Section 25: Right of Board to maintain pilots.­(1) The Board shall have the right of maintaining pilots

25. Right of Board to maintain pilots.­(1) The Board shall have the right of maintaining pilots for the navigation of vessels at the port, and shall be bound to provide a sufficient number of pilots for that purpose, and all fees for pilotage shall be paid to the Board : Provided that no person shall be appointed to be a pilot by the Board who is not for the time being authorized under the provisions of the Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908), to pilot vessels. (2) The Board may also, from time to time, make such bye­laws and regulations as it shall think fit— (a) for fixing and regulating the wages and allowances for pilotage to be received by pilots ; and (b) for regulating the behavior and conduct of pilots whether maintained by the Board or not, and shall enforce the observance of such bye­laws and regulations 1Subs. by ord 43 of 2002, s.6 by the imposition of pecuniary penalties not exceeding 1[the amount as may be notified in official Gazette by the Board] for each offence, or by suspension, or deprivation of appointment, or otherwise as may appear to it to be expedient : Provided that such bye­laws shall first have been approved by the 1[division concerned], and published in the manner laid down in section 26.

Effective date: 1973-01-01

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