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Navigation Rules - Kalvetti Canal, 1114

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Canals and Public Ferries Act, 1890 (Madras Act II of 1890), and in supersession of all previous rules on the subject except the general rules published with the Public Works Department Notification at pages 1083-1091 of Part I of the Fort St. George Gazette, dated the 25th September 1923, as subsequently amended, the Governor in Council is hereby pleased to make the following special rules to regulate navigation in the Kalvetti canal in Cochin, in addition to the general rules aforesaid:-

  1. All vessels using the canal shall be moored at one side of the canal or the other, leaving a clear space in the centre for other traffic.
  2. No vessel shall be allowed to be hauled over the canal embankment unless its owner has constructed a shed therefore.
  3. Owners of vessels of one ton and over who have provided adequate shed accommodation for their vessels shall register their names at the municipal office, Cochin, and thereupon they shall be given a certificate of registration signed by the executive authority of the municipality.
  4. Logs of timber and rafts of any description shall enter the canal only during rising tide and shall be taken direct to the timber depots. The owners or persons in charge of such logs or rafts shall riot keep them in the canal so as to obstruct traffic therein.
  5. No vessel shall be moored ortied to the municipal piles, the owners or persons in charge of vessel making their own arrangements for securing them to stern.

Note:- Any infringement of the foregoing rules will attract the penalties prescribed by section 17 and 20 of the Act.