Section 25(2)(h) in Karnataka Maritime Board Act, 2015
(h)to vessels, tugs, boats, barges and launches and lighters for the use within the limits of the port or beyond those limits, whether in territorial waters or otherwise, for the purposes of towing or rendering assistance to any vessel whether entering or leaving the port or bound elsewhere and for the purpose of saving or protecting life or property and for the purposes of landing, shipping or transshipping passengers or goods under section 32;