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Nyera Ferry Regulations, 1956

Government Notice 23 of 1956

Nyera Ferry Regulations, 1956
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Government Notice 23 of 1956
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Ferries Act
Date
31 July 2002
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Tanzania
Ferries Act

Nyera Ferry Regulations, 1956

Government Notice 23 of 1956

  • 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.]
[G.N.s Nos. 23 of 1956; 514 of 1963; 523 of 1963]

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Nyera Ferry Regulations.

2.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"administration" means the Executive Officer of the Rufiji District Council or the officer acting on his behalf;"collector" means the member of the crew of the pontoons appointed by the administration to collect toll fees;"toll fees" means the fees set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3.

The ferry services shall be operated by the administration by means of pontoon.

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 Rufiji River as and when required beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset: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.

6.

The maximum load which the pontoon may carry shall be four tons total weight inclusive of motor vehicles, 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 the person in charge of a motor vehicle, 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 is liable to pay 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 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 of the administration or a Police Officer forcibly to remove such person from the pontoon.

9.

Any person who uses or attempts to use the pontoon without the permission of the collector or in the absence of the collector or during the hours of the darkness shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand shillings.

10.

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.

11.

The prescribed toll fee shall be payable on demand to the collectors, and it shall be lawful for the collectors to refuse to carry on the pontoon any motor vehicle unless the person in charge of the said vehicle shall have paid the appropriate toll fee before embarking his vehicle on the pontoon.

12.

Except in the cases mentioned in regulations 4, 8, 10 and 11, the collectors may not refuse to accept any motor vehicle.

13.

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

14.

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.

15.

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

Schedule

Toll fees

 Shs.Cts.
Motor vehicles, per crossing500

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