The contents of The Major Port Trusts Act 1963 can be summarised as under:
| Chapters | Section | |
| I | 1-2 | Preliminary |
| II | 2-22 | Board of trustees and committees thereof |
| III | 23-28 | Staff of the board |
| IV | 29-34 | Property and contracts |
| V | 35-47 | Works and services to be provided at ports |
| VI | 48-65 | Imposition and recovery of rates at ports |
| VII | 66-86 | Borrowing powers of the board |
| VIII | 87-105 | Revenue and Expenditure |
| IX | 106-111 | Supervision and control of central government |
| X | 112-119 | Penalties |
| XI | 120-134 | Miscellaneous |
