Indian Ports Act 2025

Bare Act · 2025

Act number: 27 of 2025
Enacted: 21 August 2025
Contents: 85 sections · 12 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I

Chapter II — Maritime State Development Council

Chapter III — Port And Port Limits

Section 10 – Port operations (preview)
Section 12 – Adherence to national perspective plan and guidelines issued by Council (preview)

Sections

Section 11 – Notification of new port and alteration of port limits (preview)

Chapter IV — State Maritime Boards

Section 13 – Establishment of State Maritime Board (preview)
Section 14 – Transfer of assets and liabilities, etc (preview)
Section 15 – Functions of State Maritime Board (preview)

Chapter V — Adjudication Of Disputes

Section 16 – Resolution of disputes (preview)
Section 17 – Civil court not to have jurisdiction (preview)

Chapter VI — Port Officers

Chapter VII — Safety And Conservation Of Ports

Section 26 – Damage to property of port (preview)
Section 27 – Warping (preview)
Section 28 – Master to take order to extinguish fire (preview)
Section 29 – Offences in connection with safety of vessels, etc (preview)
Section 30 – Unauthorised person not to search for lost stores (preview)
Section 31 – Injuring banks or shores of port prohibited (preview)
Section 32 – Moving of vessels without pilot or permission of harbour master or port officer (preview)
Section 33 – Port officer to co-operate in manoeuvres for defence of port (preview)
Section 34 – Authority and Director-General to regulate certain activities (preview)

Chapter VIII — Prevention, Containment Of Pollution And Response

Section 35 – Definitions (preview)
Section 36 – Reception facilities (preview)
Section 37 – Direction to provide adequate reception facilities (preview)
Section 38 – Port waste reception and handling plans (preview)
Section 39 – Advance waste notice (preview)
Section 40 – Delivery of vessel-generated waste (preview)
Section 41 – Charges for vessel-generated waste (preview)
Section 42 – Audit of ports (preview)
Section 43 – Maintenance of information on portal (preview)
Section 44 – Measures for prevention or containment of pollution (preview)
Section 45 – Directions for securing compliance (preview)

Chapter IX — Levy Of Fees And Other Charges

Section 46 – Levy of fees and other charges (preview)
Section 47 – Port tariff (preview)
Section 48 – Receipt of fees or other charges (preview)
Section 49 – Owner, agent or master to report arrival (preview)
Section 50 – Detention and sale on refusal to pay fees or other charges (preview)
Section 51 – Grant of port-clearance (preview)
Section 52 – Master not to evade payment of fees or other charges (preview)

Chapter X — Penalties And Procedures

Section 53 – Offences and penalties (preview)
Section 54 – Authority for imposition of penalty and procedure therefor (preview)
Section 55 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Section 56 – Penalty for wilful failure to comply with orders of Dispute Resolution Committee (preview)
Section 57 – Penalty for failure to furnish information, etc (preview)
Section 58 – Recovery of fine or penalty (preview)
Section 59 – Recovery of expenses and damages (preview)
Section 60 – Cost of distress (preview)
Section 61 – Magistrate to determine amount to be levied in case of dispute (preview)
Section 62 – Place of trial and jurisdiction (preview)
Section 63 – Offences by companies (preview)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous

Section 64 – Service of documents (preview)
Section 65 – Hoisting unlawful colours in port (preview)
Section 66 – Emergency preparedness and response plan (preview)
Section 67 – Reporting of incident (preview)
Section 68 – Shore based welfare services for seafarers (preview)
Section 69 – Port community system and vessel traffic service (preview)
Section 70 – Order for securing compliance (preview)
Section 71 – Prior clearance (preview)
Section 72 – Obligations of ports under international conventions (preview)
Section 73 – Notification of mega port (preview)
Section 74 – Chairperson, members, officers and employees of Council, etc., to be public servants (preview)
Section 75 – Application of certain laws (preview)
Section 76 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
Section 77 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
Section 78 – Power of Central Government to make rules in consultation with State Governments (preview)
Section 79 – Power of Council to make regulations (preview)
Section 80 – Power of Council to issue guidelines (preview)
Section 81 – Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament and State Legislature (preview)
Section 82 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 83 – Power to amend Second Schedule (preview)
Section 84 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 85 – Repeal and savings (preview)