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The Aerial Ropeways Act, 1923

( ACT NO. VII OF 1923 )

Chapter III

PRIVATE AERIAL ROPEWAYS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

Agreement
29.(1) No order shall be made by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 28 until an inquiry has been held as hereinafter provided and the intending promoter has entered into an agreement with the Government in respect of the matters mentioned in sub-section (4).
 
 
(2) Such inquiry shall be held by such officer and at such time and place as the Government shall appoint.
 
 
(3) Such officer may summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses and compel the production of documents by the same means and, as far as possible, in the same manner as is provided by the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, in the case of a Civil Court.
 
 
(4) Such officer shall report to the Government the result of the inquiry, and if the Government are satisfied that the ropeway is or is likely to be useful to the public, they shall, subject to any rules made under section 42, require the intending promoter to enter into an agreement with the Government, providing to the satisfaction of the Government for the following matters, namely:-
 
 
(a) the terms on which the ropeway shall be held by the promoter;
 
 
(b) the time within which, and the conditions on which, the ropeway shall be constructed, maintained and used.
 
 
(5) Every such agreement shall, as soon as may be after its execution, be published in the official Gazette.

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