Indian Ports Act, 1908
50. Application and account of hospital port-dues
(1) Hospital port-dues shall be applied, as the 2[Central
Government] may direct, to the support of any such hospital or dispensary as
aforesaid, or otherwise for providing sanitary superintendence and medical aid
for the shipping in the port in which they are levied and for the seamen belonging
to the vessels therein, whether such seamen are ashore or afloat.
(2) The 2[Central Government] shall publish annually
in the Official Gazette, as soon after the first day of April as may be, an
account, for the past financial year, of the sums received as hospital
port-dues at each port where such dues are payable, and of the expenditure
charged against these receipts.
(3) Such account shall be published as a supplement to the
abstract published under section, 36, sub-section (2).