Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The superintendence of every Government ferry shall be entrusted to the 4[Collector] or to such officer as the 5[Government] may appoint in this behalf; and the 4[Collector] or the said officer shall supply all the material necessary for the management of the ferry and shall be responsible for the collection of the authorised tolls thereat, except that the management in respect of the tolls at such ferry has been made under section 6 or section 7. 7[6. The Government may assign the management of any public ferry to the local authority within the limits of whose jurisdiction such ferry is wholly or partly situated, and may further direct that the whole or part of the proceeds accruing therefrom be paid into the fund of the concerned local authority; and thereupon such ferry shall be managed and such proceeds or part thereof shall be paid accordingly.]