Major Port Trusts Act,1963
Act No : 38
Section :
Repeal.
133. Repeal. (1) On the application of this Act to the port of Kandla, the Bombay Landing and Wharfage Fees Act, 1882 [Bombay Act of 1882] shall cease to have force in relation to that port. (2) On the application of this Act to the ports of Cochin and Vishakhapatnam, the Madras Outputs Landing and Shipping Fees Act, 1885 (Madras Act 3 of 1885) shall cease to have force in relation to those ports. 1*[(2A) On the application of this Act to the port of Bombay, the Bombay Port Trust Act, 1879, (Bombay Act 6 of 1879) except the provisions thereof relating to municipal assessment of the properties of the port of Bombay and matters connected therewith, shall cease to have force in relation to that port. (2B) On the application of this Act to the port of Calcutta, the Calcutta Port Act, 1890, (Bengal Act 3 of 1890) except the provisions thereof relating to municipal assessment of the properties of the port of Calcutta and matters connected therewith, shall cease to have force in relation to that port. (2C) On the application of this Act to the port of Madras, the Madras Port Trust Act, 1905, (Madras Act 2 of 1905) shall cease to have force in relation to that port. (2D) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (2A), (2B) and (2C),- (a) every Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the port of Bombay or Madras holding office as such immediately before the application of this Act to the port of Bombay or Madras, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been appointed or elected as such under this Act and shall continue to hold such office after such application until a Board of Trustees in respect of that port is constituted under the provisions of this Act; (b) every Commissioner of the port of Calcutta holding office as such immediately before the application of this Act to that port shall be deemed to have been appointed or elected as a Trustee under the provisions of this Act and shall continue to hold such office after such application until a Board of Trustees in respect of that port is constituted under the provisions of this Act; (c) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken (including any rule, regulation, bye-law, notification, order or notice made or issued or any resolution passed or any appointment or declaration made or any licence, permission or exemption granted or any rates, charges or duties levied or any penalty or fine imposed) under the Acts referred to in sub-sections (2A), (2B) and (2C) shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. (2E) Upon the cesser of operation of the provisions of the Acts referred to in sub-section (2A), (2B) and (2C), the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall apply as if the provisions first-mentioned were provisions contained in a Central Act and such cesser of operation were a repeal; and the mention of particular matters in sub-section (2D) shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of the said section 6 with regard to the effect of repeals]." (3) If immediately before the application of this Act to any other port, there is in force in that port any law which corresponds to this Act or to any provision thereof, that corresponding law shall, on such application, cease to have force in relation to that port 2*[and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, shall apply as if such corresponding law were a Central Act and such cesser of operation were a repeal].
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