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The
ORDINANCE No. LXXVII OF 2002
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of the
Gwadar Port Authority
[17th October, 2002]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of
an Authority within the limits of Gwadar Port for making arrangements for the
planning, construction, operation, management and maintenance of Gwadar Deep
Water Port at Gwadar, hereinafter referred to as Gwadar Port, and associated
facilities and industries and for matters incidental thereto;
AND WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist
which render it necessary to take immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of Proclamation of
Emergency of the Fourteenth day of October, 1999, and the Provisional
Constitution Order No.1 of 1999, read with the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in
that behalf, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to
make and promulgate the following Ordinance:---
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and
commencement. __(1) This Ordinance may be called the Gwadar Port
Authority Ordinance, 2002.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Port
area.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.__In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant
in the subject or context,---
(a) “Agency”
means any department or organization of the Federal Government or a
Provincial Government and includes a corporation or other body set up or
controlled by such Government;
(b) “Authority” means the Gwadar Port Authority Established under section 4;
(c) “Building”
includes any factory, industrial or business establishment, shop, godown,
warehouse, house, outhouse, hut, hutment, shed, garage, stable, well or
platform and any other structure, whether meant for residential or business
purposes or not, made of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other
material, but does not include a temporary structure made for purposes
connected with agriculture;
(d) “Board” means the Board constituted under
section 6;
(e) “CDWP”
means the Central Development Working Party;
(f) “Chairman”
means the Chairman of the Board and the Authority:
(g) “ECNEC”
means the Executive Committee of National Economic Council;
(h)”Land Acquisition Collector” means the Land Acquisition Collector having
jurisdiction in the Port area, and includes any other officer appointed by the
Authority to exercise or perform all or any of the powers or function of the
Land Acquisition Collector under this Ordinance;
(i) “goods”
includes wares and merchandise of every description;
(j) “high
water mark” means a line drawn through the highest points reached by
ordinary spring tides at any season of the year;
(k) “land”
includes buildings and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the
earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth and the
foreshore and the bed of the sea;
(l) “local
body” means a local councilor council or municipal body under a law
relating to Local Government, or the Cantonment Board, having jurisdiction in
the area concerned, and includes an Improvement Trust within such area;
(m) “market value” means the average market value prevailing during the period commencing
the first day of January, 2000, and ending on the thirty first day of December,
2002;
(n) “master”
when used in relation to any vessel, means any person having for the time being
the charge or control of such vessel;
(o) “member”
means a member of the Board;
(p) “owner”
when used in relation to goods, includes any consignor, consignee, shipper,
agent for shipping, clearing or removing such goods, or agent for the sale or
custody of such goods; and, when used in relation to any vessel, includes, any
part owner, charterer, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof;
(q) “port
area” means the area falling within the limits of
(r) “regulations”
means regulations made under this Ordinance;
(s) “rules”
means rules made under this Ordinance; and
(t) “scheme”
means a planning scheme or a development scheme made under this Ordinance.
3. Declaration of port area.__(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, define the limits of Gwadar Port for the purposes of this
Ordinance and may, from time to time, by a like notification, alter such
limits.
(2) The limits defined under subsection
(1) above may extend to any part of the navigable approaches to the port area,
and may include any wharves, tramways, warehouses, sheds and other works made
on behalf of the public for convenience of traffic, for safety of vessels, or
for the improvement, maintenance and good governance of the port, whether
within or without high-water mark, and, subject to any rights of private
property therein, any portion of the shore within forty-five meters of high
water mark.
CHAPTER II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY
4. Establishment of Authority. __(1) There shall be established an Authority to be known
as the Gwadar Port Authority for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) The Authority shall be a body
corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject
to the provisions of this Ordinance to acquire and hold property, both movable
and immovable, and shall by its name sue and be used.
5. Management__(1) The general direction and administration of the
Authority and its affairs shall vest in the Board which may exercise all powers
and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Authority.
(2) The Board in discharging its
functions shall act on sound principles of port planning and development and
port management and shall be guided on questions of policy by such directions
as the Federal Government may, form time to time, give.
(3) If any question arises as to
whether any matter is a matter of policy or not, the decision of the Federal
Government shall be final.
6. Constitution of the Board.__(1) The Board shall consist of:---
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(a)
The Chairman, Gwadar Port Authority to be appointed by the Federal
Government. |
Chairman |
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(b)
Joint Secretary Communications. |
Member |
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(c)
Chairman, |
Member |
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(d)
Chairman, Coastal Development Authority, Government of Balochistan. |
Member |
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(e)
Additional, Secretary Ministry of Defence |
Member |
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(f)
Additional Chief Secretary (Development), Government of Balochistan. |
Member |
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(g)
Representative of |
Member |
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(h)
Two members to be nominated by the Federal Government including a
representative of the Finance Division. |
Member |
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(i)
General Manager, Railways. |
Member |
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(j)
Director General (Ports & Shipping). |
Member |
(2) The meetings of the Board shall be
held at least once in three months.
(3) The Chairman or in his absence, a
member authorized by him in this behalf, and four members shall constitute a
quorum for a meeting of the Board.
(4) The Chairman and members, other
than ex-officio members, shall, unless the Federal Government otherwise
directs, hold office for a period of three years.
(5) Any person ceasing to be Chairman
or a member of the Board by reason of expiry of the term of his office shall be
eligible for re-appointment for another term of three years or for such shorter
term as the Federal Government may decide.
(6) No act or proceedings of the Board
shall be invalid merely on the ground of the existence of any vacancy in, or
any defect in the constitution of the Board.
(7) The, Chairman and any member may,
by writing under his hand addressed to the Federal Government, resign from his
office:---
Provided that his resignation shall not
take effect until accepted by the Federal Government.
7. Remuneration and conditions of
service.__The Chairman and members, other then an ex-officio
member, shall receive such salary and allowances and shall be subject to such
conditions of service as may be determined by the Federal Government.
8. Duties and functions of Chairman
and members.__(1) The Chairman and members shall discharge such
duties and perform such functions as are assigned to them by or under this
Ordinance.
(2) Until the Board is duly constituted, the Chairman
shall, subject to such directions as the Federal Government may from time to
time give, exercise the powers, discharge the duties and perform the functions
of the Board.
9. Headquarters of the Authority and
meetings of the Board.__(1) Until the Authority establishes its headquarters
elsewhere within the Port area, its headquarters shall be situated at
(2) The meetings of the Board shall be
held at such times and places and in such manner as the Regulations may
provide:---
Provided that, until Regulations are
made in this behalf, the meetings, of the Board shall be held as and when
convened by the Chairman.
CHAPTER III
POWER AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY
10. Master-plan and
Master-programme.__The Authority shall prepare a master-plan and a phased
master-programme for the development of the port area and the plan and
programme shall be submitted to the Federal Government for approval.
11. Preparation of schemes by local
bodies or agencies.__(1) The Authority may, pursuant to the master-plan and
the master-programme, call upon any other local body or agency operating in the
port area to prepare, in consultation with the Authority, as scheme or schemes
in respect of matters ordinarily dealt with by such local body or agency, and
thereupon the local body or agency shall be responsible for the preparation of
the scheme or schemes within a reasonable time.
(2) Such schemes may relate to,---
(a) land
use, zoning and land reservation;
(b) public
buildings;
(c)
industry;
(d) transportation
and communications, highways, roads, streets, railways, aerodromes, jetties,
wharves, moorings, navigational aids, sheds, warehouses, godowns, navigation
channels and workshop;
(e)
telecommunications, including wireless, television, radio an telephone;
(f)
utilization of water, power and other natural resources;
(g)
community planning, housing, slum clearance, amelioration;
(h)
community facilities, including water supply, sewerage disposal electricity
supply, gas supply, and other public utilities;
(i)
residential accommodation and welfare facilities for employees of the
Authority; *1
(j)
environmental control and prevention of pollution 2[;
and].
3[(k) spending
7% of the Port's net income locally through welfare and uplift scheme.]
(3) The Federal Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, add to, alter or amend the list of
subjects given in subsection (2), and any such addition, alteration or
amendment shall take effect as if it had been enacted in this Ordinance.
(4) The expenditure incurred on the
preparation of any such schemes as aforesaid shall be-borne as agreed to
between the Authority and the local body or agency, and, in the event of
disagreement between them, as may be determined by the Federal Government.
(5) No planning or development scheme
shall be prepared by any person or by any local body or agency operating in the
port area without the prior approval of the Authority.
(6) The Authority may, pursuant to the
master-programme, prepare such other schemes for the port area as the need for
port development and port management may require.
(7) The Board shall consider and
approve proposals, schemes and projects exceeding twenty million rupees but not
exceeding one hundred million rupees and consider and recommend
1Omitted by S.R.O. 43
(KE)/2006, dt. 24-4-2006.
2 Subs. ibid.
3 Added ibid.
through the Ministry to CDWP or ECNEC proposals,
schemes and projects exceeding one hundred million rupees which are federally
funded. However, all self-financing schemes exceeding one hundreds million
rupees shall require the approval of the Federal Government.
(8) The Chairman shall have the power
to approve projects of emergent nature, maintenance, rehabilitation and
construction affecting traffic movement and safety of structures up to twenty
million rupees and to recommend for approval, proposals, schemes and projects
exceeding twenty million rupees to the Board.
(9) The Chairman on the recommendations
of Board shall have the powers to re-appropriate funds from one project to
another on the basis of progress of project.
12. Manner and form, etc. of scheme.All schemes under section 11 shall be prepared in such
manner and form as the Federal Government may specify, and shall contain among other
things the following information, namely,---
(a)
description of the scheme and the manner of its execution;
(b) estimate
of costs and benefits; and
(c)
allocation of costs to the various purposes to be served by the scheme.
13. Powers of the Authority.(1) Subject to other provisions of this Ordinance, the
Authority may take such measures and exercise such powers as may be necessary
for carrying out of the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality
of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the Authority may,---
(a) incur
any expenditure necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance;
(b) acquire
any and in the Port area in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter
IV;
(c)
undertake any work in the Port area in pursuance of any scheme prepared under
sub-section (6) of section 11;
(d) procure
plant, machinery, instruments and materials required for its use;
(e) enter
into and perform all such contracts as it may consider necessary;
(f) cause
studies, surveys, experiments and technical researches to be made or contribute
towards the costs of any such studies, surveys, experiments or technical
research made by any other agency at the request of the Authority;
(g) issue
interim development orders for areas for which a master plan is under
preparation and restrict or prohibit by general or special order any change in
the use of land and alteration in buildings, structures and installations;
(h) cause removal of any works obstructing the execution
of any of its schemes;
(i) seek and
obtain advice and assistance for the preparation of any planning scheme or for
the execution of any schemes from any local body or agency and such local body
or agency shall give the advice and assistance sought by the Authority to the
beet of its ability, knowledge and judgment and additional expenditure, if any,
involved in giving such advice or assistance shall be borne by the Authority;
(j) get the
works and subsequent operations constructed, completed, carried out or
discharged through their officers and staff or sublet, transfer or assign the
same to any other person, agency, departments company or contractor on such
terms and conditions its may be prescribed by the Board and approved by the
Federal Government:
Provided that the person, agency department, company
or contractor to whom any work or operation in the above manner has been
assigned shall observe all laws, rules and regulations as applicable to the
Authority or adopted by the Authority;
(k) regulate
traffic within the Harbour and port area and make necessary security
arrangements;
(l) acquire,
hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable:---
Provided that the Board shall not be competent to
acquire or dispose of any immovable property without the prior approval of the
Federal Government;
(m) submit
the budget of the Authority to the Federal Government for approval;
(n) arrange
for the accounts of the Authority; and
(o) carry
out any other important work as specified in this section subject to the prior
approval of the Federal Government, if necessary and appropriate for carrying
out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(3) The
Authority shall frame,---
(a) a scale
of tolls, dues, rates and charges, annual or other, to be paid by the owners of
vessels plying whether for hire or not and whether regularly or occasionally,
within or partly within and partly without the limits of the Port area, in
respect of such vessels and to persons whether in charge of, or on board, such
vessels, and also in respect of the licensing, registration and regulation of
such vessels and persons:---
Provided that no such tolls, dues, rates and charges
shall be chargeable in respect of vessels which are liable to port dues under
the provisions of Schedule I to the Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908);
(b) a scale
of tolls, clues, rates and charges,---
(i) for the
landing and shipment of goods from and in sea-going vessels, and not being
sea-going vessels, respectively, at such docks, wharves, quays, stages,
moorings, jetties, piers and anchorages as being to the Authority, or any other
agency authorized by the Authority to construct such facilities;
(ii) for the use of such docks, wharves, quays, stages,
moorings, jetties; piers and anchorages by such vessels;
(iii) for
the storing and keeping of any goods stored in any premises belonging to the
Authority;
(iv) for the
removal of goods; and
(v) for the
use of any moorings;
(c) a scale
of tools for the use of the said docks, wharves, quays, moorings, stages,
jetties, piers and anchorages by and such vessels, in case the Authority
permits the goods to be landed or shipped by persons other than its own
officers and servants; and
(d) a scale
of charges for,---
(i) any
service to be performed by the Authority or its servants in respect of any
vessels or goods;
(ii) the use
of any works or appliances to be provided by the Authority;
(iii) for
the carrying of passengers and their personal effects on vessels belonging to,
or hired by, the Authority; and
(iv) for the
towing of, and rendering assistance to any vessels, tugs, or other boats, or
their equipment, within the limits of the port area or outside those limits,
for the purpose of saving or protecting life of property.
(4) Every scale framed under
sub-section (3) shall be submitted to the Federal Government and after approval
or modification by the Federal Government, shall be published in the official
Gazette.
14. Tolls and Charges may be
remitted in special cases. The Board may, in special cases, with the previous
sanction of the Federal Government, remit the whole or any portion of a toll,
due, rate or charge leviable according to any scale for the time being in force
under section 13:---
Provided that the sanction of the
Federal Government shall not be necessary if the remission in any one case does
not exceed five thousand rupees or such large sum as the Federal Government may
from time to time specify:---
Provided further that in a case where
the remission does not exceed two thousand rupees, the remission may be granted
by the Chairman or an officer authorized by him in his behalf.
15. Authority”s lien for tolls and
charges. (1) For the amount of all tolls, dues, rates and
charges leviable under this Ordinance in respect of any goods, Authority shall
have a lien on such goods and shall be entitled to seize and detain the same
until such tolls, dues, rates and charges are fully paid and for the amount of
rent lawfully due on buildings, plinths, stacking areas and other premises
which are the property of the Authority, and not paid after bills thereof have been duly preferred, the Authority shall have a
lien on all goods therein or thereon, and shall be entitled to seize and detain
the same.
(2) Tolls, dues, rates and charges in
respect of goods to be landed shall become payable immediately on the landing
of goods and, in respect of goods to be removed from the premises of the
Authority or to be shipped for export, shall be payable before the goods are
removed or shipped.
(3) The lien for such tolls, dues,
rates and charges shall have priority over all other liens and claims, except a
lien for freight, primage and general average, where such lien has been
preserved in the manner hereinafter provided; and a lien for money payable to
the Federal Government under any law for the time being in force.
16. Owner”s lien for freight. (1) If the master or owner of any vessel, at or before
the time of landing from such vessel of any goods at any wharf, dock, quay,
stage, jetty or pier, gives to the Authority notice in writing that such goods
are to remain subject to a lien for freight, primage or general average of any
amount to be mentioned in such notice, such goods shall continue to be liable,
after the landing thereof, to such lien.
(2) Such goods shall be retained either
in the warehouses and sheds of the Authority or, with the consent of the
Collector of Customs, in a public warehouse, at the risk and expense of the
owner of the said goods, until the lien is discharged as hereinafter mentioned.
17. Discharge of ship-owner’s lien
for freight. Upon the production to any officer appointed by the
Authority in that behalf of a document purporting to be a receipt for, or a
release from, the amount of such lien, executed by the person by or on whose
behalf such notice has been given, the Authority may permit such goods to be
removed without regard to such lien.
18. Goods may be removed to
warehouse. (1) Whenever goods which have been landed have, without
any default on the part of the Authority, been left for five clear days on or
in any wharf or shed belonging to the Authority, the Authority may cause such
goods to be removed either to any warehouse belonging to in, or, with the
consent of the Collector of Customs, to a public warehouse; and the removal to
and detention an any such ware house shall be at the risk and expense of the
owner of the said goods.
(2) Whenever any goods are so removed,
the Authority shall give notice of such removal to the consignee or other
person concerned by notification in the official Gazette specifying therein the
name of the ship which brought the goods, the date of her arrival, and the
members, marks and descriptions of the goods so far as the same appear and the
consignee of such goods or other person to whom notice has been given as
aforesaid, in addition to the expenses of the removal of the same, shall be
liable, in case the goods are removed to any warehouse of the Authority, to a charge
for warehousing for the time during which the goods shall remain in the said
warehouse.
(3) If the goods are removed to a
public warehouse, the said consignee shall be liable to the charges for
warehousing goods in such public warehouse and the said goods shall remain
subject to all liens to which they would have been liable if they had remained
in the possession of the Authority, and shall be subject to the power of sale
hereinafter given.
19. Recovery of
tolls and charges by sale of goods. (1) If the tolls, dues, rates and charges payable to
the Authority under this Ordinance in respect of any goods which have been
landed or if rents due under section 15 are not paid, or if the lien for
freight, primage or general average, where such notice as aforesaid has been
given, is not discharged, the Authority may, and in the later event, if
required by or on behalf of the person claiming such lien for freight, primage
or general average, shall at the expiration of two months from the time when
the goods were placed in its custody, or seized and detained for rents due sell
by public auction the said goods, or so much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy the amounts hereinafter directed to be paid out of the produce of such
sale.
(2) Before making such sale, at least
ten days notice of the same shall be given by publication thereof in the
official Gazette and in two local newspapers. .
(3) If the address of the consignee of
the goods or of his agent has been stated on the manifest of the cargo, or in
any of the documents which have conic into the hands of the Authority, or its
otherwise known, notice shall also be given to the consignee of the goods or to
his agent by letter delivered at such address or sent by post; but the title of
a bona tide purchaser of such goods shall not be invalidated by reason of the
omission to send such notice, nor shall any such purchaser be bound to inquire
whether such notice has been sent:---
Provided that, if such goods are of so
perishable a nature as, in the opinion of the officer appointed by the
Authority in that behalf, to render early or immediate sale necessary or
advisable, the Authority may within such period being not less than twenty-four
hours after the landing of the goods, as it thinks tit, sell by public auction
the said goods or such portion of them as aforesaid in which event such notice,
if any, shall be given to the consignee of the goods or his agent as the
urgency of the case admits of.
20. Removal of unclaimed goods.(1) When delivery of goods is not claimed by the owner
at the expiry of one month from the date on which they are placed in the
custody or the Authority, the Authority shall cause a notice to be served upon
the owner requiring him to remove the goods:---
Provided that, where all rates and
charges in respect of such goods have been duly paid, such notice shall not be
served till the expiration of two months from the said date.
(2) Such notice shall be published and
served in the manner prescribed in sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 19, but
where the owner is not known, or the notice cannot be served upon him or he
does not comply with the notice, the Authority may sell the goods by public
auction after the expiration of ten weeks from the date on which such goods
were placed in the custody of the Authority.
(3) The Federal Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, exempt any goods or class of goods from
the operation of this section.
21. Power to distrain vessels for
non-payment of rates, etc.(1) If the master of any vessel in respect of which
any tolls, dues, rates, charges or penalties shall be payable under this
Ordinance or any rules, regulations and bye-laws made thereunder, refuses or
neglects to pay the same or any part thereof on demand, it shall be lawful for
the Authority to distrain or arrest of its own authority such vessel, and the
tackle, apparel or furniture belonging thereto, or any part thereof and
distrain the same until the amount so due shall be paid.
(2) In case any part
of the said rates or penalties, or of the costs of the distress or arrest or of
the keeping of the same, shall remain unpaid for a period of fifteen days next
after any such distress or arrest shall have been so made the Board may cause
the vessel, or other things so distrained or arrested, to be sold, and with the
proceeds of such sale may satisfy such tolls, dues, rates, charges of penalties
and costs of sale remaining unpaid, rendering the surplus, if any, to the
master of such vessel on demand.
22. Port-clearance not be granted
till rates, etc., paid.If the Authority shall give to the officer of Government,
whose duty is to grant the port-clearance of any vessel, a notice stating that
an amount therein specified is due in respect of tolls, dues, rates, charges or
penalties chargeable under this Ordinance or my rules regulations and bye-laws
or orders made hereunder against such vessel or the owner or master of such
vessel, in respect thereof such officer shall not grant such port-clearance
until the amount so chargeable shall have been paid.
23. Alternate remedy by suit. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, the Authority may recover by suit any tolls, dues,
rates, charges, damages, expenses, costs, or in case of sale the balance
thereof, when the proceeds of sale are insufficient or any penalties or fines
payable to or recoverable by the Authority under this Ordinance or under any
rules, regulations and bye-laws made thereunder.
24. Surplus of port dues to be paid
to Authority. The surplus, if any, of the moneys credited under
section 36 of the Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908), to the account of the port fund
of the port, after defraying there from all expenses legally chargeable to the
said account; shall be paid to the Authority.
25. Right of Authority to maintain
pilots.(1)
The Authority shall have the right of maintaining pilots for the navigation of
vessels at the port, and shall be bound to provide a sufficient number of
pilots for that purpose, and all fees for pilotage shall be paid to the
Authority:---
Provided that no person shall be
appointed to be a pilot by the Authority who is not for the time being
authorized under the provisions of the Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908), to pilot vessels.
(2) The Authority may also, from time
to time, make such bye-laws and regulations, as it shall think fit,---
(a) for
fixing and regulating the wages and allowances for pilotage to be received by
pilots; and
(b) for
regulating the behaviour and conduct of pilots whether maintained by the Board
or not, and shall enforce the observance of such bye-laws and regulations by
the imposition of pecuniary penalties not exceeding five thousand rupees for
each offence, or by suspension, or deprivation of appointment, or otherwise as
may appear to it to be expedient:
Provided that such regulations and bye-laws shall
first have been approved by the Federal Government, and published in the manner
laid down in section 26.
26. Approval and
publication of rules.No rules, or alteration or revocation of a rule, shall
have effect until the same shall have been approved by the Federal Government
and such approval shall have been published in the official Gazette and no
rules or alteration or revocation of a rule shall be approved by the Federal
Government until a draft of the same and a notice specifying a date at or after
which the draft will be submitted to the Federal Government shall have been
published in the official Gazette and in such other manner as the Federal
Government may from time to time prescribe, nor unless the said draft shall have
been submitted for its approval.
27. Removal, etc., of building.The Authority shall not order or cause any building in
the port area to be removed or demolished unless an opportunity of being heard
has been given to the owner or occupier thereof and his objections, if any, has
been duly considered, and the Authority is satisfied that the removal or
demolition of the building is essential to the execution of its schemes.
28. Private wharves, etc.,
prohibited.(1) Save as hereinafter provided, no person except the
Authority shall make, erect or fix below high-water mark within the Port area
any wharf, dock, quay, stage, jetty, pier, erection or mooring.
(2) Any matter or thing so made,
erected or fixed may be removed by the Authority and the person who has so
made, erected or fixed any such matter or thing shall be punished with fine,
which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and with a further fine which may
extend to five thousand rupees for every day during which such matter or thing
has been permitted to remain so made, erected of fixed after notice to remove
the same has been given to him, and shall also be liable to pay all expenses
which may have been incurred by the Authority in removing such matter or thing.
29. Power to permit erection of
private wharves, etc.The Board may, with the approval of Federal
Government, by an order in writing and subject to such conditions as it may
specify in the order, permit any person to make, erect or fix below high-water
mark within the port area any wharf, dock, quay, stage, jetty, pier, erection
or mooring.
30. Power to amend schemes.Any scheme prepared under section 11 may at any time
be amended or modified by the Board and where the amended or modified scheme
exceeds the financial power of the Board, it shall obtain the previous approval
in writing of the Federal Government.
31. Execution of schemes, etc.,
through local bodies and agencies. (1)
The Authority may require a local body or agency within whose jurisdiction any
particular area covered by a scheme lies,---
(a) to
execute a scheme in consultation with the Authority;
(b) to take
over and maintain any of the works and services in that area; and
(c) to
enforce regulations on behalf of the Authority.
(2) The expenditure incurred on the
execution of any scheme or on the taking over or maintenance of any work, or
the enforcement of regulations, under this section, shall be borne
as may be agreed to between the Authority and the local body or agency, and in
the event of disagreement, as may be determined by the Federal Government.
32. Borrowing powers.The Authority may, with the previous approval in
writing of the Federal Government, raise funds for the purpose of raising its
working capital by issuing bonds and debentures carrying interest at such rates
as may be approved by the Federal Government.
33. Utilization of building
material. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law
for the time being in force or in any contract or agreement, no person shall,
without the prior concurrence of the Authority, allocate, exploit or in any
manner utilize, except for the purpose of his own personal use, such natural
resources used as building material as the Authority may, by notification in
the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
CHAPTER IV
ACQUISITION OF LAND
34. Liability to acquisition. All
land in private ownership within the port area shall be liable to acquisition
at any time in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
35. Entry upon land, preliminary
surveys, etc.(1) It shall be lawful for the Authority and any
member thereof, and for the Land Acquisition Collector, and any such person as
may, either generally or specially, be authorized by the Authority in this
behalf,---
(a) to enter
upon, conduct survey and take levels of any land;
(b) to dig
or bore into the sub-soil;
(c) to do
all other acts necessary to ascertain whether land is adapted for the purposes
of this Act;
(d) to set
out the boundaries of the land proposed to be acquired and the intended line of
the work, if any, proposed to be made thereon;
(e) to mark
such levels, boundaries and line by placing marks and cutting trenches; and
(f) where it
is necessary for the purposes of the survey, taking of levels or marking of
line, to cut down and clear away any part of any standing crop, fence or
jungle.
(2) No person shall enter into any
building or upon any enclosed Court or garden attached to a dwelling house
(unless with the consent of the occupier thereof) without previously giving
such occupier at least twenty-four hours notice in writing of his intention to
do so.
36. Compensation for damages.Where any damage is caused to any land in consequence
of anything done in pursuance of section 35, there shall be paid compensation,
the amount of which shall be determined in the manner
and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter set out, that is to say,---
(a) where
the amount of compensation can be fixed by agreement, it shall be fixed in
accordance with such agreement; and
(b) where no
such agreement can be reached, it shall be fixed by the Land Acquisition
Collector.
37. Power to acquire land.(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance,
the rules made thereunder and the direction of the Authority, the Land
Acquisition Collector may, by order in writing, acquire any land for the
purposes of this Ordinance:---
(2) No order under subsection (1) shall
be issued except on the receipt by the Land Acquisition Collector of specific
directions from the Authority.
38. Land to be marked out, measured
and planned. Where any land is
proposed to be acquired under section 37, the Land Acquisition, Collector shall
cause the land (unless it has been already marked out) to be marked out and
measured, and if no plan has been made thereof, a plan to be made of the same.
39. Notice to persons interested. (1) The Land Acquisition Collector shall, then cause
public notice to be given at convenient places on or near the land to be taken,
stating that the Authority intends to take possession of the land, and that
claims to compensation for all interests in such land may be made to him.
(2) Such notice shall state the
particulars of the land so needed and shall require all persons interested in
the land to appear personally or by agent before the Lands Acquisition
Collector at a time and place therein mentioned, such time not being earlier
than ten days after the date of publication of the notice, and to state the
nature of their respective interests in the land and the amount and particulars
of their claims to compensation for such interests and their objections, if
any, the measurements made under section 35, and the Land Acquisition Collector
may require any such statement to be made in writing and signed by the party or
his agent.
40. Enquiry and award by Land
Acquisition Collector. On the
day so fixed, or on any other day to which the enquiry has been adjourned, the
Land Acquisition Collector shall proceed to enquire into the objections, if
any, which any person interested has stated pursuant to the notice given under
section 39 and into the market value of the land and into the respective
interests of the persons claiming the compensation, and shall make an award
of,---
(a) the true
area of the land;
(b) the
compensation which in his opinion should be allowed for the land and
(c) the
apportionment of such compensation among all the persons known or believed to
be interested in the land of whom, or of whose claims, he has information,
whether or not they have appeared before him.
41. Compensation.Where any land is acquired under this Ordinance, there
shall be paid compensation the amount of which shall be determined by the Land
Acquisition Collector who shall be guided by the provisions of sections 42 and
43.
42. Matters to be considered in
determining compensation. In
determining the amount of compensation to be awarded for land acquired under
this Ordinance, the Land Acquisition Collector shall take into consideration,---
(a) the
market value of the land;
(b) the
damage sustained by the person, interested by reason of dispossession of any
standing crops or trees, which may be on the land;
(c) the
damage, if any, sustained by the person interested at the time of taking
possession of the land by reason of severing such land from his other land;
(d) the
damage, if any, sustained by the person interested at the time of taking
possession of the land by reason of the acquisition injuriously affecting his
other property, movable or immovable, to any manner; and
(e) if, in
consequence of the acquisition of the land, the person interested is compelled
to change his residence or place of business, the reasonable expenses, if any,
incidental to such change.
43. Factors to be ignored in
determining compensation. In
determining compensation as aforesaid, the Land Acquisition Collector shall not
take into consideration,---
(a) the
degree of urgency, which has led to the acquisition;
(b) any
disinclination of the person interested to part with the land acquired;
(c) any
damage sustained by him, which, if caused by a private person, would not render
such person liable to a suit;
(d) any
increase likely to accrue to the value of the land acquired from the use to
which such land will be put on acquisition; or
(e) any
increase likely to accrue to the value of other land of the person interested
from the use to which the land acquired will be put on acquisition.
44. Vesting of land in the
Authority.Immediately on the paying of the compensation under
section 40, the land shall vest in the Authority free from all encumbrances and
thereupon the Land Acquisition Collector may, after giving reasonable notice to
the occupier, enter upon and take possession of the same.
45. Acquisition in cases of urgency.In cases of urgency, the Land Acquisition Collector,
may immediately after the publication of the notice mentioned in subsection (1)
of section 39, enter upon and take possession of the land which shall thereupon
vest absolutely in the Authority free from all encumbrances:---
Provided that the
Land Acquisition Collector shall not take possession of any building or part of
building under this section without giving to the occupier thereof at least
twenty-four hours notice of his intention to do so, or such longer notice as
may be reasonably sufficient to enable such occupier to remove his movable
property from such building without unnecessary inconvenience.
46. Power of Land Acquisition
Collector to call for information.With a view to acquiring any land or determining any
compensation thereof or to carrying out any other purpose of this Ordinance,
the Land Acquisition Collector may,---
(a) require
any person, by order in writing, to furnish such information in his possession
relating to any land as may be specified in the order; and
(b) enter to
authorize any person to enter upon any land and take such action as may be
necessary.
47. Power of Authority to give
directions to Land Acquisition Collector.The Authority may give directions to the Land
Acquisition Collector in respect of the exercise of his powers and the
discharge of his functions under this Chapter and the Land Acquisition
Collector shall bt guided, and act in accordance with, such directions.
48. Appeals.(1) The Authority or any person aggrieved by an award
or final order of the Land Acquisition Collector may, within fifteen days of
the award or order, appeal to the Provincial Government.
(2) An officer authorized by the
Provincial Government in this behalf may, after giving the Authority and the
persons affected by the award or order appealed against an opportunity of
submitting any objection to the appeal and of being heard, pass such orders
thereon as he may think fit.
(3) The order passed on any appeal
under sub-section (2) shall be final and shall not be called in question by or
before any Court or other authority.
49. Land Acquisition Collector and
authorized, officer to have powers of civil Court, etc.(1) The Land Acquisition Collector making any inquiry
or conducting any proceedings for an award under this Ordinance, or the officer
hearing an appeal under section 48, shall have the same powers in respect of
the following matters as are vested in the civil Court, when trying a suit
under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), namely:---
(a)
summoning and enforcing attendance of any person and examining him on oath or
affirmation;
(b)
requiring the discovery or production of any document;
(c)
requisitioning any record from any Court or office;
(d) issuing
commissions for examination of witnesses, inspection of property or making any
local investigation;
(e)
appointing guardian ad litem or next friend;
(f) adding or substituting representatives of deceased
parties to proceedings;
(g) adding
or dropping parties from pending proceedings;
(h)
restoration of cases dismissed for default;
(i)
consolidation and splitting up cases; and
(j) any
other matter connected with the holding of any inquiry or hearing of any appeal.
(2) The Land Acquisition Collector or
the officer hearing an appeal under section 48. shall be deemed to be a Court
for the purposes of sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1898 (Act
V of 1898), and a proceeding before him shall be deemed to be a judicial
proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Pakistan Penal
Code (Act XLV of 1860).
50. Compensation to fisherman.The Board may provide compensation to displaced fisherman
as it may determine subject to a maximum limit of Rupees twenty five thousand
.in each case.
CHAPTER V
ESTABLISHMENT
51. Appointment and conditions of
service of officers, servants, ete.The Authority may, from time to time, appoint such
officers and servants as it may consider necessary for the performance of its
functions, on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit. The Authority shall,
by regulations made with the prior approval of the Federal Government, lay down
the procedure for the appointment of its officers and servants, and the terms
and conditions of their service including the constitution and management of
provident fund for them, and shall be competent to take disciplinary action
against them. Till such regulations are notified, the provisions of Civil
Servants Act, 1973, (LXXI of 1973) and the rules made thereunder shall, subject
to provisions of section 52, and subject to such modifications as the Authority
may make, be applicable.
52. Powers of Appointment, etc.Subject to the provisions of the regulations made
under section 51, all administrative powers including those of appointment,
promotion, suspension and punishment of the officers and servants of the
Authority shall be exercised by,---
(a) the
Chairman, in respect of officers holding posts in Basic Pay Scales 1 to 18 and
equivalent;
(b) the
Board, in respect of officers holding posts in Basic Pay Scale 19 and
equivalent; and
(c) The
Board, subject to the approval of the Federal Government in respect of the
officers holding posts in Basic Pay Scales 20, 21 and equivalent:
Provided that the Chairman may, by an order in
writing, delegate all or any of his powers under this sub-section to the respective
Heads of Departments or such other officers as he may think fit.
53. Appointment
of Consultants.The Board may, with the prior approval of the Federal
Government, engage consultants on such terms and conditions as may be
determined.
54. Members and officers to be
public servants.The Chairman, members, officers and servants of the
Authority shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the
provisions of this Ordinance be deemed to be public servants within the meaning
of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860).
55. Indemnity.---No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall
lie against the Authority, the Board, the Chairman, any member, officer or
servant of the Authority in respect of anything in good faith done or intended
to be done under this Ordinance.
56. Delegation of powers to
Chainnan, etc.The Board may, by general or special order, delegate
to the Chairman, or a member or an officer of the Authority, any of its powers,
duties or functions under this Ordinance subject to such conditions as it may
think fit to impose.
57. Industrial Relations Ordinance,
1969 (XXIII of 1969), not to apply. Nothing contained in the Industrial Relations
Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII
of 1969) shall apply to, or in relation to the Authority.
CHAPTER VI
FINANCE
58.
(2) The Gwadar Port Authority Fund
shall be kept in scheduled banks and shall be operated according to the rules
and regulations of the Authority.
(3) To the credit of the Gwadar Port
Fund shall be placed,---
(a) grants
made by the Federal Government;
(b) loans
obtained from the Federal Government;
(c) grants
made by local bodies;
(d) sale
proceeds of movable and immovable property and receipts for services rendered;
(e) loans
obtained by the Authority;
(f) foreign
aid and loans obtained from any source outside
(g) proceeds of all charges and recoveries mane under the
Ports Act 1908 (XV of 1908), and the provisions of this Ordinance; and
(h) all
other sums receivable by the Authority.
59. Budget.(1) In the month of November each year, the Authority
shall submit to the Federal Government for approval a statement of the
estimated receipts and expenditure in respect of the neat financial year.
(2) In the manner prescribed by the
Federal Government, the Authority shall also submit to the Federal Government
for approval a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure in foreign
exchange in respect of the next financial year.
60. Audit and Accounts. (a) The accounts of the Authority shall be maintained
by Authority in such forms as may be consistent with the requirements of this
Ordinance.
(b) The
accounts of the Authority shall be audited by not less than two Auditors who
are Chartered Accountants within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants
Ordinance, 1961 (X of 1961) appointed by the Federal Government, on such
remuneration, to be paid by the Authority, as the Federal Government may fix.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (b) above, the Auditor General of
Pakistan may, either of his own motion or upon request received in this behalf
from the Federal Government, undertake such audit of the accounts of the
Authority at such time as may be considered necessary, and the Authority shall,
at the time of such audit, produce the account books and connected documents of
such place or places as the Auditor General may fix, and furnish such
explanations and information as the Auditor-General or an officer authorized by
him in this behalf may ask for.
(d) Every
auditor appointed under clause (b) above shall be given a copy of the Annual
Balance Sheet of the Authority, and shall examine it together with the
accounts, and vouchers relating thereto and shall have a list delivered to him
of all books kept by the Authority and shall at all reasonable time have access
to the books, accounts and other documents of the Authority, and may in
relation to such accouhts ask any officer of the Authority.
(e) The
auditor shall report to the Federal Government upon the Annual Balance Sheet
and accounts and in their report state whether in his opinion the Balance Sheet
is full and properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the
state of the Authority”s affairs, and in case they have called for any
explanation or information from the Board, whether it has been given and
whether it is satisfactory.
(f) The
Federal Government may at any time issue directions to the auditors requiring
them to report to it upon the adequacy of measures taken by the Authority for
the protection of the interests of the Federal Government and of the creditors
of the Authority or upon the sufficiency of their procedures in auditing the
accounts of the Authority, and may at any time enlarge or extend the scope of
the audit or direct that a different procedure in audit be adopted or that any
other examination be made by the auditors if in its opinion the public interest
so requires; and
(g)
The Authority shall comply with every direction issued by the Federal
Government for the rectification of matters objected to in audit.
61. Penalty.Whoever contravenes any provision of this Ordinance or
any rule or regulation made or scheme sanctioned thereunder shall, if no other
penalty is provided for such contravention, be punishable with imprisonment for
a term, which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
62. Penalty for evading rates, etc.Any person who removes or attempts to remove, or abets
within the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) the removal of any
goods, vessel, animal or vehicle with the intention of evading payment of the
tolls, dues, rates or charges lawfully payable in respect thereof shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
63. Compensation for damage to
property of Board.(1) In case damage or mischief is done to any wharf,
dock, quay, jetty, pier or work constructed or acquired by the Authority under
this Ordinance by any vessel, through the negligence of the master thereof or
of any of the mariners or persons employed therein, not being in the service of
the Authority, any, Judicial Magistrate of the First Class having jurisdiction
in the port area may, on the application of the Authority and on declaration by
it that payment for such damage or mischief has been refused or has not been
made on demand, issue summons to the master or owner of such vessel, requiring
him to attend on a day and an ail hour named in the summons to account for
causing such damage or mischief.
(2) If, at the time appointed in the
summons, and whether the person summoned appears or not, it is proved that the
alleged damage, was done through such negligence as aforesaid, and that the
pecuniary amount of the same does not exceed ten thousand rupees, the
Magistrate may issue his warrant of distress, under which a sufficient portion
of the boats, masts spars, ropes, cables, anchors or stores of the vessle may
be seized and sold to cover the expenses of and attending the execution of the
distress, and the pecuniary amount of damage as aforesaid, and such amount
shall be paid to the Authority out of the proceeds of the distress:---
Provided that if, at the time of the
damage or mischief, the vessel was under the orders of a duly authorised
officer belonging to the pilot service maintained by the Authority under
section 25 or to the Harbour Master”s or Port Officer”s department, and if such
damage or mischief is in any way attributable to the order, act or improper
omission of such officer, the case shall not be cognizable by the Magistrate
under this section.
64. Cognizance of offences.
65. Recovery of dues as arrears of
land revenue.All fees and sums due on account of property for the
time being vested in the Authority and all arrears of tolls, charges, rates and
dues imposed under this Ordinance may be recovered as arrears of land revenue,
in addition to the other modes provided by this Ordinance.
MISCELLANEOUS
66. Submission of yearly reports and
returns.(1) The Authority shall submit to the Federal
Government, as soon as possible after the end of every financial year but
before the last day of December next following, a report on the conduct of its
affairs for that year.
2. The Federal Government may, after
giving sufficient notice to the Authority, require it to furnish the Government
with,---
(a) any
return, statement, estimates, statistics, or other information regarding any
matter under the control of the Authority; or
(b) a report
on any subject with which the Authority is concerned; or
(c) a copy
of any document in the charge of the Authority; and the Authority shall comply
with every such requisition.
67. Members not personally liable. No member shall be liable for any contract made or
expense incurred by or on behalf of the Authority, but the funds from time to
time in the hands of the Authority shall be liable for and chargeable with all
contracts made in the manner provided in this Ordinance.
68. Limitation of suits, etc.(1) No suit shall be commenced against any person for
anything done or purporting to have been done in pursuance of this Ordinance,
without giving to such person one month”s previous notice in writing of the
intended suit and of the cause thereof, nor after six months from the accrual
of the cause of such suit.
(2) In case of a suit for damages, if
tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before the suit was brought,
the plaintiff shall not recover more than the amount so tendered and shall pay
all costs incurred by the defendant after such tender.
69. Authority not responsible for
certain acts of its officers and servants.The Authority shall not be responsible for any
misfeasance, malfeasance or non-feasance of any officer or servant appointed
under this Ordinance or of any Conservator, any Port Officer or Harbour Master,
or of any assistant or deputy of any such officer or of any person acting under
the authority or direction of, or in subordination to any such officer,
assistant or deputy, nor for any damage sustained by any vessel in consequence
of any defect in any of the moorings, hawsers or other things belonging to the
Authority which may be used by such vessel:
Provided that noting in this section
shall protect the Authority from a suit in respect of damages to or loss of,
goods landed or shipped by them or retained in their custody.
70. Power to dispose of land.The Authority may retain, or may lease, sell,
exchange, rent or otherwise dispose of any land vested in it:---
Provided, it shall not sell, exchange,
or enter into lease agreement beyond a period of ten years in respect of such
land without prior approval of Federal Government.
71. Power of
Government to make rules.The Federal Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.
72. Power of Authority to make
regulations.(1) The Authority may with the prior sanction of the
Federal Government, make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this
Ordinance.
(2) In particular, and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may
provide for,---
(a)
regulation, declaring and defining the wharves, quays, stages, jetties and
piers, on and from which goods shall be landed from and shipped in vessels
within the port area;
(b) the safe
and convenient use of such wharves, quays, stages, jetties, piers and of
landing places, tramways, warehouse, sheds and other work in and adjoining the
same;
(c)
regulating the reception and removal of goods within and from the premises of
the Board, and for declaring the procedure to be followed in taking charge of
goods, which may have been damaged before landing or may be alleged to be so
damaged;
(d) setting
the mode of payment of tolls, charges, dues and rates levied under this
Ordinance.
(e)
providing water for ships and for licensing and regulating water-boats within
the port area;
(f) the
removal of wrecks from the port and keeping clean the Port area, the foreshore
and the works of the Board and for preventing filth or rubbish being thrown
therein or thereon; and
(g) the
guidance of persons employed by the Authority under this Ordinance and
generally for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
73. Control of Federal Government
over acts and proceedings of Board.All
acts and proceedings of the Board shall be subject, to the control of the
Federal Government and the Federal Government may cancel, suspend or modify any
such acts or proceedings.
74. Dissolution of Authority and
transfer of its assets and liabilities. - (1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official
Gazette, declare that the Authority shall be dissolved on such date as may be,
specified in such notification, and the Authority shall stand dissolved
accordingly.
(2) On and from the said date,---
(a) all
properties, funds and dues,---
(i) placed
at the disposal of the Authority by the Federal Government; and
(ii)
exchanged for, derived from, or otherwise attributable to, the properties,
funds and dues referred to in sub-clause (i) which inimediate before the said
date, were held by or were realizable by the Authority shall vest, in and be
realizable by, the Federal Government;
(b) all properties, funds and dues, other than those
referred to in clause (a) which, immediately before the said date, were vested
in or were realizable by the Authority shall vest in and be realizable by the
Federal Government or such agency as the Federal Government may determine, and
its decision thereon shall be final;
(c) all
liabilities which, immediately before the said date, were enforceable against
the Authority shall be assumed by and be enforceable against the Federal
Government or such agency as the Federal Government determines under clause (b)
as the case may be;
(d) for the
purpose of completing the execution of any scheme, which has not been fully
executed by the Authority, and of realizing; properties, funds and dues
referred to in clauses (a) and (b), the functions of the Authority under this
Ordinance shall be discharged by the Federal Government or by the agency
determined by the Federal Government under clause (b), as the case may be; and
(e) the
agency referred to in (b), (c) and (d) shall keep such accounts of all moneys
respectively received and expended by it under this Ordinance as the Federal
Government may prescribe.
75. Conservator.The Conservator of Gwadar Port shall be appointed by
the Board with prior approval of the Federal Government under section 7 of the
Ports Act, 1908 (XV of 1908), and shall exercise all the powers, and carry out
duties as specified under sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 and
other relevant sections of the Ports Act, 1908.
(2) The Conservator so appointed, shall
be under administrative control of the Board and the Authority, and shall
enforce all the rules, consistent with relevant sections of the Ports Act, 1908
(XV of 1908).
76. Port to be pollution free, etc.(1) the Authority shall be responsible for maintaining
the marine environment of the port limits free from pollution of the sea.
(2) No discharge of solid and liquid
wastes, oily noxious, radioactive and hazardous substances, bilge discharges
from tankers and vessels, residues and mixtures containing noxious solid and
liquid wastes, deballasting of unwashed cargo tanks and line washing garbage or
other substance as may be specified by the Board shall be made within the port
limits.
(3) Any person contravening the
provisions of subsection (2) shall be liable to penalty not exceeding ten
million rupees for each contravention in addition to the charges for clearing
of the Port and removal of pollution therefrom.
77. Removal of difficulties.If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of
the provisions of this Ordinance, the Federal Government may make such order,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, as may appear to be
necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.
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