State Act
Section 39. Power of Board to permit creation of private wharves etc within a port.
The West Bengal Maritime Board Act, 2000
39. (1) No person shall make, erect or fix within the limits of a port or port approaches any wharf, dock, quay, stage, jetty, pier, place of anchorage, erection or mooring or undertake any reclamation of foreshore within the said limits except with the previous permission, in writing, of the Board and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Board may specify. (2) If any person makes, erects or fixes any wharf, dock, quay, stage, jetty, pier, place of anchorage, erection or mooring or undertakes any reclamation of foreshore in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board may, by notice require such person to remove it within such time as may be specified in the notice, and if such person fails so to remove it, the Board may cause it to be removed at the expense of such person.