The Bihar and Orissa Aerial Ropeways Act, 1924

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    "title": "The Bihar and Orissa Aerial Ropeways Act, 1924",
    "short_title": "The Bihar and Orissa Aerial Ropeways Act, 1924",
    "act_number": "Bihar Act No. 3 of 1924",
    "act_year": 1924,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar and Orissa Aerial Ropeways Act, 1924",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"aerial ropeway\" means an aerial ropeway (or any portion thereof) for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods, and includes all ropes, posts, carriers, stations offices, warehouses, workshops, machinery and other works used for the purposes of, or in connection with, and all land appurtenant to, such aerial ropeway;\n(2) \"inspector\" means an inspector of aerial ropeways appointed under this Act;\n(3) \"post\" includes any trestle, standard, strut or other contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting a rope;\n(4) \"promoter\" means any person in whose favour an order has been made under Section 6; and\n(5) \"rope\" includes any cable, wire, rail or way, whether flexible or rigid, for suspending, carrying, or hauling a truck, carrier or other vehicle, if any part of such cable, wire, rail or way is carried overhead and is suspended or supported on posts.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Sanction for opening of aerial ropeway.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Application for sanction for aerial ropeway.",
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            "content": "(a) the intending promoter shall not be entitled to enter into any building or upon any enclosed court or garden attached to a dwelling-house (unless with the consent of the occupier thereof) without previously given such occupier at least seven days' notice in writing of his intention to do so; and\n(b) the intending promoters shall before he enters any immovable property pay or tender payment for all necessary damage to be done and in case of dispute as to the sufficiency of the amount so paid or tendered he shall at once refer the dispute to the Collector whose decision shall be final.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Procedure where application is in respect of aerial ropeway on land not belonging to promoter.",
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            "content": "(i) a time within which the construction shall be commenced;\n(ii) a time within which the construction shall be completed;\n(iii) the conditions relating to the structural design, quality of materials, factors of safety, method of computing stresses and other such technical details as may be considered necessary;\n(iv) the conditions relating to the construction of the ropeway over mining properties in accordance with rules made under Section 22 and over public ways of communication;\n(v) the conditions under which the promoter may sell or transfer his rights to any person;\n(vi) the motive power to be used on the ropeway and the conditions (if any) on which such power may be used,\n(vii) the minimum headway to be maintained under different parts of the rope;\n(viii) the points under the rope at which bridges or guards shall be constructed and maintained;\n(ix) the amount of security (if any) to be deposited by the promoter in the event of his application being granted;\n(x) the traffic which may be carried on the ropeways; and\n(xi) such other matters as the [State] Government may deem necessary.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Disposal of application.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Rights of user.",
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            "content": "(a) to enter on any immovable property;\n(b) with the sanction of the Collector, to fix, maintain or remove any post;\n(c) with the sanction of the Collector, to suspend and maintain a rope over, along and across any property, and to carry vehicles on such rope; and\n[(d) With the sanction of the Collector, and subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government, to remove-\n(i) any tree, shrub, hedge, jungle-growth or other plant standing or lying near an aerial ropeway;\n(ii) any structure whether of masonry, brick, wood, mud, metal or any other material whatsoever which has been placed or has fallen near any such ropeway subsequent to the issue of an order under Section 6,\n(i) the promoter shall cause as little damage as possible in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section; and\n(ii) nothing in this section shall confer on the promoter any right other than that of user in any immoveable property.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Compensation or rent.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Acquisition of land.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Notice to be given before working mines near post.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Inspection of aerial ropeway before opening.",
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            "content": "(a) that he has made a careful inspection of the aerial ropeway and its appurtenances;\n(b) that the terms of the order made under Section 6 have been complied with;\n(c) that the aerial ropeway is fit, and sufficiently equipped, for the traffic for which it is intended; and\n(d) that the aerial ropeway can, in his opinion, be used without danger to the persons carried or employed thereon and to the general public.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Appointment and duties of Inspectors.",
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            "sort_order": 11
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Powers of Inspectors.",
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            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Protection of road, railways, tramways and waterways.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Reporting of accidents.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Penalty for constructing ropeway or working ropeway without sanction.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Failure of promoter to comply with Act.",
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            "content": "(a) opens an aerial ropeway without the sanction of the [State] Government; or\n(b) constructs or works an aerial ropeway otherwise than in accordance with the terms of an order made under Section 6; or\n(c) fails to pay within a reasonable time any compensation awarded by the Collector under Section 8; or\n(d) fails to comply with the provisions of Section 14; or\n(e) contravenes any of the provisions of Section 15; or\n(f) fails to send notice of any accident as required by Section 16; or\n(g) contravenes the provisions of any rule made under Section 22;",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Prosecution of promoter.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Unlawfully obstructing promoter in exercise of his powers.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Unlawfully interfering with aerial ropeway.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) interferes with, removes or alters any part of an aerial ropeway;\n(b) does anything in such a manner as to obstruct any vehicle travelling on an aerial ropeway:\n(c) attempts to do, or abets, within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, the doing of anything mentioned in Clause (a) or Clause (b);",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Power of State Government to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) for providing for the safety of persons carried on, and employed in the working of, aerial ropeways, and of the general public;\n(b) for prescribing and regulating the duties and powers of Inspectors;\n(c) for prescribing the conditions under which licences for the construction of aerial ropeways over mining properties shall be granted, including conditions as to the assessment and payment of compensation for loss caused by the interruption of the getting of minerals by reason of such construction and conditions as to the removal of any portion of the ropeway to another alignment, to be fixed by arbitration, if necessary, if at anytime in the opinion of the [State] Government the ropeway interferes with the raising of minerals;\n[(cc) for prescribing the conditions under which the Collector may remove under Cl. (d) of Section 7, any tree, shrub, hedge, jungle-growth or other plant or any structure near an aerial ropeway which interrupts or interferes with, or is likely to interrupt or interfere with the construction or working of an aerial ropeway] ;\n(d) for prescribing the method of arbitration for the settlement of disputes;\n(e) for the protection from injury in respect of aerial ropeways of property vested in [Government] or any local authority or railway company as defined in the Indian Railways Act, 1890;\n(f) for prescribing the standard dimensions and specifications to which an aerial ropeway shall conform;\n(g) for prescribing the distance from a post appertaining to an aerial ropeway up to which the commencement or extension of mining operations by the owner, agent or manager of a mine requires notice to be given under Section 10;\n(h) for determining the fees to be charged to promoters and other persons in respect of inquiries, inspections, and services rendered under this Act;\n(i) for specifying the description of accidents of which notice shall be given under Section 16;\n(j) for prescribing the duties of the promoter's servants, police officers and magistrates on the occurrence of an accident; and\n(k) for prescribing the manner in which notices under this Act shall be served.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Application of Act to aerial ropeways constructed before, or under construction at time of its commencement.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh007",
        "Act Number": "Bihar Act No. 3 of 1924",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1924",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar and Orissa Aerial Ropeways Act, 1924",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}