Northern Indian Ferries Act, 1878
Bare Act · 1878
An Act to regulate Ferries in Northern India. Preamble.---.
- Act number
- 17 of 1878
- Enacted
- 9 November 1878
- Contents
- 37 sections · 2 chapters
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Contents
Preamble
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – [Repealed.]
- Section 3 – Interpretation-clause
- Section 4 – Power to declare establish, define and discontinue public ferries
- Section 5 – Claims for compensation
- Section 6 – Superintendence of public ferries (preview)
- Section 7 – Management may be vested in municipality (preview)
- Section 7A – Management may be vested in District Council or District or Local Board (preview)
- Section 8 – Letting ferry tolls by auction (preview)
- Section 10 – Power to cancel lease (preview)
- Section 11 – Surrender of lease (preview)
- Section 12 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 13 – Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction (preview)
- Section 14 – Person using approaches, etc., liable to pay toll (preview)
- Section 15 – Tolls (preview)
- Section 16 – Table of tolls (preview)
- Section 17 – Tolls, rents, compensation and fines are to form part of revenues of State (preview)
- Section 18 – Compounding for tolls (preview)
- Section 19 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 20 – Tolls (preview)
- Section 21 – Penalty for breach of provisions as to table of tolls, list of tolls and return of traffic (preview)
- Section 22 – Penalty for taking unauthorised toll, and for causing delay (preview)
- Section 23 – Penalty for breach of rules made under sections 12 and 19 (preview)
- Section 24 – . Cancelment of lease on default or breach of rules (preview)
- Section 25 – Penalties on passengers offending (preview)
- Section 26 – Penalty for maintaining private ferry within prohibited limits (preview)
- Section 27 – Fines payable to lessee (preview)
- Section 28 – Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to arrest without warrant (preview)
- Section 30 – Power to try summarily (preview)
- Section 31 – Magistrate may assess damage done by offender (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to take possession of boats, etc., on surrender or cancellation of lease (preview)
- Section 33 – Similar power in cases of emergency (preview)
- Section 34 – Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred (preview)
- Section 35 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 36 – [Repealed.] (preview)