Section 59 — PENANG PORT COMMISSION ACT 1955

(a)

undertake all or any work of every description of or in connection with the loading and discharging and storing of goods or cargo in the port, or authorize, by way of licence, any company, firm person or persons to undertake the said work subject to such by-laws or regulations as the Commission may from time to time make;

(b)

subject to this Act, levy port dues and such general charges upon goods or cargo loaded and discharged in the port as it may deem to be necessary for the maintenance, improvement or development of the port;

(c)

control the berthing and movement of all vessels, whether in the roads or alongside any quay, wharf, pier or landing place vested in or under control of the Commission;

(d)

carry on the business of bunkerers and of suppliers of stores to ships;

(e)

construct, procure, maintain, repair and use engines and other appliances for the purpose of extinguishing fire on its property and in the port;

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(f)

construct, procure and maintain vessels, and use the same as well within the port as on the high seas, and whether in territorial waters or otherwise, for the purpose of towing or rendering assistance to any vessel, whether entering or leaving the port or bound elsewhere, and for the purpose of saving life or property, or recovering property lost, sunk or stranded;

(g)

supply water to shipping in the port, and for that purpose construct, procure, maintain and repair vessels or appliances;

(h)

generate electric and other energy;

(i)

construct, procure, maintain and repair ferry vessels to carry passengers, vehicles and goods, and use the same for plying for hire;

(j)

construct, procure, maintain and repair such vessels and vehicles as may be necessary for the business of the

Commission, and use the same for this purpose;

(k)

be insurers of goods in the custody of the Commission;

(l)

construct, procure, maintain, repair and use, within the limits of the lands vested in it, railways, warehouses, sheds, engines, cranes, scales and other appliances for conveying, receiving, handling and storing goods to be landed or shipped or otherwise dealt with;

(m)

carry on the business of builders and repairers of ship and machinery;

(n)

construct, maintain, repair and use wharves, docks, piers and bridges within the limits of the lands vested in it, with all necessary and convenient arches, drains, culverts, fences, roads, railways and approaches;

(o)

construct, procure, lay and repair moorings;

(p)

construct, procure, maintain, repair and use all means and appliances for berthing, loading and discharging vessels;

(q)

construct, procure, maintain, repair and moor vessels and hulks for the storage and working of cargo and goods;

(r)

reclaim, excavate, enclose or raise any part of the lands vested in the Commission;

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(s)

clean, deepen or improve any portion of the port and for any of these purposes, construct, procure, maintain, repair and use dredgers or other appliances;

(t)

construct, maintain and keep in repair such works without the limits of the land vested in it, as are necessary for the protection of works belonging to it within the limits of the lands vested in it;

(u)

erect, or procure to be erected, houses and buildings on the lands vested in it; and

(v)

undertake all other such works, and make, procure, maintain and repair all such other appliances as, in its opinion, are necessary for carrying out of this Act.

Power of the Commission to grant a licence to any company, etc., to undertake activities in the port 59A.

The Commission may with the approval of the Minister grant a licence on such conditions as the Commission may think fit to any company, firm, person or persons to undertake any activities in the port as may appear to the Commission to be necessary.

Powers of the Commission to enter any arrangement for sharing of profit, etc.