Section 29, Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 [S2C-SPT]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 19 October 2025.
29. Powers of Principal Officer.—(1) The Principal Officer may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder are being complied with, at all reasonable times enter any premises where the working of a port is carried on, inspect any port found therein, and require the production of any record or register maintained under this Act. (2) The Principal Officer may seize any port in respect of which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed. (3) The provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) shall, so far as may be, apply to any search or seizure under this section.
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port: Section 2, Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 [S2CRV4] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "port" includes any part of a river or channel in which any Act relating to ports is in force
port: 14 more definitions.
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