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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Tramways Act, 1886 Section 17

GRANT TO THIRD PARTIES OF LICENCES TO USE TRAMWAY IN CERTAIN EVENTS If, at any time after a tramway or part of a

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Tramways Act, 1886 Section 17 is part of Tramways Act, 1886 - GRANT TO THIRD PARTIES OF LICENCES TO USE TRAMWAY IN CERTAIN EVENTS If, at any time after a tramway or part of a. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) the license shall be for a period not less than one year or more than three years from the date of the license, but the29 [Government] may in its discretion renew it;

(b) the license shall be to use the whole of the tramway for the time being opened for public traffic, or such part or parts of the tramway as the29[Government], having regard to the cause for granting the license, thinks fit;

(c) the license shall specify the number of carriages which the licensee shall run upon the tramway, the mode in which, and times at which, the carriages shall be run, the tolls to be paid to the promoter or lessee by the licensee for the use of the tramway, and the tolls, being those for the time being leviable by the promoter or lessee, which the licensee may demand and take for the use of his carriages;

(d) the licensees and his officers and servants shall permit one person, duly authorized for that purpose by the promoter or lessee, to travel free of toll in or upon each carriage of the licensee run upon the tramway for the whole or any part of a journey;

(e) any provision of this Act, or of the order or rules made under this Act, relating to the functions of a servant of a promoter or lessee shall be construed, so far as may be, as referring to a servant of the licensee; and (F) the29[Government] may revoke, alter or modify the license for any cause sufficient in its opinion to warrant the revocation, alteration or modification thereof.

Frequently asked questions

What does Tramways Act, 1886 Section 17 provide?

Section Section 17 of the Tramways Act, 1886 (GRANT TO THIRD PARTIES OF LICENCES TO USE TRAMWAY IN CERTAIN EVENTS If, at any time after a tramway or part of a) is reproduced on this page as part of the Tramways Act, 1886. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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