Section List

Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Indian Tramways Act, 1886

Year: 1886

Enactment Date: 1886-03-12

Long Title: An Act to facilitate the construction and to regulate the working of tramways.

Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Department:

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