Bombay Ferries and Inland Vessels Act, 1868, (Maharashtra) Preamble 1 - Bare Act

Act Info:

The Bombay Ferries and Inland Vessels Act, 1868 ^*

[Act No. 2 of 1868]¹

[17th December 1868]

Repealed in part by Act 12 of 1873;

Repealed in part by Act 2 of 1901;

Repealed in part by Act 38 of 1920;

Repealed in part by Act Bom. 3 of 1886.

Repealed in part (except in the City of Bombay), by Bom. 1 of 1884.

Amended by Bom. 2 of 1878 ;

Amended by Bom. 8 of 1923 ;

Amended by Bom. 4 of 1933.

Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. Amended by Bom. 21 of 1942

Amended by Bom. 17 of 1945#

Adapted and modified by the Adaptation' of Laws Order, 1950.

Adapted and modified by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956.

Amended by Bom. 8 of 1958.

Amended by Bom. 60 of 1959.

Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1960.

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend the law relating to public ferries ² [and Inland vessels] in the ³ [State of Bombay].

Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to public ferries ²[and inland vessels] in the ³[State of Bombay]; It is enacted as follows :--

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1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1868, Pt. V, p. 425 for Report of the Select Committee, See ibid, p. 448, and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., pp. 457, 476 and 582.

The net proceeds of public ferries established under Bom. 2 of 1968, and all penalties inflicted and levied under the Act are to be credited to the Local fund constitued by the Bombay Local Boards Act, 1923 (Bom. 6 of 1923), see 75 of that Act.

* This Act was extended to, and shall be in force in, the rest of the State of Maharashtra (vide Bom. 60 of 1959, s. 2.).

Sections 2 to 8 of this Act were re-enacted by Bom. 55 of 1947, s. 2.

# This Act has been re-enacted and the amendments made by section 9 and Schedule 'E' of the said Act have been continued in force by Bom. 52 of 1947, s. 2.

2 These words were substituted for the words "Presidency of Bombay" by Bom. 60 of 1959, s. 4 (a).

3 Section 1 was inserted ibid., s. 4 (b).