Indian Ports Act : Alteration of limits of ports. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Ports Act,1908

Act No : 15

Section : Alteration of limits of ports.

5. Alteration of limits of ports. (1) The 1*[Government] may, 2* subject to any rights of private property, alter the limits of any port in which this Act is in force. 5*[Explanation.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the power conferred on the Government by this sub-section includes the power to alter the limits of any port by uniting with that port any other port or any part of any other port.] (2) When the 1*[Government] alters the limits of a port under sub-section (1), it shall declare or describe, by notification in the Official Gazette, and by such other means, if any, as it thinks fit, the precise extent of such limits.