The Northern Indian Ferries Act `1878
An Act to regulate Ferries in Northern India.
List of Chapters & Sections
I.--PRELIMINARY
II.--PUBLIC FERRIES
- 4Power to declare establish define and discontinue public ferries
- 5Claims for compensation
- 6Superintendence of public ferries
- 7Management may be vested in municipality
- 7AManagement may be vested in District Council or District or Local Board
- 8Letting ferry tolls by auction
- 9Recovery of arrears from lessee
- 10Power to cancel lease
- 11Surrender of lease
- 12Power to make rules
- 13Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction
- 14Person using approaches, etc., liable to pay toll
- 15Tolls
- 16Table of tolls
- 17Tolls, rents, compensation and fines are to form part of revenues of State
- 18Compounding for tolls
III.--PRIVATE FERRIES
IV.--PENALTIES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- 21Penalty for breach of provisions as to table of tolls, list of tolls and return of traffic
- 22Penalty for taking unauthorised toll, and for causing delay
- 23Penalty for breach of rules made under sections 12 and 19
- 24Concealment of lease on default or breach of rules
- 25Penalties on passengers offending
- 26Penalty for maintaining private ferry within prohibited limits
- 27Fines payable to lessee
- 28Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber
- 29Power to arrest without warrant
- 30Power to try summarily
- 31Magistrate may assess damage done by offender
V.--MISCELLANEOUS