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Enactment Date Act Number Short Title Purpose and Gist
27-Aug-1838 19 The Coasting vessels Act, 1838
11-Feb-1873 08 The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873
15-Mar-1881 16 The Obstructions in Fairways Act, 1881
18-Dec-1908 15 The Indian Ports Act, 1908
7-Feb-1917 01 The Inland Vessels Act, 1917
21-Sep-1925 26 The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925
21-Sep-1927 17 The Light House Act, 1927
4-Mar-1948 09 The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948
16-Apr-1948 33 The Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948
30-Oct-1958 44 The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
16-Oct-1963 38 The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
26-Mar-1966 04 The Seamens Provident Fund Act, 1966
29-Nov-1980 49 The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Amendment Act, 1980
23-Aug-1984 55 The Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984
30-Dec-1985 82 The Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985
14-Aug-1986 33 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1986
2-Apr-1993 28 The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993
18-Aug-1997 31 The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997
20-Dec-2002 69 The Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002
11-Nov-2008 22 The Indian Maritime University Act, 2008

25-Mar-2016 17 The National Waterways Act, 2016.
9-Aug-2017 22 The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017

 

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