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Tanzania
Ferries Act
Ndundu Ferry Regulations, 1959
Government Notice 339 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.]
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These Regulations may be cited as the Ndundu Ferry Regulations.2.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"administration" means the Regional Engineer, Coast Region or the officer acting on his behalf;"collector" 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 pontoons 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 the Rufiji River as and when required beginning at 6.30 a.m. and ending at 6.30 p.m.:Provided that the collectors may make additional crossings outside these hours as and when directed by the administration.5.
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The maximum load which each pontoon may carry shall be twelve 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.
Any person who—8.
The maximum number of passengers and/or 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.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 prescribed toll fee shall be payable on demand to the collectors, and it shall be lawful for the collectors to refuse to carry on a 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 such pontoon.11.
Except in the cases mentioned in regulations, 7, 9 and 10, the collectors may not refuse to accept any passenger or cargo.12.
The collectors shall be responsible for the regularity of the service and the control of traffic embarking thereon 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.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation