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No. 28 of 1917.
FERRIES.
[13.9.35.]
[Originally No. 28 of 1917.
No. 18 of 1929.
No. 52 of 1935.
No. 25 of 1937.
Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
No. 24 of 1917, incorporated in No. 9 of 1911, repealed by No. 36 of 1931.
No. 25 of 1917, repealed by No. 39 of 1935.
No. 26 of 1917, repealed by No. 5 of 1924.
No. 27 of 1917, repealed by No. 30 of 1923.
No. 28 of 1917.
*An Ordinance to regulate ferries and ferry piers.
[30th November, 1917.]
Short title.
Interpretation.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Ferries Ordinance, 1917.
2. (1) In this Ordinance,
(a) "Ferry" means any service, conducted by means of a vessel or vessels propelled by any means except oars and sails, for the conveyance of persons or of persons and things by water for payment or reward, between two or more points within the Colony, whether such service is also to any point or points without the Colony or not and whether the points between which the service is provided are varied from time to time or not, but does not include the hiring of any vessel to one person for a single journey and does not include the hiring of any vessel to a single pleasure party;
(b) "Ferry vessel" means any vessel which is employed for the purpose of a ferry;
(c) "Illegal ferry" means a ferry which is maintained in contravention of section 3;
(d) "Ferry pier" means any pier which is used for the purposes of a ferry.
* As amended by No. 52 of 1935 [6.12.35].
As amended by No. 52 of 1935 [6.12.35] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
Supp. Sched.