The Commissioners shall have the power, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, to apply 1[any sum out of] the moneys credited to the general account towards meeting deficits, if any, in the pilotage account 2[maintained under section 36 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908)] and to transfer the whole or 2[part of the surplus funds, if any, in such pilot age account] to the general account.
Source footnotes
1. Ins. by s. 195, ibid.2. Subs. by s. 195, ibid., for "part of the surplus funds in the pilotage account".
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