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AND PUBLIC FERRIES ACT, 1890

(Act Il of 1890 as amended by Act 11 of 1895, Act V of 1914, Act VIII of 1914

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Act VII of 1939, Act XX of 1941, Act 7 of 1980, & Act 16 of 2000)

An Act to make better provision for the establishment of canals and public ferries in the [Presidency of Madras] and for the management thereof. It is enacted as follows:-

Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision for the establishment of Canals and Public Ferries in the [Presidency of Madras] and for the management thereof; it is enacted as follows:-

1. Short title and local extent.- This Act may be called the Madras) Canals and Public Ferries Act, 1890. It extends to the whole of the "Presidency of Madras.) 2. Repeal)- Repealed by the repealing and amending Act, 1901 (Central Act XI of 1901)

3. 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; ?"Municipality" means a town Panchayat, municipal council or a municipal corporation constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994); "Panchayat" means a village Panchayat, constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994)"; "public ferry" means a ferry declared to be subject to the provisions of Sections 9 to 18 of this Act).

4. Power to apply Act to any line of navigation.- The State Government) may, by notification in the Official Gazette), declare any line of navigation to be subject to the provisions of this Act from a date to be named in such notification, and may in like manner cancel or modify any such notification.

• The Act came into force on the 1-8-1890. See Fort St. George Gazette, 1890; Part I, P. 529. Adapted by Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order 1956. Read as Malabar District.

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1. Inserted by Act 14 of 1951.

2. Inserted by Act 16 of 2000.

3. Substituted by the Canals and Public Ferries (Amendment) Act, 1941 (Madras Act XX of 1941).

4. Substituted by the Adaptation Order, 1937 for the word "Provincial Government" and "State" was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation Order of 1950.

5. Substituted by the Adaptation Order of 1937 for the word "Fort. St. George Gazette".

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