THE KARNATAKA PORTS (LANDING & SHIPPING FEES) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007
Arrangement of Sections
Sections:
1. Short title and commencement
2. Amendment of section 10
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Amending Act 9 of 2007.- The Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 was enacted in 1961 and the penalty incorporated therein was also fixed keeping in view the limit at that time. Therefore in order to bring the provisions of the Act more effectively, it is considered necessary to increase the amount of penalty for violation of the provisions of the Act.
Hence the Bill.
[L. A. Bill No. 4 of 2007]
[Entry 31 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.]
Karnataka Act No. 9 of 2007
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 28th day of April 2007)
THE KARNATAKA PORTS (LANDING AND SHIPPING FEES) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty eighth day of April 2007)
An Act to amend the Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act No. 20 of 1961).
Whereas, it is expedient to amend the Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act No. 20 of 1961) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fifty-eighth year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) (Amendment) Act, 2007.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 10.- In sub-section (3) of section 10 of the Karnataka Ports (Landing and Shipping Fees) Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act No. 20 of 1961) for the words "One hundred rupees" and "five rupees" the words "One lakh rupees" and "five thousand rupees" shall respectively be substituted. |
