Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) No aerial ropeways shall be opened for any kind of traffic until the State Government has by order sanctioned the opening thereof for that purpose. The sanction of the Government under this section shall not be given until an Inspector has, after inspection of the ropeway, reported in writing to the State Government- (a) that he has made a careful inspection of ropeway and appurtenances; (b) that the moving and fixed dimensions and other conditions prescribed under sections 6(4) and 7(1) have been complied with; (c) that the ropeway is sufficiently equipped for the traffic for which it is intended; (d) that the bye-laws and working rules prescribed by sections 26 and 30 have been duly made, approved, and promulgated in the manner prescribed in those sections; and (e) that in his opinion the ropeway is fit for public traffic and can be used without danger to the public using it or to the general public. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall extend to the opening of additional sections of the ropeway, to deviation lines and any alteration or reconstruction materially affecting the structural character of any work to which the provisions of sub- section (1) apply or are extended by this sub-section. Appointment of inspects