Ferries Rules

LAWS OF KENYA
THE FERRIES RULES
NO. 914 OF 1951
Revised and published by the National Council for Law Reporting
with the authority of the Attorney-General as gazetted by the Government Printer
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Ferries Act
Ferries Rules
Gazette Notice 914 of 1951
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Ferries Rules (Gazette Notice 914 of 1951) Kenya
FERRIES ACT
FERRIES RULES
GAZETTE NOTICE 914 OF 1951
Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LIII—No. 40 on 7 August 1951
Commenced on 7 August 1951
[Amended by Ferries (Amendment) Rules, 1957 (Legal Notice 92 of 1957) on 12 July 1957]
[Amended by Ferries (Amendement No. 2) Rules, 1957 (Legal Notice 561 of 1957) on 13 September 1957]
[Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
[Cap. 236 (1948), Sub Leg G.N. 914/1951]
1. These Rules may be cited as the Ferries Rules. 2. In these Rules—
"licensee" means the person who enters into an agreement with the Road Authority in accordance with the
provisions of the Act in respect of the service of ferry boats the subject of such agreement;
"other ferry authority" means any person, not being a licensee, responsible for the operation of a service of
ferry boats;
"toll collector" means the person appointed by the licensee to collect charges, fares or tolls;
3.

ible for the operation of a service of
ferry boats;
"toll collector" means the person appointed by the licensee to collect charges, fares or tolls;
3.

The charges, fares or tolls chargeable by a licensee or other ferry authority under the terms of his
agreement with the Road Authority may be demanded by the toll collector from every person using a
ferry boat, and it shall be lawful for the licensee or other ferry authority to refuse to carry any person or
the livestock, vehicle or goods of any person on such ferry boat unless such person pays the appropriate
charge, fare or toll before entering or embarking on such ferry boats or before placing any such livestock,
vehicle or goods thereon. 4.

e appropriate
charge, fare or toll before entering or embarking on such ferry boats or before placing any such livestock,
vehicle or goods thereon. 4.

Any person wishing to utilize any ferry boat who—
(a) refuses to pay the prescribed charges, fares or tolls; or
(b) fraudulently or forcibly passes the toll collector without paying the prescribed charges, fares or
tolls; or
(c) willfully obstructs the toll collector or other person employed to work such ferry boat in the
execution of their respective duties; or
(d) enters or remains on a ferry boat after having been informed by the person employed to work such
ferry boat that it contains the maximum permitted number of passengers or maximum load; or
(e) refuses or neglects to obey within a reasonable time the request by the licensee or other ferry
authority or by any person employed by such licensee or other ferry authority in connection with
any service of ferry boats—
(i) to stop a vehicle or dismount therefrom at any point indicated to him by any such person; or
(ii) to drive a vehicle, or proceed on foot, along the approaches to, or on to, or off, any ferry boat
in any manner indicated to him by any such person; or
(iii) to move himself or his livestock, vehicle or goods from one place to another in a ferry boat
for the purpose of better utilizing the accommodation on such ferry boat; or
(f) drives a vehicle on to a ferry boat without first causing every passenger on such vehicle, other than
a disabled person, to vacate the vehicle; or
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) drives a vehicle on to a ferry boat without first causing every passenger on such vehicle, other than
a disabled person, to vacate the vehicle; or
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(g) drives on to a ferry boat any vehicle which is loaded in such a manner as is likely to be dangerous or
to cause damage to any person or property; or
(h) where the person employed to work a ferry grants priority to any vehicle, fails to give priority to
that vehicle or hinders any priority granted to that vehicle,
shall be guilty of an offence. 5. There shall be exhibited by the licensee or other ferry authority, at such conspicuous places as may be
appropriate, notices in English and Kiswahili—
(a) on each ferry boat, denoting the maximum number of passengers and the maximum load which the
ferry boat is permitted to carry; and
(b) on each approach whereby access is gained to a ferry boat, indicating the requirements of these
Rules. 6.

he
ferry boat is permitted to carry; and
(b) on each approach whereby access is gained to a ferry boat, indicating the requirements of these
Rules. 6.

Any person who—
(a) is in a state of intoxication or behaves in a violent or offensive manner to the annoyance of others
on a ferry boat; or
(b) does anything which may cause injury to persons employed or travelling on a ferry boat; or
(c) commits any nuisance or act of indecency, or uses profane, obscene, indecent or abusive language
on a ferry boat; or
(d) without lawful authority, moves or operates any ferry boat, or set adrift or otherwise causes damage
to any ferry boat, or causes any damage to landing places, approaches or ramps maintained in
connection with any services of ferry boats; or
(e) disobeys while upon a ferry boat the reasonable directions of the licensee or other ferry authority or
any person employed to work such ferry boat; or
(f) obstructs or does anything which may obstruct the free use of any landing places, approaches or
ramps maintained in connection with any service of ferry boats; or
(g) willfully removes, alters, destroys or damages any gate, toll bar, table of charges, pontoon, gear,
boat, tackle, landing places, approaches, ramp or other thing maintained in connection with any
service of ferry boats; or
(h) attempts or counsels the doing of, or assists or aids in doing, any of the acts mentioned in this rule,
shall be guilty of an offence.

y boats; or
(h) attempts or counsels the doing of, or assists or aids in doing, any of the acts mentioned in this rule,
shall be guilty of an offence.

7. It shall be lawful for the licensee or other ferry authority or any person employed by the licensee or other
ferry authority in connection with service of ferry boats to refuse to allow the driver of any vehicle to
embark such vehicle on to a ferry boat until any direction given in accordance with these Rules has been
complied with. 8. Any person who commits an offence under these Rules or contravenes any of the provisions of these Rules
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
two months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 2