Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Anchai Sasan, with the sanction of the State Government, may establish a toll-bar—- (¢)on any bridge in the district which haa, after the date of the enforcement of this Act, been constructed or purchased out of the Anchal Fund or to the cost of the construction or purchase of which a part contribution has, after the said date, been madeout of the Anchal Fund; or {v) on any road-way or foot-way of a railway bridge which has, after the said date at the instance of the Anchal Sasan and by a part contribution from ‘he Anchal Fund, been so constructed or widened as to allow the passage of persons, vehicles or animals ; or (iit) at_ any place in the district adjacent to any bridge referred to in clause (7) or clause (i) at which tolls may conveniently be levied ; and may, with the like sanction, levy at such toll-bar a toll on vehicles passing over such bridge, road, road-way or foot-way, for the purpose of recovering, during a period which may extend to twenty years :— (a) the amount spent, or contributed by the Anchal Sasan for the purpose of constructing, purchasing or widening such bridge, road, road-way or foot-way ; (6) the amount of the loss of proceeds, fines, compensations in respect ‘of any public ferry when such loss results‘from-the construction or widening of such bridge, road, road-way or foot-way ; (c) interest on such amounts at the rate of five per centum per annum ; and (d) the capitalized value of the estimated cost to the Anchal Sasan of maintaining such bridge, road, road-way or foot-way and of renewing it, if it requires periodical renewal : Provided that except in the case of bridges of boats, pontoons, rafts, swing bridges or flying bridges, no toll-bar shall be established nor tolls levied on, in respect of any bridge, road, road-way or foot-way, the cost or estimated cost of which, as indicated in clauses (a), (6) and (d), is less than five thousand rupees : Provided further that if on the expiry of the said period of twenty years, the said amounts, interest and capitalized value have not been fully Lease of toll-pars. Adjustment of toll eredit. Hxomption from tells, Raies of. toll, Publiestion of rates, recovered, the State Government may emyower the Anchal Sasan to levy tolls for such further period as the State Government may determine. 122 (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) should prevent the Anchal Sasan from levying tolls on temporary bridges, or fair-weather roads constructed by them for aiding traffic even if the cost of the construction is less than five thousand rupees.