The Motor Vehicles Act

Necessity for permits

Power to State Government to control road transport

Transport Authorities

General provision as to applications for permits

Application for stage carriage permit

Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit

Grant of stage carriage permits

Application for contract carriage permit

Grant of contract carriage permit

Scheme for renting of motor cabs

Application for private service vehicle permit

Application for goods carriage permit

Consideration of application for goods carriage permit

Grant of goods carriage permit

Procedure in applying for and granting permits

Duration and renewal of permits

Transfer of permit

Replacement of vehicles

General conditions attaching to all permits

General form of permits

Cancellation and suspension of permits

Temporary permits

Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted

Power of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods

Appeals

Revision

Restriction of hours of work of drivers

Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability

Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence

Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts

Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages

Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter


CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES


A Regional Transport Authority
shall, in considering an application for a goods carriage permit, have regard to the following matters,
namely:--

(a) the nature of the goods to be carried with special reference to their dangerous or hazardous
nature to human life;

(b) the nature of the chemicals or explosives to be carried with special reference to the safety to
human life.

LAWGIST

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