 bill no 96 of  2016 the port trusts (reservation in employment to local persons) bill, 2016 byshri shrirang appa barne, mp a billto provide for reservation in employment by port trusts to local personsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the port trusts (reservation in employment to local persons) act, 20165(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) 'port' means the following ports, namely:—(i) jawahar lal nehru port trust (nhava sheva) mumbai (ii) chennai port (iii) tuticorin port| (   | iv   | ) coachin port       ||-----|------|----------------------|| (   | v    | ) mangalore port     || (   | vi   | ) vizagpattinam port || (   | vii  | ) porbandar port     || (   | viii | ) paradip port       || 5   |      |                      || (   | ix   | ) kolkatta port      |and shall include such other ports, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify; and(b) "prescribed"means prescribed by rules made under this act103 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, fifty per cent of the total number of vacancies to fill a post notified by a port trust shall be reserved in favour of local persons in such manner as may be prescribedreservation in posts in favour of local personsexplanation—for the purposes of this act, the expression "local persons", in reference to a port trust, shall mean such persons who are residing in district in which the port trust is situated15power to make rules4  (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act20(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule25 statement of objects and reasonslocal population would be suitable for employment in any organisation owing to their better understanding of the geography, history, tradition and culture of the area in which the organisation is located as such they would be in a better position to perform their duty well this is required to be applied to organisations which are still localised and engaged in commercial activities it would, therefore, be appropriate and wise to employ local population in port trusts to increase its efficiency and generate employment opportunities for themhence this billnew delhi;shrirang  appa  barnemarch 10, 2016 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for reservation in employment by port trusts to local persons————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—30ls(s3)—25-04-2016