Section 39(1) in The West Bengal Maritime Board Act, 2000
(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.
