Board to declare when vessels other than sea going vessels compelled to use dock, wharves, etc.

(1) When any dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passengers from or upon vessels, not being sea going vessels, has been made and completed with all proper appliances for this purpose, the Board may, after obtaining the approval of the Collector of Customs and by notification published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, (a) declare that such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage is ready for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passengers from or upon any vessel not being sea going vessels; and (b) direct that, within certain limits to be specified therein, it shall not be lawful, without the express sanction of the Board, to land or ship any goods or passengers into, or from any vessel, not being sea going vessels of any class specified in such notification, except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage. (2) As from the date of the publication of the order mentioned in sub-section (1), it shall not be lawful, without the consent of the Board, for any vessel specified in sub-section (1), (a) to land or ship any goods or passengers at any place within the limits so specified except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage; and (b) while within such limits, to anchor, fasten or lie within fifty yards of the ordinary low-water mark. (3) If, after the publication of such order, any such vessel, anchors, fastens or lies, within the limits so specified, it shall be lawful for the Board to cause the same to be removed out of the said limits at the expense of the master or owner or agent of the vessel.