Section 60 in The Port Rules for the Port Of Visakhapatnam
60. (a) No vessel shall be fumigated except at a place appointed by the Port Conservator for that purpose.
(b)Pitch or dammer shall not be heated on board vessels within the port but in a boat alongside or astern: nor shall spirits be drawn off on board such vessels by candles or other unprotected artificial lights.(c)Vessels when loading or unloading cotton and/or jute shall have the hatch coamings and steel works in the holds protected to prevent sparks from the impact of chains, etc. and no smoking, naked lights or matches shall be allowed in or near the holds where cotton, and/or jute is/are stowed.(d)When gunpowder, ammunition or other explosive in excess of 100 lb. weight are being shipped on board or being discharged from any vessel within the limits of the port, neither fires, lights nor smoking are under any circumstances to be permitted on board.
