Cancellation of certain route permits and rehabilitation of displaced permit holders
20. Notwithstanding anything in the Act, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette-
(a) cancel generally or in relation to specified internal routes of such specified cities and towns [any permit or class of permits granted under Chapter VI of the said Ordinance] in respect of public service vehicles other than motor cabs in order to enable the Corporation to use its buses on the routes thus rendered vacant;
(b) direct the [Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and the Transport Committees] concerned to consider grant of Stage Carriage Permits for alternative mofussil routes in cases where the Government has cancelled any permit or class of permits under clause (a); and
(c) give effect to the terms of any agreement it has entered into with the Corporation relating to the regulation of motor transport generally and in particular to its co ordination with the Railways or the Steamer Services.
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