No person shall be appointed as pilot or harbour-master who is not for the time being authorized by the [State Government] under the provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 1908, to pilot vessels.

Rules and regulations regarding pilots Rules and regulations regarding pilots.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 24, 25 and 27, the Board may make special regulations for regulating the behaviour and conduct of pilots or harbour-masters, and may provide that any breach thereof shall render the person committing it liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred rupees in addition to such punishment in the form of suspension, dismissal or the like as the Board may deem expedient to inflict.
2. (2) Such regulations shall have no effect until they have been approved by the [State Government] and published in the [Official Gazette].