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The State Government may delegate, under such restrictions as may seem fit, any of the powers conferred on it by this Act, ex-officio, to any 31* * * Commissioner, Collector, Magistrate or other person. 32[17A. (1) The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing pro- Inspection of vessels and suspension of the licence if vessels are not seaworthy etc. Power to prohibit plying of vessel to avert any accident and to requisition vessels etc. Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act, rules regulations and orders made there- under and the conditions of the licence granted under section 14C. Both the owner and the person in charge to be liable for any breach. 28 (Trial of offences.) V of 1898. Provincial Government may delegate powers. Rules and Regulation 1868 : Bom. II] Gujarat Ferries and Inland Vessels Act, 1868 9 of 12 vision, such rules may be made for all or any of the following purposes, namely:- (a) licensing and regulating vessels, plying, whether for hire or not, on any river, stream, creek, tank, lake or other collection of water affording passage for a vessel, and prescribing the officers by whom and the conditions on which licences for plying such vessels may be granted, suspended or revoked and the fees payable in respect of such licences; (b) determining the number of passengers, carts, carriages or animals or the quantity of goods or other things that may be carried in such vessels; (c) regulating the carriage and exhibition of lights by such vessels; (d) prescribing the fares which may be charged for the carriage of passengers animals, goods, or other things in such vessels, (e) regulating the conduct of passengers in such vessels, (f) prescribing the equipment and the number of the crew which must be on board any such vessel when it is plying, and (g) generally for securing the safe, speedy and convenient carriage and landing of passengers and cargo in such vessels. (3) The District Magistrate may, from time to time, make regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules thereunder- (a) regulating the plying of vessels on any river, stream, creek, tank, lake or other collection of water affording passage for a vessel, within the limits of his jurisdiction, and (b) for securing the safe, speedy and convenient carriage and landing of passengers in such vessels.] 33[17B. In this Act, "vessel" shall include anything made for the conveyance by water of human beings, animals or property.] 33[17C. Nothing in section 14A to 14G and 17A and 17B shall apply in respect of any vessel plying on sea or on tidal waters or in any major port, or in respect of any inland steam-vessel as defined in sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917, or in respect of any vessel plying under a licence issued in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908.]