Motor Vehicles Act
AS INTRODUCED IN THE RAJYA SABHA
Bill No. XXXVI of 2007
THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2007
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BILL further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
59 of 1988. Short title and commencement.
2. In section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— (i) after clause (3), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
Amendment of section 2.
2 ‘(3A) “Carriage for persons with disability” means a motor vehicle specially designed and constructed for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability, and used solely by or for such a person;’; (ii) after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(4A) “common carrier” means a person engaged in the business of collecting, storing forwarding or distributing goods to be carried by goods carriages under goods receipt or transporting for hire, of goods from place to place, by motorised transport on road, for all persons indiscriminately and includes a goods booking company, contractor, agent, broker and courier agency, but does not include the Government. Explanation.— For the purpose of this clause, courier agency means an agency engaged in the door to door transportation of documents, goods or articles utilising the services of a person, either directly or indirectly, to carry or accompany such documents, goods or articles;’; (iii) for clause (8), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(8) “dealer” includes
Bill No. XXXVI of 2007
THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2007
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BILL further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
59 of 1988. Short title and commencement.
2. In section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— (i) after clause (3), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
Amendment of section 2.
2 ‘(3A) “Carriage for persons with disability” means a motor vehicle specially designed and constructed for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability, and used solely by or for such a person;’; (ii) after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(4A) “common carrier” means a person engaged in the business of collecting, storing forwarding or distributing goods to be carried by goods carriages under goods receipt or transporting for hire, of goods from place to place, by motorised transport on road, for all persons indiscriminately and includes a goods booking company, contractor, agent, broker and courier agency, but does not include the Government. Explanation.— For the purpose of this clause, courier agency means an agency engaged in the door to door transportation of documents, goods or articles utilising the services of a person, either directly or indirectly, to carry or accompany such documents, goods or articles;’; (iii) for clause (8), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(8) “dealer” includes