Section 71: Power to prohibit plying of unlicensed cargo-boats

71. Power to prohibit plying of unlicensed cargo-boats.- (1) The Board may declare with regard to any customs-port, by notification in the official Gazette that, after a date therein specified, no boat not duly licensed and registered shall be allowed to ply as a cargo-boat for the landing and shipping of merchandise within the limits of such port. (2) In any port with regard to which such notification has been issued, the Collector of Customs or other officer whom the Board appoints in this behalf, may, subject to rules and on payment of such fees as the Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, prescribe, issue licenses for and register cargo-boats, or cancel the same.

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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