Indian Ports Act : No port-clearance to be granted until port charges are paid. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Ports Act,1908

Act No : 15

Section : No port-clearance to be granted until port charges are paid.

43. No port-clearance to be granted until port charges are paid. The officer of the 2*[Government] whose duty it is to grant a port- clearance for any vessel shall not grant such clearance-- (a) until her owner or master, or some other person, has paid or secured to the satisfaction of such officer the amount of all port-dues, fees and other charges, and of all fines, penalties and expenses to which the vessel or her owner or master is liable under this Act; (57 and 58 Vict., c. 60.) (b) until all expenses, which by the 3*Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, section 207, are to be borne by her owner, incurred since her arrival in the port from which he seeks clearance, have been paid.