Inspection of aerial ropeways before opening

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(1) No aerial ropeway shall be opened for any kind of traffic until the State Government has by Official Order, sanctioned the opening thereof for that purpose. The sanction of the State Government under this section shall not be given until an Inspector has reported in writing to the State Government that, --
- (a) he, as well as the Expert Committee has made a careful inspection of the aerial ropeway and appurtenances;
- (b) the moving and fixed dimensions and other conditions prescribed under the order have been complied with;
- (c) the aerial ropeway is sufficiently equipped for the traffic for which it is intended;
- (d) the bye-laws and working rules prescribed by sections 29 and 34 have been duly made, approved, and promulgated in the manner prescribed in those sections; and
- (e) in his opinion, as well as in the opinion of the Expert Committee, the aerial ropeway is fit for public traffic and can be used without danger to the public using it, or to the person employed thereon, or to the general public.
(2) The provisions of sub-section
(1) shall extend to the opening of additional sections of the aerial ropeway, to deviation lines, and to any alteration or reconstruction materially affecting the structural character of any work to which the provisions of sub-section
(1) apply or are extended by this sub-section.

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