The Telangana Ferries Act, 1314 F
The Telangana Ferries Act, 1314 F
The Telangana Ferries Act, 1314 F. regulates the operation, management, and safety of water ferries across Telangana. It empowers the government to declare, establish, control, or discontinue public ferries, take over private ferries with fair compensation, and assign ferry management to local authorities or private lessees through public auctions. The law applies to government administrators, local authorities, ferry operators, toll collectors, lessees, and passengers using water transport. It establishes fixed toll rates, safety standards for boats, and prohibitions against establishing unauthorized private ferries near public ones. By standardizing toll collection, vessel safety, and operational rules, the Act ensures safe, orderly, and reliable water transit for the public.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Powers of Government regarding Government ferries.
- 4. Inquires as to compensation in case of private ferry being taken over by Government.
- 5. Management of Government ferry shall be entrusted to collector.
- 6. Assignment of management of public ferry to local authority.
- 7. Leasing out tolls.
- 8. Amount may be recovered from lessee and his surety under Government Demands Act.
- 9. Cancellation of lease.
- 10. Surrender of lease by lessee.
- 11. Power of Government to make rules.
- 12. No private boat shall be plied within two miles of Government ferry without sanction.
- 13. Tolls.
- 14. Table of tolls.
- 15. Duty of lessee regarding submission of returns required.
- 17. Rate for use of Government ferry for define period.
- 18. Power to make rules.
- 19. Tolls.
- 20. Penalty for breach of provisions as to table of toll and preparation of returns.
- 21. Penalty for collecting in excess of prescribed toll or detaining passengers, etc.
- 22. Penalty for breach of rules made under section 11 or 18.
- 23. Lease may be cancelled in case of breach of rules.
- 24. Penalty to passengers offending.
- 25. Penalty for maintaining private ferry within prohibited limits.
- 26. Amount of fine may be paid to lessee.
- 27. Penalty for negligent plying of boat.
- 28. Power to arrest without warrant.
- 29. Power of summary trial.
- 30. Magistrate to assess damage caused by offender.
- 31. Collector may take possession of boats etc., on surrender of lease by lessee or on cancellation of lease.
- 32. Power to possession of boats etc., in case of emergency.
- 33. Suit shall not be cognizable by Civil Court.
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