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Section 39, Indian Ports Act, 2025 [S2D-26M]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 28 April 2026 by S.O. 649(E) [N12-PX6].

In Indian Ports Act, 2025 [A11-WMD]. This text from 28 April 2026. No other text held.

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Cite: Section 39, Indian Ports Act, 2025 [S2D-26M]. Machine: S2D-26M.

39. Registration of ports authority.—(1) Every port authority shall, within ninety days from the commencement of this Act or, where such person begins the working of a port after such commencement, within ninety days from the date of such beginning, make an application for registration to the Director-General in Form 1, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees. (2) The Director-General shall, on being satisfied that the application is in order, register the applicant and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (3) No port authority shall carry on the working of a port unless registered under this section.

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port: Section 2, Indian Ports Act, 2025 [S2D11P] (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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