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The Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1983

( Ordinance NO. LV OF 1983 )

Chapter V

CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES

General conditions attaching to all permits
71. (1) Save as provided in section 73, a permit shall not be transferable from one person to another except with the permission of the Transport Committee which granted the permit and shall not without such permission operate to confer on any person to whom a vehicle covered by the permit is transferred any right to use that vehicle in the manner authorised by the permit.
 
 
 
 
(2) The holder of a permit may, with the permission of the authority by which the permit was granted, replace any vehicle covered by the permit by any other vehicle of the same nature.
 
 
 
 
(3) The following shall be conditions of every permit:-
 
 
 
 
(a) that the vehicle or vehicles to which the permit relates, carry valid certificate of fitness issued under section 47 and are at all times so maintained as to comply with the requirements of Chapter VI and the rules made thereunder;
 
 
 
 
(b) that the vehicle or vehicles to which the permit relates are not driven at a speed exceeding the speed lawful under this Ordinance;
 
 
(c) that any prohibition or restriction imposed and any fares or freights fixed by notification made under section 52 are observed in connection with any vehicle or vehicles to which the permit relates;
 
 
 
 
(d) that the vehicle or vehicles to which the permit relates are not driven in contravention of the provisions of section 5 or section 86;
 
 
 
 
(e) that the provisions of this Ordinance limiting the hours of work of drivers are observed in connection with any vehicle or vehicles to which the permit relates;
 
 
 
 
(f) that the provisions of Chapter IX so far as they apply to the holder of the permit are observed; 1[* * *]
 
 
 
 
(g) that there shall not be more than one permit in respect of any vehicle 2[;
 
 
 
 
(h) that arrangements shall be made by the employer to provide resting place for the workers engaged in the vehicles providing service in the long routes;
 
 
 
 
(i) that at least two drivers shall be employed by the employer in the vehicles providing service at night or in the routes where the driver may require to work beyond the hours of work specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 76A.]

  • 1
    The word “and” was omitted by section 11 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XIX of 1990)
  • 2
    The semi-colon (;) was substituted for the full-stop (.) and thereafter clauses (h) and (i) were inserted by section 11 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XIX of 1990)
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