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Section 26 of THE INDIAN PORTS ACT, 1908
- (1)A master of a vessel shall not cause or
suffer any warp or hawser attached to his vessel to be left out in any port subject to this Act after
sunset in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any other vessel navigating in the port.
- (2)A master offending against sub-section (1) shall be punishable for every such offence with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.