State Act

The Telangana Ferries Act, 1314 Fasli.

11. The 12[Government] may make rules for the following matters:- (a) the management of Government ferries and the traffic thereat; (b) the manner for the auction of a lease to collect toll at a Government ferry, the time for the auction of lease, the period of a lease and the terms thereof and the persons by whom the officer appointed for auctioning the lease shall cause the proceeding of the auction completed; (c) when a ferry is discontinued, for awarding compensation to persons who have already paid the amount for the use of such ferry for a fixed period and the period has not expired; (d) generally to carry out the purposes of this Act; and when a lease has been given under section 7, rules may also be made for the following matters; (e) for the payment of instalments recoverable from the lessee; (f) in cases in which the traffic is by boats,- (1) for regulating the number, kind, dimensions and equipments of the boats; (2) for the number of sailors to be kept by the lessee on each boat; (3) for the maintenance of the boats continually in a good condition; (4) for the hours during which the lessee shall ply the boats; (5) for the number of passengers, animals and vehicles, and the bulk, and weight of other things which may be sent in the boat in view of its kind.