Section 19 in The Major Port of Tuticorin (Harbour Craft) Rules, 1976
19. Power of tindal to prevent overloading
- Whenever the number of passengers or the quantity of cargo in a licensed harbor craft exceed the number of quantity entered in the license, the tindal shall, before starting from the vessel or from the shore, require any passenger to leave the harbor craft or any consignor, consignee or shipping or landing agent concerned to remove from the harbor craft the whole or any part of the cargo.Provided that in the event of a licensed harbor craft being found over loaded by the tindal, only those passengers who entered the craft or the quantity of cargo that was loaded after the prescribed limit as specified in the license, shall be asked to leave or that of quantity of cargo to be removed, as the case may be, to comply with the conditions of the assignment of the issue of license.
