Section 18 in The Harbour Craft Rules for the Port of Madras, 1935
18. Permissible load of harbour craft.
(1)No person shall load a registered harbour craft with passengers or with animals or other cargo in contravention of the terms of its licence.(2)No tindal of any registered harbour craft shall permit any animal to be loaded in it, unless the harbour craft has been provided with sand ballast or straw sufficient to form a flat floor and unless such other requirements as may be imposed by the Registering Officer in respect of the harbour craft have been complied with.(3)Where animals are carried in a registered harbour craft, no other cargo or passanger shall be carried therein.(4)Passengers and cargo other than animals may be carried at the same time only in a registered harbour craft propelled by mechanical power.
