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The Indian Tramways Act, 1902

BRITISH INDIA
India

The Indian Tramways Act, 1902

Act 4 of 1902

  • Published on 1 January 1902
  • Commenced on 1 January 1902
  • [This is the version of this document from 1 January 1902.]
  • [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
[Act 4 of 19021, Repealed by Act 23 of 2016, S. 2 and Sch. I]An Act to apply the provisions of the Railway Companies Act, to certain Tramway Companies

1. The Act comes into force in Pondicherry (w.e.f. 1-10-1963) : Vide Reg. 7 of 1963, Section 3 and Schedule I.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONSBy the Indian Railway Companies Act, 1895 (10 of 1895), it is provided that Railway Companies registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1882 (6 of 1882), may, under certain conditions, pay interest on their paid-up share capital out of capital during construction, and it is proposed by this Bill to take power for the Governor General in Council to apply the same provisions to Companies formed for the construction of tramways not differing in structure and working from light railways. It is believed that legislation to this end will remove what is recognised as a tangible obstacle to the consideration in London of many remunerative light railway projects in India, which, for administrative reasons, it is desired to control in this country under the provisions, not of the Railways, but of the Tramways Act.Whereas by the Indian Railway Companies Act, 1895 (10 of 1895), the Railway Companies therein mentioned are authorized to pay interest on their paid-up share capital out of capital in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by the said Act.And whereas it is expedient to apply the provisions of the said Act to Companies formed for the construction of tramways not differing in structure and working from light railways;It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1. Short title and extent.-

(1)This Act may be called the Indian Tramways Act, 1902; and
(2)It extends to the whole of India except 1 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].

1. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".

2. Application of Act 10, 1895, to Tramway Companies.-

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of the Railway Companies Act, 1895 (10 of 1895), in so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to any Company formed for the construction of a tramway under the Bengal Tramways Act, 1883 (Ben. 3 of 1883), or the Indian Tramways Act, 1886 (11 of 1886), and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Tramway Company mentioned in the notification to pay interest upon its paid-up share capital out of capital in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by the said Indian Railway Companies Act, 1895.