Section 39. Promoter to have right of user only

39. Promoter to have right of user only.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in an order or any rule made under this Act, a promoter shall not acquire any right other than that of user only over a road along or across which he lays a tramway, nor shall anything contained in this Act, or in an order or any rule made under this Act, exempt the promoter of a tramway, or any other person using the tramway, from the payment of such charges as may lawfully be levied in respect of the use of a road or bridge along or across which the tramway is laid. (2) The State Government may, if it thinks fit, fix at which a promoter, lessee or licensee may compound for the charges payable in respect of the use of a road or bridge.