Lawgist13Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction
1[Except with the sanction of the Magistrate of the district or of such other officer as the State Government may, from time to time, appoint in this behalf, by name or in virtue of his office, no person shall establish, maintain or work a ferry to or from any point within a distance of two miles from the limits of a public ferry]:
Provided that, in the case of any specified public ferry, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, reduce or increase the said distance of two miles to such extent as it thinks fit:
Provided also that nothing hereinbefore contained shall prevent persons plying between two places, one of which is without, and one within, the said limits, when the distance between such two places is not less than three miles, or apply to boats 2[which do not ply for hire] or which the State Government expressly exempts from the operation of this section3. .
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1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1886, s. 2, for the first paragraph (w.e.f. 29-1-1886).
2. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 29-1-1886).
3. An explanation has been added to section 13 in the C.P. by the Northern India Ferries (C.P. Amendment) Act, 1937 (C.P. 23 of 1937).
- 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
