The Northern Indian Ferries Act

Power to declare establish define and discontinue public ferries

Claims for compensation

Superintendence of public ferries

Management may be vested in municipality

Management may be vested in District Council or District or Local Board

Letting ferry tolls by auction

Recovery of arrears from lessee

Power to cancel lease

Surrender of lease

Power to make rules

Private ferry not to ply within two miles of public ferry without sanction

Person using approaches, etc., liable to pay toll

Tolls

Table of tolls

Tolls, rents, compensation and fines are to form part of revenues of State

Compounding for tolls


II.--PUBLIC FERRIES


The State Government may cancel the lease of the tolls of any public
ferry on the expiration of six months notice in writing to the lessee of its intention to cancel such lease.

When any lease is cancelled under this section, the Magistrate of the district in which such ferry is
situate shall pay to the lessee such compensation as such Magistrate may, with the previous sanction of
the State Government, award.


LAWGIST

# 10 Power to cancel lease