# The Goa Ferries Act, 1990, Section 2: Definitions

- Act: The Goa Ferries Act, 1990 (Act 9 of 1990)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/goa-ferries-act-1990/section/2/

## Text

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 'Captain of Ports' means the Captain of Ports of the Government; (b) 'channel' means any canal, river, lake, backwaters, creeks or other navigable waterways; (c) 'ferry' means a place at which goods or passengers or vehicles are conveyed across a channel by means of vessels, and includes also the approaches to and landing places of a ferry; (d) 'Government' means the Government of Goa; (e) 'lessee' means any person who holds right of tolls at public ferry on lease; (f) 'notification' means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (g) 'Official Gazette' means the Official Gazette of the Government; (h) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) 'public ferry' means a ferry which is declared to be a public ferry under the provisions of this Act.

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