Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may make rules to regulate the carriage of passengers in inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessels]. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-- (a) prescribe the cases in which passengers may be refused admission to, or may be required to leave, inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessels]; (b) provide for the payment of fares, and the exhibition of tickets or receipts (if any) showing the payment of their fares, by passengers in inland 1 mechanically propelled vessels; and (c) regulate generally the conduct of passengers in inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessels]. (3) Any rule matte under this section may contain a provision that any person committing a breach of it shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty rupees. (4) The master or any other officer of an inland 2 [mechanically propelled vessel], and any person called by him to his assistance, may arrest any person who has committed a breach of any rule made under this section, if the name and address of such person arc unknown to the master or such other officer. (5) The procedure prescribed by 3 [section 43 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], in the case of arrest by private persons shall apply to every arrest made under this section.