Northern India Ferries Act : Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber. Indian Bare Acts :

Northern India Ferries Act,1878

Act No : 17

Section : Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber.

28. Penalty for rash navigation and stacking of timber. Whoever navigates, anchors, moors or fastens any vessel or raft, or stacks any timber, in a manner so rash or negligent as to damage a public ferry, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and the toll-collector or lessee of the tolls of such ferry or any of his assistants, may seize and detain such vessel, raft or timber pending the inquiry and assessment hereinafter mentioned.