Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act,1973
Act No : 62
Section : SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
KONKAN PASSENGER SHIPS (ACQUISITION) ACT, 1973
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS: Mrs, Chowgule Steamships Limited who were operating the Konkan Coastal passenger service had asked for an increase in passenger fares up to 42 per cent. While the matter was under consideration Company did not start the service in September after the monsoon, thus causing hardships to the travelling public. The company also intimated that they will lay up the vessels from the 6th November, 1973 and also retrench the floating staff of the two ships as well as, shore staff employed on the operation of Konkan passenger service.
2. The Central Government had also received complaints that the Konkan passenger service was not being run by the Company according to schedule and that service was irregular, unpunctual and undependable.
3. As it was urgently necessary to re-establish the Konkan Service on a no-profit no-loss basis and maintain it efficiently, the Central Government decided to acquire the two ships, Konkan Sevak and Sarita of the Company.
4. As Parliament was not in session, an Ordinance called the Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Ordinance, 1973 (4 of 1973) was promulgated by the President on 7th November, 1973.
The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.- Gaz. of Ind., 14-12-1973, Pt. II, S. 2. Ext.,p. 1018.
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the Konkan passenger ships in order to serve better the needs of the maritime passengers of the Konkan coastal region and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS MESSRS Chowgule Steamships Limited, a company, was running the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service;
AND WHEREAS the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service which was suspended owing to the monsoons, was to be resumed by the said company by the first week of September, 1973, but has not yet been resumed, and the non-resumption of such passenger service is causing undue hardship to the maritime passengers of the Konkan coastal region.
AND WHEREAS complaints have been received by the Central Government to the effect that the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service was not being run by the said company according to schedule and that the said service was irregular, Unpunctual and undependable;
AND WHEREAS in the interests of the maritime passengers of the Konkan coastal region it is urgently necessary to resume the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service and for that purpose to acquire the ships, known as "Konkan Sevak" and "Sarita" with which the said passenger shipping service was being run by the said company.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
(1) This Act may be called the Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act, 1973.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of November, 1973.
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