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Murongo Ferry Regulations, 1938

Government Notice 88 of 1938

Murongo Ferry Regulations, 1938
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Government Notice 88 of 1938
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Ferries Act
Date
31 July 2002
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Tanzania
Ferries Act

Murongo Ferry Regulations, 1938

Government Notice 88 of 1938

  • Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
  • Commenced
  • [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
  • [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 July 2002 and 30 November 2019 by 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. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for TANZLII.]

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Murongo Ferry Regulations.

2.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"administration" means the Engineer-in-Chief or the officer acting on his behalf;"collector" means the member of the crew of the pontoon appointed by the administration to collect toll fees;"toll fees" means the fees prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3.

The ferry services shall be operated by the administration by means of pontoons attached by pulleys to cables stretching from bank to bank.

4.

The ferry services shall be operated daily throughout the year except when in the opinion of the administration it would be unsafe to do so and shall make crossings of the Kagera as and when required beginning at 6 a.m. and terminating at 6 p.m:Provided that the collectors may make additional crossings outside these hours as and when directed by the administration.

5.

(1)The pontoons while under way shall at all times be under the charge and control of collectors or, if present, the administration.
(2)All passengers and all animals, vehicles and other cargo shall be taken on or landed at the ramps provided for that purpose.
(3)The collector of the Murongo pontoon shall give right of way to the Tanzania Railways Corporation and Tanzania Harbours Authority's tug plying on the Kagera River.

6.

The maximum load which each pontoon may carry shall be three and a half tons total weight inclusive of motor vehicle loads, animals and passengers and for the purpose of these Regulations each passenger shall be the equivalent of one hundred and fifty pounds of load.

7.

If a passenger, with intent to defraud the administration—
(a)refuses to pay the prescribed toll fee; or
(b)leaves or attempts to leave the ferry without paying the prescribed toll fee,
he commits an offence under these Regulations and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of one hundred shillings.

8.

Any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs the collector or other person employed to work the pontoon in the execution of his duties; or
(b)behaves, while on the pontoon, in the opinion of the collector in an insulting or indecent manner towards any member of the crew or any passenger, or commits any nuisance or uses obscene or abusive language; or
(c)boards the pontoon after being warned by the collector that it already contains its maximum load; or
(d)boards the pontoon in an unsafe or dangerous manner or causes damage to the pontoon or its attachments,
commits an offence under these Regulations and is liable upon conviction to a fine of one hundred shillings and it shall be lawful for the collector or the administration or a Police Officer forcibly to remove such person from the pontoon.

9.

The collector may refuse to allow to board the pontoon any vehicle, animal or person which, in his opinion, may endanger safety during the act of boarding or disembarking or during carriage.

10.

The toll fees specified in the Schedule shall be payable on demand to the collectors and it shall be lawful for the collectors to refuse to carry on the pontoons any person or animal, vehicle or other property of any person unless such person shall have paid the appropriate toll fee before embarking his animal, vehicle or other property on the pontoons.

11.

Except in the cases mentioned in regulations 8, 9 and 10 the collectors may not refuse to accept any passenger or cargo of the kind specified in the Schedule.

12.

The collectors shall be responsible for the regularity of the service and the control of traffic embarking therein or disembarking therefrom, and every passenger on the pontoons shall obey all such reasonable directions as the collectors may think fit to give.

13.

The administration may at any time suspend the service of the ferry for any reason which may appear to render this course necessary or desirable.

14.

The toll fees specified in the Schedule shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place on the ferry landing.

Schedule

Toll fees

 Shs.Cts.
1.Passengers, per person 10
2.Loads over 50 lb. 5
3.Cattle and donkeys, each 50
4.Sheep and goats, each 5
5.Dogs, each 5
6.Bicycles 5
7.Motor bicycles and hand carts 50
8.Motor vehicle (other than 7) (not exceeding 35 cwt.) with driver100
9.Motor vehicle (exceeding 35 cwt.)200
10.Other 4-wheeled vehicle (not exceeding 35 cwt.) with driver100
11.Other 4-wheeled vehicle (exceeding 35 cwt.) with driver200

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