Tanzania
Ferries Act
Chapter 173
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 15 November 1929
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Short title and interpretation
2. Public ferries
3. Public ferries vested in the Minister
Upon the declaration of any ferry as a public ferry under this Act all rights in respect thereto and over the soil thereunder shall vest in the Minister.4. Licence to ply for hire on a public ferry
No person shall for hire or reward convey passengers or cargo of any description over a public ferry unless he is authorised to do so by a licence issued under this Act.5. Licensing officers
The Minister may appoint any person to be a licensing officer in respect of public ferries in any specified area and in default of any such appointment, the District Officer of every district shall be the licensing officer in respect of public ferries in such district.6. Exclusive and non-exclusive licences and form thereof
7. Period of licence
Except with the approval of the Minister no licence granted under this Act shall remain in force for longer than one year from the date of issue, provided that the licensing officer may at his discretion issue a licence for such shorter period than one year as the applicant for a licence may require.8. Fee for licence
9. A licence may be refused or issued subject to special conditions
Subject to appeal to the Minister, a licensing officer may refuse to issue a licence or may issue a licence subject to such special conditions, not inconsistent with this Act or with any regulations made hereunder, as he may consider that the circumstances require in order to ensure the efficiency and safety of the service to be rendered to the public by the licensee and any special conditions so imposed shall be endorsed by the licensing officer upon the licence.10. Recovery of fee and cancellation of licence if fee unpaid
Any part of the fee for a licence which remains unpaid after the licence shall have become due may be recovered as a debt due to the public revenue of the Government:Provided that if any part of such fee shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days or more after the licence shall have become due, the Minister may, without prior notice to the licensee, cancel the licence, without prejudice to recovery of such part of the fee which shall then be due and unpaid.11. Regulations
The Minister may make regulations for any of the following purposes:12. Prohibition of maintenance of ferry within a prescribed distance of a public ferry
13. Penalty
Any person who commits an offence under this Act or of any regulation made hereunder, or of any special conditions endorsed upon a licence granted to him under this Act, is liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the Court may order that any licence held by any such person under this Act shall be cancelled.14. Saving of permits lawfully granted by or on behalf of the Government before commencement of this Act
No permit or other authority lawfully granted before the commencement of this Act by or on behalf of the Government to any person for the carriage of passengers or cargo of any description over any public ferry for hire or reward shall be deemed to be abridged by anything contained in this Act, provided that the exercise of any right under any such permit or authority shall be subject to any regulations made under this Act in the same manner as the exercise of any right granted by a licence under this Act.15. Exemption of ferries maintained by the Government or by local authorities
Nothing in this Act shall apply to the conveyance of passengers or cargo of any description over any public ferry by a service maintained by the Government or, with the approval of the Minister, by a local authority:Provided that the Minister may order that any regulations made under section 11 shall apply to the conveyance of passengers or cargo of any description over any public ferry by any such service.16. ***
[Omitted]History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
15 November 1929
Commenced
Subsidiary legislation
Title | Numbered title |
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Kome Ferry Regulations, 1994 | Government Notice 262 of 1994 |
Mafia Ferry Regulations, 1994 | Government Notice 264 of 1994 |
Malagarasi Ferry Regulations, 1955 | Government Notice 450 of 1955 |
Msanga Mkuu Regulations, 1994 | Government Notice 263 of 1994 |
Ndundu Ferry Order, 1959 | Government Notice 341 of 1959 |
Cited documents 0
Documents citing this one 3
Legislation 2
1. | Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority Act | 2 citations |
2. | Ndundu Ferry Order, 1959 |
Gazette 1
1. | Tanzania Government Gazette dated 2011-11-04 number 44 |