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Northern Indian Ferries Act
An Act to regulate Ferries in Northern India.
| Act Id | 187817 |
| Act Number | 17 |
| Enactment Date | 1878-11-09 |
| Act Year | 1878 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Enforcement Date | 09-11-1878 |
- I.--PRELIMINARY
- II.--PUBLIC FERRIES
- 4 Power to declare establish define and discontinue public ferries
- 5 Claims for compensation
- 6 Superintendence of public ferries
- 7 Management may be vested in municipality
- 7A Management may be vested in District Council or District or Local Board
- 8 Letting ferry tolls by auction
- 9 Recovery of arrears from lessee
- 10 Power to cancel lease
- 11 Surrender of lease
- 12 Power to make rules
- 13 Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction
- 14 Person using approaches, etc., liable to pay toll
- 15 Tolls
- 16 Table of tolls
- 17 Tolls, rents, compensation and fines are to form part of revenues of State
- 18 Compounding for tolls
- III.--PRIVATE FERRIES
- IV.--PENALTIES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- 21 Penalty for breach of provisions as to table of tolls, list of tolls and return of traffic
- 22 Penalty for taking unauthorised toll, and for causing delay
- 23 Penalty for breach of rules made under sections 12 and 19
- 24 Concealment of lease on default or breach of rules
- 25 Penalties on passengers offending
- 26 Penalty for maintaining private ferry within prohibited limits
- 27 Fines payable to lessee
- 28 Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber
- 29 Power to arrest without warrant
- 30 Power to try summarily
- 31 Magistrate may assess damage done by offender
- V.--MISCELLANEOUS
