Port Qasim Authority Act, 1973

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SECTIONS.
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Declaration of Port area.
4. Establishment of the Authority.
5. Management.
6. Constitution of the Board.
7. Remuneration and conditions of service.
8. Duties and functions of Chairman and members.
9. Headquarters of the Authority and meetings of the Board.
10. Master-plan and master-programme.
11. Preparation of schemes by local bodies or agencies.
12. Manner and form, etc, of scheme.
13. Powers and functions of the Authority.
14. Tolls and charges may be remitted in special cases.
15. Board's lien for tolls and charges.
16. Owner's lien for freight.
17. Discharge of ship-owner's lien for freight.
18. Goods may be removed to warehouse.
19. Recovery of tolls and charges by sale of goods.
20. Removal of unclaimed goods.
21. Power to distrain vessels for non-payment of rates, etc.
22. Port-clearance not to be granted till rates, etc, paid.
23. Alternative remedy by suit.
24. Surplus of port dues to be paid to Board.
25. Right of Board to maintain pilots.
26. Approval and publication of bye-laws.
27. Removal, etc, of building.
28. Private wharves, etc, prohibited.
29. Power to permit erection of private wharves, etc.
30. Power to amend schemes.
31. Execution of schemes, etc, through local bodies and agencies.
32. Borrowing powers.
33. Utilization of building material.
34. Liability to acquisition.
35. Entry upon land, preliminary surveys, etc.
36. Compensation for damage.
37. Power to acquire land.
38. Land to be marked out, measured and planned.
39. Notice to persons interested.
40. Enquiry and award by Deputy Commissioner.
41. Compensation.
42. Matters to be considered in determining compensation.
43. Factors to be ignored in determining compensation.
44. Vesting of land in the Authority.
45. Acquisition in cases of urgency.
46. Power of Deputy Commissioner to call for information.
47. Power of Authority to give directions to Deputy Commissioner.
48. Appeals.
49. Deputy Commissioner and authorised officer to have powers of civil court etc
50. Appointment of officers, servants, etc.
51. Recruitment, conditions of service, etc.
52. Members and officers to be public servants.
53. Indemnity.
54. Delegation of powers to Chairman, etc.
55. Port Qasim Authority Fund.
56. Budget.
57. Audit and accounts.
58. Penalty.
59. Penalty for evading rates, etc.
60. Compensation for damage to property of Board.
61. Cognizance of offences.
62. Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue.
63. Submission of yearly reports and returns.
64. Members not personally liable.
65. Limitation of suits, etc.
66. Board not responsible for certain acts of its officers and servants.
67. Power to dispose of land.
68. Power of Government to make rules.
69. Power of Authority to make regulations.
70. Control of Federal Government over acts and proceedings of Board.
71. Transfer of Phitti Creek Project Cell to the Authority.
71 A. Responsibilities of Master, regarding damages and declaration, etc.
71 B. Port to be Pollution free, etc.
71 C. Environmental Pollution etc.
72. Dissolution of Authority and transfer of its assets and liabilities.







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