LawgistThe Northern Indian Ferries Act
5Claims for compensation
Claims for compensation for any loss sustained by any person in consequence of a private ferry being taken possession of under section 4, shall be inquired into by the Magistrate of the district in which such ferry is situate, or such officer as he appoints in this behalf, and submitted for the consideration and orders of the State Government.
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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
