धारा 57 · Vesting of the management of ferries in gram panchayats,etc

Notwithstanding anything in the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Canals and Public Ferries Act, 1890 (Act 2 of 1890) and the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Ferries Act, 1314 Fasli (Act 2 of 1314 F), the management of a public ferry in the Andhra Area, and of a Government ferry in the Telangana area other than a ferry mentioned in sub-section (2) shall vest,- (a) in the case of a ferry connecting any public road under the management of a gram panchayat and lying wholly within the jurisdiction of that gram panchayat, in such gram panchayat and in the case of a ferry connecting any public road under the management of a gram panchayat and lying within the jurisdiction of more than one gram panchayat, in a joint committee of the gram panchayats concerned; HLOU 18 (b) in case of a ferry connecting any public road under the management of a *[Mandal Praja Parishad] and lying wholly within the jurisdiction of that *[Mandal Praja Parishad] in such *[Mandal Praja Parishad] and in the case of ferry connecting any public road under the management of a *[Mandal Praja Parishad] and lying within the jurisdiction of more than one *[Mandal Praja Parishad] in a joint committee of the *[Mandal Praja Parishad] concerned; (c) in the case of a ferry connecting any public road under the management of a gram panchayat or a *[Mandal Praja Parishad] and lying partly within the jurisdiction of a municipality, in a joint committee of the gram panchayat or a *[Mandal Praja Parishad] as the case may be, and the Municipality concerned. (2) The Government may, subject to such conditions as may be agreed upon transfer the management of any such ferry connecting a National Highway or a State Highway and lying wholly within the jurisdiction of a gram panchayat or a *[Mandal Praja Parishad] to such gram panchayat or *[Mandal Praja Parishad] and in case the said ferry is lying within the jurisdiction of more than one gram panchayat or *[Mandal Praja Parishad] to the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] concerned. (3) The constitution and powers of the procedure to be adopted by any joint committee referred to in sub-section (1) and the method of resolving any difference of opinion arising between the local authorities concerned in connection with the work of such committee shall be in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. (4) The income realised by a *[Zilla Praja Parishad], *[Mandal Praja Parishad] or a gram panchayat from any ferry under its management under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall form part of its funds. The income realised by joint committee referred to in sub-section (1) or by a *[Zilla Praja Parishad] under sub-section (2) from a ferry under its management shall be apportioned in equal shares between the local authorities concerned and the amount so apportioned shall form part of the funds of such local authorities. Explanation: For the purpose of this section, the expression 'PublicFerry' in relation to the Andhra Area, and expression 'Government Ferry' in relation to Telangana area, shall respectively have the meaning assigned to them in the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Canals and Public Ferries Act, 1890 (Act 2 of 1890) and the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana area) Ferries Act, 1314 Fasli (Act 2 of 1314 F).