The INDIAN TRAMWAYS ACT, 1886

PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — Short title and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Indian Tramways Act, 1886; and

(2) It shall come into force at once.

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  1. 1.Short title and commencement.
  2. 2.Local extent.
  3. 3.Definitions.
  4. 4.Application for and consent necessary to making of order.
  5. 5.Consent of local or road-authority not necessary in certain cases.
  6. 6.Procedure for making order.
  7. 7.Contents of order.
  8. 8.Further order.
  9. 9.Power to authorise joint work by local authorities.
  10. 10.Cessation of powers given by an order.
  11. 11.Mode of formation of tramway.
  12. 12.Inspection of tramway before opening.
  13. 13.Agreement between road-authority and promoter as to repair of roadway.
  14. 14.Rights of promoters and the public over tramways.
  15. 15.Tolls leviable by promoter or lessee.
  16. 16.Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods.
  17. 17.Grant to third parties of licenses to use tramway in certain events.
  18. 18.Licensee to give to promoter or lessee an account of traffic.
  19. 19.Cessation of powers of promoter and lessee on discontinuance of tramway.
  20. 20.Powers of road-authority on cessation of powers of promoter.
  21. 21.Proceedings in case of insolvency of promoter.
  22. 22.Future purchase of undertaking by local authority.
  23. 23.Lease of, or working of, tramway by local authority.
  24. 24.Power to make rules.
  25. 25.Power to impose penalty by rule.
  26. 26.Procedure for making, and publication of, rules.
  27. 27.Penalty for failure of promoter, lessee or licensee to comply with act or order.
  28. 28.Penalty for obstructing promoter in exercise of his powers.
  29. 29.Penalty for interfering with tramway.
  30. 30.Penalty for using tramway with carriage having flange-wheels.
  31. 31.Penalty for evading payment of proper toll.
  32. 32.Penalty for taking or sending dangerous or offensive goods without giving notice.
  33. 33.Penalty for licensee not giving to promoter or lessee an account of traffic or giving false account.
  34. 34.Saving of prosecutions under other laws.
  35. 35.Differences between promoters or lessees and authorities.
  36. 36.Recovery of moneys due from promoters and, in certain cases, from lessees.
  37. 37.Recovery of tolls from licensees.
  38. 38.Recovery of tolls from passengers.
  39. 39.Promoter to have right of user only.
  40. 40.Saving of power over roads traversed by tramways.
  41. 41.Saving of power of local authority and police to regulate traffic on roads.
  42. 42.Promoters, lessees and licensees to be responsible for all injuries.
  43. 43.Want of funds not a sufficient reason for default.
  44. 44.Power to exempt from municipal taxation.
  45. 45.Application by local authorities of local funds to tramways.
  46. 46.Extension of Act to existing tramways.
  47. 47.Prohibition of construction of tramways except under this Act.
  48. 48.Transfer of control on exclusion of local area from circle of local authority.
  49. 49.[Repealed.].
  50. 50.Powers of Government exercisable from time to time.