Central Act
Section 7. Appointment of conservator.
This Act was repealed on 1 April 2026 by the Indian Ports Act, 2025 (27 of 2025), s.85(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
7. Appointment of conservator.—(1) The 4[Government] shall appoint some officer or body of persons to be conservator of every port subject to this Act. (2) Subject to any direction by the 4[Government] to the contrary,— (a) in ports where there is a port-officer, the port-officer shall be the conservator; (b) in ports where there is no port-officer, but where there is a harbour-master, the harbour-master shall be the conservator. (3) Where the harbour-master is not conservator, the harbour-master and his assistants shall be subordinate to, and subject to the control of, the conservator. (4) The conservator shall be subject to the control of the 5[Government], or of any intermediate authority which 6[the Government] may appoint.