{"id":2124,"date":"2009-06-29T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/laws\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2009-08-12T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T16:25:19","slug":"the-indian-tramways-act-1902","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/acts\/the-indian-tramways-act-1902","title":{"rendered":"THE INDIAN TRAMWAYS ACT, 1902"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Act to apply the provisions of the Indian Railway Companies Act,<br \/>\n1895, to certain Tramway Companies.<\/p>\n<p>1.Short title and extent.<\/p>\n<p>1. Short title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the Indian<br \/>\nTramways Act, 1902; and<\/p>\n<p>(2) It extends to the whole of India except 1*[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in<br \/>\nPart B States].<\/p>\n<p>2.Application of Act 10, 1895, to Tramway Companies.<\/p>\n<p>2. Application of Act 10, 1895, to Tramway Companies. The Central<br \/>\nGovernment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of the Indian Railway Companies Act, 1895 (10 of<br \/>\n1895), in so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to any<br \/>\nCompany formed for the construction of a tramway under the Bengal<br \/>\nTramways Act, 1883 (Ben. 3 of 1883), or the Indian Tramways Act, 1886.(11 of 1886), and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Tramway<br \/>\nCompany mentioned in the notification to pay interest upon its paid-up share capital out of capital in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by the said Indian Railway Companies Act, 1895.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n1 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for &#8220;Part B<br \/>\nStates&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe Act comes into force in Pondicherry on 1.10.1963 vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. 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