Act Number: 17

Act Name: The Northern Indian Ferries Act, 1878

Year: 1878

Enactment Date: 1878-11-09

Long Title: An Act to regulate Ferries in Northern India.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 3: Interpretation-clause.
    In this Act the word "ferry" includes also a bridge of boats, pontoons or rafts, a swing-bridge, a flying-bridge and a temporary bridge, and the approaches to, and landing-places of, a ferry 1[and "Punjab" and "Ajmer" mean the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Punjab and Ajmer respectively].
Notes:
1. Added by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
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