Section 37 of the principal Act shall. be omitftred.