Interpretation clause

In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context,

1. (1) "Board" means the Trustees of the Port of Tuticorin appointed under this Act;
2. (2) "Chief Officer of Customs" denotes the Chief Executive Officer of Customs for the Port of Tuticorin for the time being;
3. (3) "Goods" means and includes every kind of movable property;
4. (4) "Land" includes the bed of the sea below high water-mark;
5. (5) "Master", when used in relation to any vessel, means the person having for the time being the charge or control of such vessel except a pilot or harbour master;
6. (6) "Owner", when used in relation to goods, includes any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent for the sale, custody, loading or unloading of such goods; and, when used in relation to any vessel, includes any part owner, charterer, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof;
7. (7) "Pier" includes any stage, stairs, landing place, hard, jetty, bodily stairs, floating barge pontoon, and any bridges or other works connected therewith;
8. (8) "Port" means the port of Tuticorin within such limits as may from time to time be defined by the State Government, for the purposes of this Act by notification in the Official Gazette, and until a notification is so issued, within such limits as may have been defined by the Government under the provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 1908;
9. (9) "Port Trust Security" means debentures, bonds or stock certificates issued by the Board in respect of any loan contracted under the provisions of this Act;
10. (10) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations or by-laws made under this Act;
11. (11) "Rate" includes any toll, due, rent, rate or charge leviable under this Act;
12. (12) "Vessel" denotes anything made for the conveyance by water of human beings or of property;
13. (13) "Wharf" includes any wall or stage and any part of the foreshore that may be used for loading or unloading goods, and any wall enclosing or adjoining the same.