Section 5 of The Uttarakhand Ropeway Act, 2014 — Prohibition of unauthorized construction, maintenance etc. of ropeway

(1) Except in accordance with the provisions of this Act, no ropeway shall be constructed, opened, maintained or operated in the State. (2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), any person and/or organization that has received permission to operate in the State or from whom permission to operate a ropeway has been received prior to the commencement of this Act, whether for public, private or industrial purposes, may be authorized by license for the development/operation of such ropeway as far as possible in accordance with the provisions of this Act, upon application made by him in this regard in accordance with sub-section (3) and after such inquiry as may be necessary. (3) The application under sub-section (2) shall be submitted to the Licensing Authority within a period of 60 days from the date of commencement of this Act in such form and in such manner and with such technical and other details as may be prescribed for the concerned ropeway. (4) Any person or organization aggrieved by any license rejected under sub-section (2) or any other order passed under this sub-section may appeal to the State Government within a period of 60 days from the date of the order, and it may pass such orders as it deems necessary. (5) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall have any effect on the continuity of the operation of the ropeway referred to in sub-section (2), during the period of application made under sub-section (3) or until the acceptance of the order or rejection of any license as the case may be under that sub-section, does not become final.