31. Board to declare when vessels other than sea going vessels compelled to use dock, wharves, etc.
(1)When any dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passengers from or upon vessels, not being sea-going vessels has been made and completed with all proper appliances in that behalf, the Board may, after obtaining the approval of the Commissioner of Customs, by order published in the official Gazette,-(i)declare that such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage is ready for receiving, landing or shipment of goods or passengers from or on vessels not being sea-going vessels; and(ii)direct that within certain limits to be specified therein it shall not be lawful without the express sanction of the Board, to land or ship any goods or passengers, out of, or into, any vessel not being, sea going vessels of any class, specified in such order, except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage.(2)As from the date of the publication of the order mentioned in sub-section (1), it shall not be lawful without the consent of the Board, for any vessel of such class,-(i)to land or ship any goods or passengers at any place within the limits so specified except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty, pier or place of anchorage; and(ii)while within such limits to anchor, fasten or lie within fifty meters of the ordinary low- water mark.(3)If after the publication of such order, any such vessel shall, while within the limits so specified, so anchor, fasten or lie, it shall be lawful for the Board to cause the same to be removed out of the said limits at the expenses of the master or owner or agent of the vessel.
