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Kikongo-Busisi Ferry Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 223 of 1959

Kikongo-Busisi Ferry Regulations, 1959
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Government Notice 223 of 1959
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Ferries Act
Date
31 July 2002
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Tanzania
Ferries Act

Kikongo-Busisi Ferry Regulations, 1959

Government Notice 223 of 1959

  • 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. 223 of 1959; 265 of 1994]

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Kikongo-Busisi Ferry Regulations.

2.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"administration" means the Regional Engineer of Mwanza, or the officer acting on his behalf;"collector" means the member of the crew appointed by the administration to collect toll fees;"Nahodha" means the person appointed by the administration to be in charge of the ferry;"toll fees" means the fees set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3.

The ferry services shall be operated by means of a self-propelled steel pontoon, or by a steel pontoon towed by a motor vessel.

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 Smith Sound between Busisi and Kikongo at the times set out in the timetable drawn up by the administration, beginning at 7 a.m. and terminating at 7 p.m.:Provided that the Nahodha shall make additional crossings outside these hours as and when directed by the administration.

5.

(1)Every ferry craft while under way shall at all times be under the charge and control of the Nahodha.
(2)In addition to the Nahodha each ferry craft shall carry the minimum crew laid down by the administration for that type of craft.

6.

The ferry shall take on and land all passengers, cargo and livestock only at landing places and at landing ramps approved by the administration for that purpose.

7.

(1)The maximum load which the ferry may carry shall be—
(a)23 1/2 tons when the self-propelled craft is in operation with a maximum axle load of 8 tons;
(b)10 tons when the dumb pontoon is in operation.
(2)For the purpose of these Regulations a loaded 5-ton motor lorry shall be deemed to be the equivalent of 7.8 tons and each passenger shall be deemed to be equivalent of one hundred and fifty pounds of load.

8.

The ferry craft in use shall be kept clean, seaworthy and in good repair.

9.

(1)The maximum number of passengers and vehicles which each ferry craft is permitted to carry shall be displayed conspicuously in English and Kiswahili at both ferry landings and on board the ferry craft.
(2)Each ferry craft shall be equipped with such life saving apparatus and fire extinguishing appliances as shall be considered necessary by the administration and such apparatus and appliances shall be kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use.

10.

Any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs the Nahodha, collector or other person employed to work the pontoon in the execution of his duties; or
(b)boards the pontoon after being warned by the Nahodha that it already contains its maximum load; or
(c)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 not exceeding five hundred shillings, and it shall be lawful for the Nahodha or the collector or the administration or a Police Officer forcibly to remove such person from the pontoon.

11.

The Nahodha 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.

12.

The toll fees specified in the Schedule shall be payable on demand to the collector, and it shall be lawful for the collector 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 such pontoon.

13.

Except in the cases mentioned in regulations 10 and 11 the Nahodha may not refuse to accept any passengers or cargo of the kind specified in the Schedule.

14.

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

15.

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

16.

A notice shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place on both ferry landings stating the toll fees specified in the Schedule and that an official printed and numbered fixed fee receipt must be obtained for any ferry fees paid to the collector.

Schedule

Toll fees

 Shs.Cts.
1.Passengers: 
(a) Children2000 
(b) Adults5000 
2.Bicycles, motor cycles7000 
3.Cattle/carts15000 
4.Saloon car1,00000 
5.Pick ups not exceeding 2 tons, micro-bus up 15 passengers2,00000 
6.Lorries exceeding 7 tons, Bus up to 45 passengers, tractor, trailer2,00000 
7.Lorries not less than 8 tons and not exceeding 15 tons, Bus exceeding 45 passengers2,50000 
8.Lorries exceeding 15 tons3,50000 
9.Truck or trailer7,00000 
10.Heavy Duty Plant/Machinery7,00000 
11.Loads up to 50 kilograms5000 

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