Definitions

In this Act "vessel" includes any ship, barge, boat, raft, timber, bamboos or floating materials propelled in any manner : "channel" includes any waterway, whether natural or artificial : "line of navigation" means any navigable channel, or series of connected navigable channels : "canal" means a line of navigation declared to be subject to the provisions of this Act : "ferry" means a place at which goods, animals or passengers are conveyed across a channel by means of vessels : "public ferry" means a ferry declared to be subject to the provisions of any of sections 9 to 18 of this Act.