Major Port Authorities Act

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THE MAJOR PORT AUTHORITIES ACT, 2021 ACT NO. 1 OF 2021 [17th February, 2021.] An Act to provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-Second Year of the Republic of India as follows:–– (1) This Act may be called the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021. (2) It shall come into force on such date [1] as the Central Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint. (3) It shall apply to the Major Ports of Chennai, Cochin, Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Kolkata, Mormugao, Mumbai, New Mangalore, Paradip, V.O. Chidambaranar (Tuticorin) and Visakhapatnam. Footnotes ^ 3rd November, 2021, Vide notifn. No. S.O. 4504 (E), dated 29th October, 2021, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(ii). (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Adjudicatory Board” means the Board constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 54; (b) “Board” means the Board of Major Port Authority constituted by