In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) ‘Captain of Ports’ means the Captain of Ports of the Government;
(b) ‘channel’ means any canal, river, lake, backwaters, creeks or other navigable waterways;
(c) ‘ferry’ means a place at which goods or passengers or vehicles are conveyed across a channel by means of vessels, and includes also the approaches to and landing places of a ferry;
(d) ‘Government’ means the Government of Goa;
(e) ‘lessee’ means any person who holds right of tolls at public ferry on lease;
(f) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(g) ‘Official Gazette’ means the Official Gazette of the Government;
(h) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) ‘public ferry’ means a ferry which is declared to be a public ferry under the provisions of this Act.
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