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ASSAM MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1940
Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940.
(a) These rules may be called the
(b) They shall, save as expressly provided otherwise, apply to, and in relation to all motor vehicles in the whole of the State of Assam.
In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant i n the subject or context—
(a) “the Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Act IV of 1939), as amended by Act XL of 1939 ;
(b) Articulated vehicles. “Articulated vehicle” means a tractor to which a trailer is attached in such a manner that part of the trailer is superimposed on, and part of the weight of the trailer is borne by, the tractor ;
(c) Attendant or conductor. “Attendant” or “conductor” means every person except the driver who is authorised to attend upon the passengers or vehicle ;
(d) Deputy Commissioner. The term “Deputy Commissioner” shall include, except for the purposes of the rules relating to revocation of licences, disqualification of persons from holding driving licences or appeals against such orders, any officer plac#31;ed in charge of the office of the Deputy Commissioner during his absence from headq
No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place unless he holds an effective licence as required under S, 3 of the Act,
Licences may be professional or private. Professional licences shall be coloured red.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle as a paid employee unless he holds a professional licence. No owner of motor vehicle shall drive, OB any occasion the motor vehicle on hire unless he holds a professional licence. Private licence shall only be issued to those who do not drive on such conditions.
(a) Every applica#31;tion for a driving licence shall be made in accordance with S. 7 of the Act, accompanied by a fee of Rs 5, which is payable for initial driving licence. The fee shall be refunded if the licence is not granted.
(b) Fees for medical examination The fee for each medical examina#31;tion or for any subsequent re-examination shall not exceed Rs. 4 and shall be paid to the examiner. The Licencing Authority shall have power to require the holder to undergo further medical examination at any time if in his opinion, to be recorded in writing, there is reasonable doubt as to the holders physical fitness to drive a motor vehicle.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in S. 7 of the Act a person who proves to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that at the commencement of the Act he held a current licence granted under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1914 and that by reason of service of not les
The Licensing Authority, if he is satisfied that the applicant previously held a licence and was by reason of his absence out of India on service in army units abroad prevented from obtaining or renewing a licence in accordance with the Act on the expiry of his previous licence, may exempt him from paying either in pan or in full all or any of the fees payable for grant or renewal of a licence or fees for tests in that connection.
Every licence shall be issued under the provisions of S. 8 of the Act. The Licensing Authority shall maintain separate registers of all licences issued to professional and private drivers in Form R. P. D. and R. Pr. D, respectively.
(a) No person shall drive a transport vehicle unless an authorisation in Form D as set forth in the First Schedule to the Act has been granted or counter#31;signed by a Licensing Authority acting under the authority of Regional Transport Authority within the State.
(b) No authorisation to drive a medium transport vehicle under sub-S. (1) of S. 3 of the Act, shall be granted unless the applicant satisfies the Licensing Authority that he has had at least one years experience in driv#31;ing any motor vehicles other than a motor cycle.
(c) No authorisation to drive a heavy transport vehicle shall be grant#31;ed unless the applicant satisfies the Licensing Authority, that he had at least two years experience in driving any medium motor vehicle.
(d) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained no person shall drive a transport vehicle on any of the roads specified in the First Schedule to the said rule
Upon the receipt of an application for a licence or for an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle, any Licensing Authority may make such enquiries as may be rea#31;sonably necessary to establish the identity of the applicant and to ascertain that the applicant is not disqualified or liable to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence.
A Licensing Authority may grant a driving licence to any fit person residing within his jurisdiction at the time of the application, who satisfies him that he is of good character, a competent driver and not disqualified for the time being from holding or obtaining a licence. Similarly the Licensing Authority may renew any licence once granted anywhere in India :
Provided that in the case of an application for an initial professional licence to drive f transport vehicle, the Licensing Authority may in the first instance grant only a provisional licence and shall not confirm it except on the advice of the Inspector of Motor Vehicles, given alter examination of the driver.
Every person who has applied for an initial profes#31;sional licence and has received a professional licence under the above rule, shall appear for examination before the Inspector of Motor Vehicles at such time and place as may be appointed. If he fails to appear, or to satisfy the said Inspector of his ability to drive, the Licensing Authority may suspend or cancel the licence.
(a) The test of competence to drive as set forth in the Third Schedule to the Act shall be conducted by the Licensing Authority or by an Inspector of Motor Vehicles authorised by it in this behalf.
(b) An applicant for a driving licence shall, if so required by a Licens#31;ing Authority, present himself before an Officer of the Police Department selected for this duty by the District Superintendent of Police for a test in the road traffic regulations.
(c) The applicant shall produce a serviceable vehicle of the class to which the applicant refers and present himself for the test at such time and place as may be specified by the Licensing Authority or by the Testing Officer in this behalf.
(d) The Licensing Authority or the Testing Officer and the Officer of the Police Department, after conducting the tests as aforesaid, shall record their opinion in the appropriate column of the For
No applicant for a driving licence who on his initial test fails to satisfy the Licensing Authority or the Inspector of Motor Vehicles as to his ability to drive shall apply for a second or subsequent test before an interval of 3 months from the previous text has expired.
Appellate Authority
(a) The authority empowered under sub-S. (2) of S 13 and sub-S. (3) of S. 15 of the Act to hear appeals against the decision of a Licensing Authority refusing to issue or to renew or to revoke any licence or disqualify from holding a licence shall be the State Transport Commissioner.
(b) Appeals against order of Regional Transport Authority disqualify#31;ing for holding a driving licence to drive a public service vehicle The authority empowered under sub-S. (2) of S. 16 of the Act to hear appeals against the decision of a Regional Transport Authority shall be the Chair#31;man, State Transport Authority.
(c) Appeals against orders of refusing to grant an authorisation to drive a public service vehicle Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Re#31;gional Transport Authority to grant or countersign an authorisation to drive a transport vehicle may within thirty days appeal to the Chairman, State Transpor
(a) An appeal under R. 14 shall be forwarded in duplicate in the form of a memorandum. One copy shall bear the court fee of rupees two and the appeal shall set forth concisely the grounds on which the appellant disputes the order. It shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the order appealed against.
(b) The appellate authority after the enquiry, if any, as it may deem necessary and after giving an opportunity to the appellant to be heard, may confirm, vary, or set aside the order against which the appeal is preferred and shall make an order accordingly.
(a) Licensing Authority shall insist on pro#31;duction of a certificate of fitness in Form C of the First Schedule to the Act from a registered medical practitioner (holding at least a medical degree or from a Government physician not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon) at the time of initial grant as well as at renewal of a licence to drive transport vehicles. If the Licensing Authority so desires or thinks necessary, he may also insist on a certificate of an Eye Specialist as regards the eye-sight of the applicant The Licensing Authority may decline to accept a medical certificate granted more than one month before the date of application for the grant or renewal of driving licence.
(b) The photograph to be affixed to the medical certificate of fitness in the form as aforesaid shall be firmly affixed and not merely pinned to the form and the registered medical practitioner shall affix his signature or seal to the photograph in
(a) The copies of the photograph required by sub-S. (4) of S 7 of the Act shall be of a size not more than two inches by two inches and a half.
(b) The photograph of the holder when affixed to a licence shall be sealed with the seal of the Licensing Authority in such a manner that part of the impression of the seal is upon the photograph and part on the margin.
(c) If at any time it appears to a Licensing Authority that the photo#31;graph affixed to the licence has ceased to be a clear likeness of the holder, the Licensing Authority may require the holder to surrender the licence forthwith and to furnish two clear copies of a recent photograph of himself and the holder shall, within such time as the Licensing Authority may specify, appear in person before the Licensing Authority and present the photographs accordingly.
(d) If the holder fails to comply with a requisition by the
(a) If at any time licence is lost or destroyed, the holder shall forthwith intimate the facts in writ#31;ing in Form LLD appended to these rules to the Licensing Authority in whose area he has his place of residence, or carries on business at the time, or in a letter setting out the particulars required by Form LLP.
(b) Upon the receipt of intimation the Licensing Authority shall, if he is not the authority by whom the licence was issued, apply to the original authority for particulars of the licence and of any endorsements thereon and shall, after making such enquiries as he thinks fit, if satisfied that a duplicate may properly be issued, issue a duplicate licence and send intimation to the original Licensing Authority.
(c) Where a photograph is required to be affixed to a duplicate licence issued under sub-R, (b) above, the holder of the licence shall furnish the Licensing Authority with two clear
(a) If at any time it appears to a Licensing Authority that a licence held by any person is so torn or defaced in any way as to cease to be reasonably legible, the Licensing Authority may impound the licence and issue a duplicate.
(b) If a licence so impounded is required to have a photograph then—
(i) if the photograph on the impounded licence is in the opinion of the Licensing Authority satisfactory and conveniently trans#31;ferable to the duplicate licence, the Licensing Authority may so transfer, affix and seal the photograph in the duplicate licence, or
(ii) if the photograph is not in the opinion of the Licensing Authority such as can be transferred to the duplicate licence, the holder shall, on demand, furnish two clear copies of a recent photograph of himself one of which shall be affixed to the duplicate licence and sealed and the other shall be recorded by the Licensing Authority
(a) When a duplicate licence is issued under R. 17, 18 or 19, it shall be clearly stamped “Duplicate” in red and shall be marked with the date of issue of the duplicate and the seal of the Licensing Authority.
(b) If the Licensing Authority who issues a duplicate licence is not the authority by whom the licence was issued, he shall intimate the fact to the original Licensing Authority.
(c) If the Licensing Authority who affixes a new photograph to a duplicate licence is not the authority by whom the licence was issued he shall forward the second copy to the original authority for record.
(d) If owing to want of space a duplicate driving licence has to be issued, and if the application for the renewal of such a licence has been made in due time, only the ordinary fees for renewal as laid down in sub-S. (3) of S. 11 of the Act shall be paid.
(a) When the bolder of a licence has submitted the licence to the licensing or other authority for renewal or for obtaining an authorisation to drive a public service vehicle and has deposited the prescribed fee, or when a police officer or any court or other competent authority has taken temporary possession for any purpose and the licence has not been suspended or cancelled the licensing or other authority, as the case may be, shall furnish him with a receipt for the licence and temporary authorisation to drive under sub-S. (3) of S. 129 of the Act, in Form L TEM. During such period as may be specified in the Form the production thereof shall be deemed to foe production of the licence.
(b) Until the licence has been returned to the holder he shall not be entitled to drive a motor vehicle (without being in possession of his licence) beyond the period specified in the temporary authorisation :
Provided t
(a) Sub-section (1) of S. 3 of she Act, which requires a person to hold a licence to drive a motor vehicle, shall not apply to any person driving a motor vehicle in a public place during the course of receiving instruction or of gaining experience in driving.
(b) Form of learners licence. Every person who drives a motor vehicle in a public place for the purpose as aforesaid shall hold a learners licence in Form LLr. entitling him to drive the vehicle.
(c) No passenger or persons other than the instructor to be carried, The vehicle shall not carry any passengers or persons other than the instructor duly licensed to drive the vehicle, who shall sit in such a posi#31;tion as to be able readily to stop the vehicle :
Provided that the necessity of carrying an instructor does not apply in the case of driving a two-wheeled motor-cycle with or without a side-car.
(a) A Licensing Authority taking possession of a licence under Cl. (a) of sub-S. (2) of S. 15 of the Act, shall, if the licence was issued by another Licensing Authority, intimate the fact to that Authority.
(b) When a Regional Transport Authority declares a person dis#31;qualified under sub-S. (1) of S. 16 of the Act, it shall, if the person holds a licence, endorse the licence accordingly and shall send intimation of such declaration to the Authority by whom the licence was issued,
(a) The Court making or causing to be made, an endorsement on a licence under S. 19 of the Act, shall send intimation in Form LE to the Licensing Authority by whom the licence was issued and to the Licensing Authority by whom it was last renewed.
(b) A Licensing Authority renewing a licence under the provisions of sub-S. (4) of S. 11 of the Act, shall intimate the fact in Form LR to the Licensing Authority by whom the licence was issued.
(c) The driver of a motor vehicle shall drive vehicles of such type and class only as may be specified in his licence or in any endorsement made thereon by a Licensing Authority under sub-S (3) of S. 6 of the Act. When any addition is made to the classes of motor vehicles which a licence authorises the holder to drive, the Licensing Authority, if it is not the authority by whom the licence was issued, shall intimate the addition to that authority, in Form LAD
(a) A licence, which has not been renewed under S. 11 of the Act for three consecutive years, shall not be re-issued, but no person shall be debarred from obtaining a new licence merely by reason of his former licence hav#31;ing expired without renewal.
(b) When a new licence is issued under the circumstances set forth in sub-R. (a) above, a fresh number shall be allotted to the licence so issued, the old licence being endorsed as “expired without renewal”. In such a case the holder shall be subject to the usual test and medical examination.
(c) In all cases of refusal of renewal of licences the fee paid shall be refunded.
For the purposes of the second proviso to sub-S. (6) of S. 7 of the Act the following Automobile Associations are recognised Associations :
(a) The Automobile Association of Bengal;
(b) The Automobile Association of Northern India;
(c) The Automobile Association of Southern India ;
(d) The United Provinces Automobile Association ;
(e) The Western India Automobile Association.
Subject to the provisions of the Act and of these rules, every licence shall remain in force for a period of twelve months from the date of issue or last renewal or until it is suspended or cancelled, when it shall be surrendered to the Licensing Authority.
Notwithstanding anything contained in S. 11 of the Act, if a person who proves to the satisfaction of the Licensing Authority that he was granted a licence under that Act and that by reason of service of not less than six months in any of the Armed Forces of the Crown between the last day of April, 1939 and the last day of April, 19- 6 being in service from which he was honourably released or discharged, he failed to renew the licence within 15 days of its expiry, and who applies for renewal within one year of his discharge or release shall, if the Licensing Authority decided to renew the licence, be entitled to have it renewed on payment of a fee of Rs. 3.
Subject to S. 9 of the Act licences granted in other States of India, or in any Indian State or in the French or Portuguese Settlements bounded by India for driving public service vehicles shall be valid throughout the State of Assam for a period of twelve months from the date of issue or last renewal or until suspended or cancelled ; provided they are countersigned by the Regional Transport Authority concerned.
(a) No person shall engage in the business of giving instruction for hire or reward in the driving of motor vehicles nor shall any person advertise publicly or otherwise publicly undertake to give such instruction, without the approval of the Licensing Authority of the area in which he has his place of business granted in Form MS and constituting the said person as a School of Motoring
(b) The Licensing Authority shall have power to refuse approval to the setting up of a School of Motoring, if in his opinion there are sufficient such schools in existence in the area.
(c) Any change in the address of the place of business of a School of Motoring shall, within fourteen days of the change of address, be intimat#31;ing to the Licensing Authority.
(d) The premises of a School of Motoring shall at all reasonable times be opened for inspection by any person deputed by the Lic
Every professional driver shall notify any change in his address to the Licensing Authority. He shall also inform the Licens#31;ing Authority in whose employ he is working and whenever he works for a different employer. The owners of public service vehicles shall also report the names of the drivers they employ as also any changes thereof :
Provided that changes of address or the employer of less than one months duration need not be reported.
No person shall drive a motor road roller in any public place unless he holds a professional licence in force for the time being granted under the rules.
(1) Where an application for registration of a motor vehicle which is held under a hire-purchase agreement is made, the registering authority shall make an entry in the certificate of registration regarding the existence of the said agreement
(2) Where any registered owner of a motor vehicle enters into a hire-purchase agreement and reports the transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle to the registering authority and makes an application to it to have the existence of the hire-purchase agreement entered in the certificate, the registering authority shall make an entry to that effect in the certificate of registration.
(3) Any entry made under sub-S. (1) or sub-S. (2) may be cancelled by the registering authority on proof of the termination of the hire-purchase agreement.
(4) No entry regarding the transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle which is held under a hire-purchase agreement shall be
Drivers of vehicles which run on rails shall be exempted from the operation of all the provisions of Chapter H of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
No fee shall be charged for the members of the Police Force, Fire Brigade, Salvage and A.R P. services of the Assam Transport Orga#31;nization when licences are issued to them to drive motor vehicles belong#31;ing to the respective organizations.
(a) After the first day of July, 1940, no owner shall permit any goods vehicles to be driven in any public place, being a goods vehicle deemed to be registered under the Act by virtue of the provisions of sub-S. (2) of S 23 of the Act, unless the registered laden weight is stated in the certi#31;ficate of registration and exhibited1 on the vehicle in the manner specified in R. 45.
(b) The owner of goods vehicle, the registered laden weight of which is not entered in the certificate of registration shall, before the thirteenth day of June, 1940 apply in Form RLW to the Registering Authority of the area in which the goods vehicle is normally kept, for the assignment of a registered laden weight to the vehicle.
(c) Upon receipt of an application under sub-R. (b) above, the Regis#31;tering Authority may call upon the applicant to produce the vehicle at such time and place and before such person as the Registering Authorit
Every motor vehicle or trailer to be used shall be registered by the Registering Authority as required by S 22 of the Act.
Every application for registration shall be made in accordance with S. 24 (1) of the Act, and the registering authority shall, if he is satisfied that there is no objection to the registration of the vehicle under the rules and is further satisfied on an examination of the vehicle that the requirements are duly complied with, assign a distinguishing mark as laid down under R. 41 and shall issue a certificate of registration in accordance with S. 24 (2) of the Act.
The registering authority shall maintain records of all registered vehicles in Form R Tr. V in the case of transport vehicles and in Form R Non-Tr. V in the case of all other vehicles and in Form RT in the case of trailers.
(a) The authority to which an appeal may e preferred against the orders of the Registering Authority under S. 35 of the Act shall be the State Transport Commissioner.
(b) Any person aggrieved by an order made by an Inspector of Motor Vehicles in respect of a certificate of fitness may, within thirty days of the date on which he has received notice of such order, appeal to the Registering Authority concerned whose orders shall be final, subject to the powers of revision by the State Transport Commissioner.
Note. The prescribed period of thirty days shall exclude the time required for obtaining a certified copy of the order against which the appeal is preferred and one copy of such order shall be granted free.
(a) An-appeal under R. 38 shall be preferred in duplicate in the form of a memorandum. One copy shall bear the court fee of Re. 1 and the appeal shall set forth concisely the grounds on which the applicant disputes the order. It shall be accom#31;panied by a certified copy of the order appealed against which shall be granted free.
(b) When a revision is lodged, the petition shall be filled in duplicate and one copy shall bear court-fee of Re. i and it shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the appellate order which shall be granted free,
(c) The Appellate Authority, after such enquiry, if any, as it may deem necessary and after giving an opportunity to the parties to be heard may confirm, modify, or set aside the order.
In assigning any weight other than the unladen weight to a transport vehicle under S. 37 of the Act, the Registering Authority may, if the owner so desires, assign a weight less than the maximum permitted by the provisions of that section as the registered laden weight, or the registered axle weight of any axle.
(a) The registra#31;tion mark to be assigned under sub-S. (3) of S. 24 of the Act shall be as shown below :
Cachar ... ASCI and AMCI
Darrang ... ASDI and AMDI
Goal para ... ASGI and AMGI
Kamrup ASKI, ASZI, ASUI, AMI, AMKI and AMZI
Lakhimpur ... ASMI and AMFI
Karbi Anglong ... ASVI
Nowgong ... ASNI and AMHI
North Cachar Hills ... ASHI
Sibsagar ... ASJI, ASW1, and AMEI
Dibrugarh
(a) The registra#31;tion mark of a trailer shall be exhibited on a plane plate or surface on the left hand side of the trailer. The letters, figures, space and margin shall be not less than 2/3rds of the dimensions prescribed in Cl. (i) of sub-R. (c) of R. 41.
(b) Every trailer shall carry at the rear the registered number of the vehicle which is actually towing it at the time, but for convenience this number may be painted on a detachable plate to be changed as required.
The registration mark assigned to any motor vehicle or trailer are permanently assigned to it, and shall not be transferred to another motor vehicle or trailer.
When a motor vehicle is converted from one class to another, it shall be produced for inspection and shall be registered afresh, the previous registration certificate being surrendered to the registering authority. There shall be payable a fee of Rs. 10 in such cases, which shall be credited to Government.
(a) Save in the cases of motor cabs or trailers of the nature specified in Cl. (i) of sub-S. (3) of S. 42 of the Act, the following particulars in respect of every transport vehicle shall be exhibited on the left hand side of the vehicle in the manner described below :
(i) the name of the owner as set forth in the certificate of registra#31;tion and his address in brief,
(ii) the unladen weight denoted by U. W...................1bs.,
(iii) the registered laden weight denoted by R. L. W..........................1bs.,
(iv) the number of passengers for whom accommodation is provided plus the quantity of goods, if any, denoted by pass.....1bs.,
(v) the pay load allowed denoted by P. Ltd..................................1bs.
(b) The weights shall be stated in pounds and the particulars shall be set forth in English letters
(a) In respect of every transport vehicle there shall be carried a certificate of fitness as required by S. 38 of the Act It shall be granted or renewed by an Inspector of Motor Vehicles after an inspection by him. Such inspections of public service vehicles shall normally be carried out twice a year. The register#31;ing authority and the Director, Assam Transport, Secretary, Board of Con#31;trol in respect of the Assam Transport Vehicles only may, however, for special reasons direct the production of any vehicle or class of vehicles for inspection at more frequent intervals.
(b) In the case of all other transport vehicles the Inspector of Motor Vehicles by whom a certificate of fitness was issued or, if it has been renewed, the Inspector by whom it was last renewed, shall specify the date and time and place for the inspection of the vehicle and the owner shall cause the vehicle to be produced accordingly.
(a) Subject to the provisions of S, 25 of the Act and of this rule, the registering authority may issue temporary certificates of registration under that section.
(b) Application for temporary registration. An application for temporary registration shall be made in Form E as set forth in the First Schedule to the Act accompanied by the prescribed fee and clearly marked “Temporary”. It shall not be necessary to fill in items 14 to 20 of that Form notwithstanding that the vehicle may be transport vehicle.
(c) Form of temporary certificate of registration. A temporary certificate of registration shall be in For MCR Tern.
(d) Fee for temporary registration The fee in respect of the temporary registration of any vehicle shall be Rs. 5, which shall be credited to Government.
(e) Assignment of temporary registration book. The registering authori
(a) When the original certificate of registration/fitness is lost or destroyed, the owner of the motor vehicle shall forthwith report the matter to the registering authority/Inspector of Motor Vehicles by whom the certificate was issued/last renewed and shall apply with a fee of Rs. 50 for transport vehicle other than the taxi cab and auto-rickshaw, Rs. 10 for all vehicles other than transport vehicles but including taxi cab and auto rickshaw in Form CRLD/CFA for the issue of a duplicate certificate.
(b) Upon receipt of an application together with the prescribed fee, a duplicate certificate shall be issued after re-examining the vehicle and it shall be clearly stamped “Duplicate” in red ink.
(c) No person shall be liable to be convicted of an offence under S 86 of the Act if, at the time when the certificate is demanded, he has already reported the loss or destruction thereof and a duplicate certificate has n
(a) The fees for registration shall be—
Rs.
(i) In respect of a light motor vehicle 20
(ii) In respect of a medium motor vehicle 30
(iii) In respect of a heavy motor vehicle 40
(iv) In respect of any other transport vehicle, omnibus and motor car 20
(v) In respect of a trailer 16
(vi) In respect of motor cycle, invalid carriage and auto-rickshaw 10
Provided that the Commissioner of Transport may for special reasons in writing remit the fee wholly or partly in respect of any motor vehicle.
(b) Refund of registration fees. The fee shall be refunded if the regis#31;tering authority refuses to register any motor vehicle under S. 27 of the Act.
(c) Exemption of Government vehicle from payment of registration fees. All motor vehicles belon
(a) An application for a new registration mark under S. 29 of the Act shall be made in Form RMA.
(b) The registering authority to whom the application is made shall assign to the vehicle a new registration mark in accordance with R. 40 and shall intimate the fact to the owner and the other party, if any, to an agreement of hire purchase specified in the note on the certificate of regis#31;tration and shall apply to the original registering authority for transfer of the records of the vehicle in Form KMI.
Every change of address of the owner of a motor vehicle recorded in the certificate of registration, save where it is due to a temporary absence not intended to exceed months or where the motor vehicle is neither used nor removed from the address recorded in the certificate of registration, shall within 30 days be reported to the registering authority as required by S. 30 of the Act. No fee shall be levied for recording such change of address.
(a) Every transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle under S. 31 of the Act shall, within thirty days of the transfer, be reported by both the transferor and the transferee to the registering authority of the district concerned in Form TO accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(b) The registering authority recording the transfer of ownership, if he is not the original registering authority, shall communicate the fact to that authority in Form CRTI.
(c) The fee for registration of transfer of ownership shall be—
(i) in respect of any transport vehicle—Rs. 25 ;
(ii) in respect of any other vehicle—Rs. 5.
There shall be payable a fee of Rs. 5 for recording an alteration to the motor vehicle under S. 32 of the Act.
The registering authority may suspend or cancel the certificate of registration in accordance with the provisions of Ss. 33 and 34 of the Act.
(a) When in an application for the registration of a motor vehicle the parties to an agreement of hire-purchase declare, in the form of the note endorsed on Form E as set forth in the First Schedule to the Act, that the vehicle is the subject of such an agreement, the registering authority shall complete and affix his signature to the note appended to Form G of the Act but shall not be required to satisfy himself as to the title of the two parties in the vehicle nor shall the note endorsed on Form G in any way affect the title of any party.
(b) If, upon termination of an agreement of hire-purchase or other#31;wise, the registered owner and the other party desire that the note on the said Form G relating to such an agreement shall be cancelled, they shall apply in Form HP Ter., to the registering authority by whom the vehicle was registered, or by whom a new registration mark has been assigned to the vehicle under S. 29 of the Act and the regist
(a) Further to the provisions of sub-S. (3) of S. 29 of the Act, when any motor vehicle which is not registered in a State has been kept within the State for a period exceeding fourteen days the owner or the other person in charge of the vehicle shall send intimation, within one week, to a registering authority of the area in which the motor vehicle is at the time of making the report and shall intimate—
(i) his name and permanent address, and his address for the time being,
(ii) the registration mark of the vehicle,
(iii) the mark and description of the vehicle, and
(iv) in the case of a transport vehicle, the name of the authority within the State by whom the permit has been issued or countersigned :
Provided that in the case of a transport vehicle covered by a permit having validity in the State it shall only be necessary to make a retort under
(a) When possession of a motor vehicle is transferred by the registered owner to another person under a hiring agreement, the registered owner shall forthwith intimate the fact and the full name and address of the transferee to the registering authority of the area in which the said owner has his residence or place of business.
(b) Possession shall not in such circumstances be deemed to have been temporarily transferred to the hirer for the purposes of Cl. (3) (Explanation) of S. 2 of the Act and of this rule—
(i) unless the agreement is in writing and the terms thereof include transfer to the hirer of the right of sole use of vehicle to the exclusion of the owner and all other persons throughout a period of not less than seven days ; and
(ii) in any case if the vehicle is or is to be driven by the owner or his servant and is or is to be normally kept when not in use upon the premises of the owner
(a) Section 22 of the Act shall not apply to a motor vehicle in the possession of a manufacturer of, or dealer in motor vehicles in the course 01 the business of the manufacturer or dealer so long as it is used under the authorisation of a trade certificate, granted by the registering authority in whose area the manufacturer or dealer has his place of business.
(b) An application for trade certificate shall be made in From TCA and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(c) The fee payable annually in advance for trade certificate shall be Rs. 50 in respect of any number of certificates up to five and Rs. 10 in respect of each additional certificate.
(d) If the registering authority declines to issue the trade certificate or issues a less number of certificates than the number specified in the appli#31;cation, the fee or proportion of the fee determined in accordance with sub-R. (c) above, as th
Nothing contained in Chapter III of the Act or rules thereunder shall apply to vehicles running on rails, road rollers, graders and other road making and cleansing plant save that every tractor capable of other use shall be registered and shall require a certificate of fitness,
(a) The State Government shall appoint members of the State Transport Authority and the Regional Transport Authorities in an honorary capacity ordinarily for a period of two years and thereafter they shall continue to function until their successors are appointed The State Government may, however, reconstitute before the expiry of two years term any or all the authorities or remove any of the members at any time if the Government consider the same necessary or expedient in public interest.
(aa) In the case of the State Transport Authority and where a Regional Transport Authority consists of both official and non-official members, the State Government may appoint the official members of the State or Regional Transport Authority either by their official designations or by names and shall appoint the non-official members of the authority only by name.
(aaa) When a non-official member of the authority dies or is removed from
The regions for the purposes of S. 44 of the Act, shall be seven in Dumber and shall comprise the areas as set forth in the Fourth Schedule to these rules.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Act and these rules and also subject to the approval of the State Government, the State or a Regional Transport Authority shall have the power to make bye-laws to regulate the conduct of its business and shall likewise have power to amend such bye-laws and the business of such authority shall be conducted accordingly under the direction of the Chairman.
(b) The authority shall meet at such places, dates and times as the Chairman may appoint and whenever summoned by the Chairman. In the case of the State Transport Authority not less than 10 days notice and in the case of the Regional Transport Authority not less than 7 days notice shall be given and along with the notice shall be sent a copy of the agenda of the meeting.
(c) The members whose presence shall constitute the quorum shall be half of the total number of members including the Chairman for a meeting of the State Transport Auth
No transport vehicle shall be used or caused to be used in any public place unless the owner thereof has obtained a permit as required under the provisions of S. 42 of the Act.
A permit cannot be claimed as of right. When a Regional Transport Authority has in the exercise of its powers under the Act imposed a limit upon the number of permits of any class which may be granted for a specified route or a specified area and has already granted such number of permits of that class the authority may decline to receive further applications for such permits in respect of any such route or area.
(a) Upon receipt of an application for a contract carriage permit or for a private carriers permit, the Secretary of the State or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, shall, if the application is in order, with all reasonable despatch circulate particulars thereof to members of the authority together with an intimation as to whether the matter is to be decided at a meeting of the authority or upon procedure by circulation. In the latter case he shall intimate the date by which the opinions of members have to be received.
(b) In deciding whether an application for a contract carriage permit or for a private carriers permit is to be considered at a meeting of the authority, or upon procedure by circulation, the Secretary of the State or the Regional Transport Authority shall, without prejudice to the proper examination of the application and any enquiries necessary in connection therewith, have regard to the desirability of avoid
(a) Further to the provisions of sub-S. (3) of S 57 of the Act, upon receipt of an application for a stage carriage permit or a public carriers permit the Secretary of the State or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, shall post a copy of the application, together with the notice of the date before which representations may be submitted and of the date appointed for consideration, on a suitable notice board situated on the premises of the office of the authority.
(b) It shall be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of sub-S. (3) of S. 57 of the Act if the particulars specified in that sub-section are posted on the official notice boards of the office of the State or the Regional Transport Authority and published in the official Gazette not less than twenty-one days before date appointed for the receipt of representation.
(c) If upon publication of particulars of an application in respect of a stage
(a) When an application for any permit is considered at a meeting of the State or the Regional Transport Authority and the applicant desires to be heard in support of his application or has been summoned to appear under the provisions of sub-R. (k) of R. 62, the applicant may either appear and conduct his case in person or may be represented by any person authorised by him in writing in this behalf.
(b) Any person who has made a representation in connection with an application for a stage carriage permit or a public carriers permit within the period specified in, and in accordance with, the provisions of S. 57 of the Act and of these rules, may appear before the authority upon the date appointed for consideration of the application either in person or be re#31;presented by any person authorised by him in writing in this behalf.
(c) In either case mentioned in sub-Rr. (a) and (b) the parties shall be given a hearing by the
(a) The State Transport Authority shall have power to regulate the number of permits in any area under the authority of any Regional Transport Authority : Provided that in regulating the number of such permits, Local Board and Municipal Boards within the functional area Whose interests are involved shall be consulted.
(b) Power of the State Transport Authority to reduce or increase the number of permits. The State Transport Authority shall have power to reduce or increase at any time, for sufficient reasons, the number of per#31;mits issued by any Regional Transport Authority.
(a) Every application for a permit in respect of a transport vehicle shall be in one of the following forms :
(i) in respect of a particular stage carriage in Form P. St. P. A.
(ii) in respect of a service of stage carriage in Form P. St. S. A.
(iii) in respect of a particular contract carriage in Form P. Co. P. A.
(iv) in respect of casual contract carriage in Form P. Co. S. A.
(v) in respect of a private carriers permit in Form P. Pr. C. A.
(vi) in respect of a public carriers permit in Form P. Pu. C. A.
(vii) in respect of a temporary permit in Form P. Tern. A.
and shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Authority at the regular office of the authority.
(b) In granting any permit the State or the Regional Transport Authority. as the case may be,
(a) Every permit shall be in one of the following forms :
(i) in respect of a particular stage carriage in Form P. St. P.
(ii) in respect of a service of stage carriage in Form P. St. S.
(iii) in respect of a particular contract carriage in Form P. Co. P.
(iv) in respect of a casual contract carriage in Form P. Co. S.
(v) in respect of a private carriers permit in Form P. Pr. C.
(vi) in respect of a public carriers permit in Form P. Pu. C.
(vii) in respect of a temporary permit in Form P. Tern.
(b) Save in the case of a temporary permit, every permit shall be in two parts, A and B. One copy of Part A only shall be issued. One copy of Part B shall be issued in respect of every vehicle authorised by the permit and where the permit relates to more than one vehicles each such c
The authority granting the permits, except in the case of temporary permits, shall maintain a register in Form RP.
It shall be a condition of every permit that the vehicle or vehicles specified in it shall not be used in any public place unless all taxes due from the holder of the permit under any enactment or enactments for the time being in force have been paid in accordance with the provisions of such enactment or enactments and when a Transport Authority has suspended a permit for non-payment of taxes the order of suspension shall be in force only as long as the taxes remain unpaid and shall be inoperative immediately on payment of the taxes due.
(a) Save in the case of a temporary permit, where the registration mark of the vehicle is to be entered on the permit and the applicant is not at the date of application in possession of the vehicle duly registered, then the applicant shall, within one month of the sanction of the application by the State or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, or such longer period as the authority may specify, produce the certificate of registration of the vehicle before that authority in order that the particulars of the registration marks may be entered in the permit.
(b) No permit shall be issued until the registration mark of the vehicle to which it relates has, if the form of permit so requires, been entered therein and in the event of any applicant failing to produce the certificate of registration within the prescribed period the authority may revoke its sanction of the application.
(a) The State Transport Authority, for the convenient and prompt despatch of its business may, by a general or special resolution and subject to such condi#31;tions as may be specified therein and subject to approval of Government, delegate—
(1) to its Chairman—
(i) power under S. 44 (3) (a) of the Act to co-ordinate and regulate the activities of the Regional Transport Auth#31;orities ;
(ii) power under S. 63 (4) of the Act to grant concurrence for temporary permits issued by other States for particular occasion or emergency as the case may be ;
(iii) power under S. 16 (2) of the Act to dispose of finally appeals against the orders of the Regional Transport Auth#31;ority or of the Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, made under sub-S. (1) of the said section ;
(iv) power to direct, pending disposal of an appeal or revision, the stay of execution
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in S. 63 of the Act, a Regional Transport Authority which issues a permit (hereinafter referred to as the original Transport Authority) may extend the validity of the permit to any other region or regions within the State, without such permit being required to be countersigned by the Regional Transport Authority of the other region or regions as the case may be. Such an extension shall be subject to the following conditions :
(i) That the extension of the validity of the permit shall not directly affect the interest of the State transport vehicles in the routes in which these vehicles ply.
(ii) That application, clearly stating the area for extension and duly affixed with a court fee stamp of Rs. 5 shall have to be submit#31;ted along with the prescribed fee for the area of extension.
(iii) That the vehicle to which the permit relates shall normally be kept
A permit issued in any other Stale shall be valid in the State of Assam without countersignature, subject to the following conditions and limitations :
(a) such permit is issued persuant to an agreement [arrived at between the State of Assam and such other State or States as provided for in sub-S. (32) of S. 63 of the Act] wherein specific provision has been made to dispense with countersignature ;
(b) the number of such permits in respect of any category of motor vehicles is limited to the maximum number, if any, specified in the reciprocal agreement ;
(c) the liability to pay any tax due to the State of Assam shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the reciprocal agreement;
(d) the vehicle shall be operated in the State of Assam subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be specified in the reciprocal agreement;
(e) the vehicl
(a) The permit fee of each private carrier shall be Rupees Sixty per annum or Rupees twenty-five for every four months or part thereof when the permit if valid in respect of particular district or a part thereof.
(b) The permit fee for each private carrier shall be rupees two hundred per annum or rupees eighty for every four months or part thereof when the permit is valid for the entire State or valid in respect of more than two districts.
(c) The permit fee for motor vehicles other than private carriers shall be paid annually in one instalment, but in cases where the annual fee exceeds rupees one thousand, the fees may be paid in quarterly instalments, at such rate or rates as the State Government may specify by notification in the official Gazette.
(d) The permit fee in case of annual payment shall be paid within fifteen days of the commencement of the permit year and in case of quarterly payment
(a) Nothing shall be carried on the top of a double decked stage or contract carriage.
(b) No goods liable to foul the interior of the vehicle or to render it insanitary shall be carried on any time in any stage or contract carriage,
(c) The Regional Transport Authority may specify in any permit the goods which shall not be carried in a stage carriage or a contract carriage or the condition subject to which certain classes of goods may be so carried.
(d) Subject to the provisions of the preceding sub-rules, goods may be carried in a stage carriage at any time in accordance with the conditions specified in the permit ; provided that the obligation of the holder to carry passengers in accordance with the terms of the permit is discharged.
(e) If the bolder of a stage carriage permit uses a vehicle authorised by the permit for the carriage of goods to the detriment of the public
A contract carriage permit may authorise the use of the vehicle for the carriage of the personal or household effects of a hirer but not the carriage of general merchandise.
(g) In no circumstances shall goods be carried in a compartment in which passengers are travelling ;
(h) When goods or luggage are carried in a stage or contract carriage—
(1) the goods shall be of such a nature and shall be so packed and secured on the vehicle that no danger, inconvenience, or discomfort is caused or is likely to be caused to any passenger ;
(2) the bona fide personal luggage of passengers may be carried on top of the vehicle or in the compartment in which passengers are travelling ; provided that the number of seats specified in the permit shall be kept free and unimpeded for the use of passengers. The amount of such personal luggage to be taken in the same compartment as th
(a) The Regional Transport Authority while granting a stage carriage permit on a particular route or area may prescribe as one of the conditions of permit that the holder shall. whether an individual, firm or an association, if required, carry mails at such rates as the authority granting the permit may fix in consultation with the Postal Authorities concerned. In the event of any disagreement, however, in regard to the fixation of rates, the matter shall be referred to the State Transport Authority whose decision shall be binding and final.
(b) The holder of the permit, securing the mail contract, shall obtain permission from the Regional Transport Authority to adjust the timings of his services to those required by the Postal Authorities to the extent necessary for the carriage or the mails and in the event of the Regional Transport Authority finding any difficulty in agreeing to such timings, a suitable set of timings satisfactory to all con
(1) A re#31;gular permit in respect of a goods vehicle plying on inter-State route having a length exceeding 300 miles shall be subject to one or more of the following conditions :
(a) The vehicle shall carry on the wind-screen a permit token in such form and manner and of such colour as may be specified by the Transport. Authority granting the permit and such permit-token shall be carried in addition to and not in replace#31;ment of the permit under which the vehicle operates.
(b) The body of the vehicle shall be painted in reddish-brown colour.
(2) A permit in respect of a transport vehicle other than a goods vehicle as specified in sub-R. (1) shall be subject to the condition that the body of the vehicle shall be painted in such colour as may be specified by the Transport Authority granting the permit.
A permit in respect of a Transport Vehicle shall be subject to the condition that the holder of the permit has registered himself under S. 3 of the Transport Workers Act, 1961, or in case they said Act is not applicable to him, possesses a certificate granted by the competent authority to the effect that he has been exempted from registration under the said Act of 1961.
When a permit has been granted on first application by one Regional Transport Authority in respect of a particular vehicle or in respect of a service of vehicles and it appears that a permit has also been granted by another Regional Transport Authority—
(a) in respect of the same vehicle, or
(b) in respect of service of vehicles requiring the use of a greater number of vehicles than the holder of the permits possessed at the time of application,
the Regional Transport Authority by which one of the permits was issued may, in consultation with the other authority, forthwith cancel or modify the permit in such a manner as it may deem fit.
(a) Application for the renewal of a permit shall be made in writing to the Regional Transport Authority by which the permit was issued, not less than six weeks in the case of a stage carriage permit or a public carriers permit and not less than one month in other cases, before the expiry of the permit, and shall be accompanied by Part A of the permit. The application shall state the period for which the renewal is desired and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(b) The Regional Transport Authority renewing a permit shall call upon the holder to produce Part B or Parts B, as the case may be, and shall endorse Parts A and B accordingly and shall return them to the holder.
(a) Subject to the provisions of R. 80, application for the renewal of countersignature on a permit shall be made in writing to the Regional Transport Authority concerned and within the periods prescribed in R. 78 and shall, subject to the provisions of sub-R. (b), be accompanied by Part A of the permit. The application shall set forth the period for which the renewal of the counter-signature is required.
(b) If at the time of application for renewal of a countersignature of a permit Part A of the permit is not available being under renewal by the authority by which it was issued, the application shall state the fact and shall state the number and date of the permit, the name of authority by which it was granted, the date of its expiry and the number and date of the countersignature to be renewed.
(c) The Regional Transport Authority granting the renewal of a countersignature shall call upon the holder to produce
(a) The authority by which a permit is renewed may, unless any authority by which the permit has been countersigned (with effect not terminating before the date of expiry of the permit) has by general or special order otherwise directed, likewise renew any countersignature of the permit (by endorsement of the permit in the manner set forth in the appropriate form) and shall, in such case, intimate the renewal to such authority.
(b) Unless Parts A and B of a permit have been endorsed as provided in sub-R. (a) or unless the period of validity of the countersignature has been endorsed by the authority making the countersignature, the counter-signature shall be of no effect beyond the date of expiry stated therein.
(a) If the holder of a permit relating to a particular vehicle by spefication of the registration mark desires at any time to replace the vehicle with another, he shall forward Part A of the permit and apply in writing to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued stating the reasons why the replacement is desired and shall—
(i) if the new vehicle is in his possession, forward the certificate of registration thereof ; or
(ii) if the new vehicle is not in his possession, state any material particulars in respect of which the new vehicle will differ from the old.
(b) Upon receipt of an application under sub-R. (a) the Transport Authority may in its discretion reject the application—
(i) if the new vehicle proposed differs in material respects from the old ; or
(ii) if the holder of the permit has contravened the provisions thereof or h
(a) If the holder of a permit relating to a service of stage or contract carriages desires at any time to replace any vehicle covered by the permit by a vehicle of a different type or of a different capacity, he shall forward Part A of the permit and apply in writing to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued, stating reasons why the replacement is desired and shall forward the relevant particulars of the vehicle to be replaced and of the new vehicle.
(b) Upon receipt of an application under sub-R. (a) the Transport Authority may in its discretion reject the application—
(i) if the new vehicle differs in material respects from the old ; or
(ii) if the holder of the permit has contravened any of the provisions thereof.
(c) If the Transport Authority grants an application for the replacement of a-vehicle under this rule, it shall call upon the holder to prod
(a) The authority granting permission under Rr. 81 and 82 shall, unless the authority by which the permit was countersigned has by general or special resolution otherwise directed, endorse on the correction made to Parts A and B of the words “Valid also for.........” inserting the name of the authority concerned and shall intimate the fact and the particulars of the replacement to such authority.
(b) Unless the permit has been endorsed as provided in sub-R. (1) or unless the alteration has been approved by endorsement by the countersigning authority, the countersignature on a permit shall not be valid in respect of any new vehicle.
(a) The holder of a permit may after giving three months previous notice in writing surrender the permit to the Regional Transport Authority by which it was granted and the Regional Transport Authority shall cancel the permit so surrendered, and may re-assign it to another person, if it so desires.
(b) Every permit shall be subject to all the provisions prescribed in the Act and these rules and to any other condition that may be specified in the permit itself, and if the permit holder or any of his agents or servants violates any of them, he shall, in addition to any other liability that he may incur, liable to have his permit suspended or cancelled by the authority granting the permit under the provisions of S. 60 of the Act, and shall not in that event be entitled to any compensation or to the refund of any portion of the permit fee.
(c) Whenever a permit is liable to suspension or cancellation under sub-R
(a) When the holder of a permit desires to transfer the permit to some other person under sub-S. (1) of S. 59 of the Act, he shall, together with the person to whom he desires to make the transfer, make a joint application in writing to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued, setting forth the reasons for the proposed transfer.
(b) On receipt of an application under sub-R, (a), the Transport Authority may require the holder and the other party to state in writing whether any premium, payment or other consideration arising out of the transfer, is to pass or has passed between them and the nature and the amount of any such premium, payment or other consideration.
(c) Without prejudice to any other penalty to which the parties may be liable, any transfer of a permit ordered upon an application which is subsequently found to be false in respect of the matter specified in sub-R. (b) or in respect
(a) When Part A or Part B of any permit or any temporary permit has been lost or destroyed the holder shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Transport Authority by which the permit was issued and shall deposit the prescribed fee for the issue of a duplicate, and in the case of loss or destruction of Part B, he shall forward also Part A,
(b) The Transport Authority shall upon receipt of an application in accordance with sub-R. (a), issue a duplicate permit or part or parts of a permit, as the case may be, and to the extent that it is able to verify the facts may endorse thereon certified copies of any countersignature by other authority intimating the fact to that authority.
(c) A duplicate permit or duplicate part of permit issued under this rule shall be clearly stamped “Duplicate” in red ink and the certified copy of any countersignature by any other Transport Authority on a permit or part of a permit made under t
(a) Upon application made in writing by the holder of any permit, the Transport Authority may, at any time in its discretion, vary the permit or any of the conditions thereof subject to the provisions of the following sub-rules.
(b) Where a representation has been made by any person in connection with the grant of a stage carriage permit or a public carriers permit under sub-S (1) of S. 47 or S. 55 of the Act, -the Transport Authority shall not, subsequent to the issue of the permit, vary the permit or any condition thereof in a manner prejudicial to any person by whom such representation has been made unless they said authority has afforded such person a reasonable opportunity of making a representation in respect of the proposed variation of the permit or of any condition thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in sub-R. (b) the Transport Authority may vary any stage carriage permit or any public carriers pe
(1) An appeal to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal under S. 64 against the order of the State Transport Authority or a Regional Transport Authority shall be made within thirty days of the date of receipt of the order by the persons preferring the appeal. It shall be in the form of a memorandum setting forth concisely the grounds of objection to the order of the State Transport Authority or of the Regional Transport Authority, as the case maybe; and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the order appealed against and as many copies of the memorandum of appeal as there are respondents and a fee of rupees thirty.
(2) An application under S. 64-A to -the State Transport Appellate Tribunal by a person aggrieved by an order of the State Transport Auth#31;ority or a Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, shall be in the form of a memorandum setting forth concisely the grounds of objec#31;tion to the said order and sha
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, every appeal pending at the commencement of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1939 shall be proceeded with and disposed of as if these rules had net been made.
When an appeal under S. 64 is preferred or revision application under S. 64-A is made to the State Transport Authority (the Regional Transport Authority) concerned may give to any person interested in the appeal 01 revision application, copies of any documents connected therewith.
The Appellate Authority shall intimate to the appellant the time and place of hearing of an appeal under Rr. 88 and 88. Within fourteen days of receipt of such intimation the appellant shall forward to the Appellate Authority copies of such documents in duplicate upon which he proposes to rely, and upon the appointed date may appear either in person or through an agent or representative authorised by him in writing in this behalf.
[Deleted].
Subject to the provisions of sub-S, (2) of S. 65 of the Act, sub-S. (1) of that section shall not apply in the case of—
(a) any transport vehicle used by or on behalf of any military or police authority in connection with military manoeuvres of exercise or in the quelling of riots or civil disturbances ;
(b) any fire brigade vehicle or ambulance when being used as such ;
(c) any vehicle being used for the carriage of passengers or goods in an emergency arising out of fire, earthquake, flood, pestilence or other calamity, riots or civil disturbances ;
(d) any vehicle going for or returning with medical aid in an emergency or carrying any seriously injured or sick person for medical treatment, when no other means are reasonably available ;
(e) any vehicle proceeding to the nearest place of bait, at which the driver and other occupants ca
The authority specified in the first column of the Sixth Schedule to these rules may require any employer or drivers of transport vehicles for the purposes set forth in the corresponding entry in the second column thereof to make to the satisfaction of the said authority such time-table, schedule or regulation, as may be necessary to fix in advance the hours of work of persons employed by him, and upon approval by such authority of any time-table, schedule or regulation as aforesaid it shall be the record of hours of work fixed for the persons concerned for the purposes of sub-S. (3) and sub-S. (4) of S. 65 of the Act.
(a) Any time spent by the driver of a vehicle on work, other than driving in connection with the vehicle or with the load carried or to be carried on the vehicle including any time spent on the vehicle during a journey save as a passenger in a public service vehicle shall not ; and
(b) Any time spent by the driver of a vehicle on or near the vehicle, when it is at rest, when he is at liberty to leave the vehicle for rest and refreshment although required to remain within sight of the vehicle ;
shall be deemed to be an interval of rest for the purposes of Cl. (a) of sub-S. (l)of S. 65 of the Act.
The driver of a public service vehicle—
(i) shall not cause or allow any person, animal or thing to be placed or to be in the space reserved for the drivers seat in accordance with R. 147 or otherwise in such a way as to impede him in having a clear vision of the road or proper control of the vehicle ;
(ii) shall not shout in order to attract a passenger ;
(iii) shall, subject to any rules or regulations in force prohibiting the taking up or setting down of passengers at, or except at, certain specified places, bring the vehicle to rest for a sufficient period of time in a safe and a convenient position upon the demand or signal of the conductor or of any passenger desiring to alight from the vehicle and, unless there is no room in the vehicle upon the demand or signal of any person desiring to become a passenger ;
(iv) shall not, when bringing his vehicle to rest for the
The driver and conductor of a public service vehicle—
(i) shall, as far as may be reasonably possible having regard to his duties, be responsible for the i he due observance of the pro#31;visions of the Act and of these rules ;
(ii) shall not smoke while on duty ;
(iii) shall behave in a civil orderly manner to passengers and intend#31;ing passengers ;
(iv) shall be cleanly dressed and in the manner in which the Regional Transport Authority may specify :
(v) shall not solicit custom save in a civil and quiet manner ;
(vi) shall maintain the vehicle in a clean and sanitary condition ;
(vii) shall not interfere with persons mounting or preparing to mount upon any other vehicle ;
(viii) shall not allow any person save a medical practitioner requiring accommodation in order to visi
An agent and/or canvasser engaged for selling tickets to intending passengers in a public service vehicle—
(i) shall not behave in a disorderly manner towards passengers/or intending passengers ;
(ii) shall not in soliciting custom cause obstruction or nuisance ;
(iii) shall not, save for good and sufficient reason, refuse to issue tickets to any person tendering the legal fare ; and
(iv) shall not demand more than the legal fare from any passenger.
Every public service vehicle shall carry, in a prominent place inside the vehicle, a board in the regional language and in English with the words Check up your belongings after getting into and before getting down painted in black and white back ground. Every such vehicle shall have a light so fitted as to illuminate the board during the period between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise.
The driver or the conductor of a public service vehicle shall, at the conclusion of any journey, make rea#31;sonable search in the vehicle for anything left by any passenger and shall take into his custody anything so found, and upon the first reasonable opportunity, if the owner of such property cannot at once be found, make over the same to a responsible person at any office or to an officer at the nearest police station.
(1) If at any time, a passenger in a public service vehicle—
(i) smokes, when smoking is prohibited, or when the vehicle is being refuelled, or
(ii) obstructs the conductor in the execution of his duties, or
(ii-a) knowingly or intentionally enters the vehicle which is carrying the maximum number of passengers according to the seating capacity specified in the certificate of registration of the vehicle and any additional number permitted under the terms of the permit to be carried in excess of the seating capacity of the vehicle, or
(iii) refuses or is unable to pay the fare, or
(iv) refuses or is unable to show any ticket on demand by any auth#31;orised person, or
(v) refuses to pay a fresh fare when he has altered or defaced his ticket so as to render the number or any portion thereof ille#31;gible, or
In relation to the number of passengers that may be carried in a public service vehicle—
(i) every child over 12 years of age shall be deemed to be an adult, the weight being calculated at 120 lbs each and every two children of 12 years and exceeding 3 years of age shall be counted as one adult ;
(ii) every child not exceeding 3 years of age shall not be counted.
(a) No person shall act as a conductor or attendant of a public service vehicle and no employer shall so employ any person, unless such person holds licence in force for the time being in Form L. Con. granted by the Licensing Authority. The licensing authority shall maintain a register for such persons in Form R. Con.
(b) Applications for a conductors or attendants licence shall be made to the licensing authority of the district wherein the applicant resides, in Form L. Con. A and shall be accompanied by three clear copies of a recent photograph of the applicant and the prescribed fee.
Note. The licensing authority shall have discretion to relax this rule in regard to the requirement of photographs and may accept thumb impressions in lieu thereof, until the termination of the present hostilities.
(c) Every applicant for conductors or attendants licence shall produce a medical certificate of
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
(1) “agent” means any person who engages himself directly or indirectly in the business of—
(a) collecting ;
(b) forwarding and distributing ;
(c) collecting, forwarding and distributing, goods carried by any public carriers ;
(d) sale of tickets to passengers for travel by public service vehicle ;
(2) “agents licence” means a licence granted under R. 100-C ;
(3) “collecting agent” means a person licensed to do the business of collecting goods carried by any public carrier ;
(4) “collecting and forwarding agent” means a person licensed to do the business of collecting, forwarding and distributing goods carried by any public carrier ;
(5) “forwarding agent” means a person licensed to do
No person shall act as an agent unless he holds a valid licence in Form III granted by the licensing authority for the purposes of such business.
(1) Any person desiring to obtain a licence for carrying on any business referred to in Cl. (I) of R, 100-A or for renewing such licence may make an application to the licensing authority in Form I or Form II, as the case may be.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by a fee of Rs. 100.
(3) On receipt of an application, the licensing authority shall, having regard among other things to the following matters, namely :
(i) (a) the number of goods vehicles either owned by the applicant or under his control;
(b) the suitability of accommodation possessed by the applicant for the storage of goods ;
(c) the facilities, if any, provided by the applicant for parking the goods vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading of goods ; and
(d) the financial resources of the applicant and his ability to make the business effici
Where it appears necessary so to do~ for ensuring proper compliance with the conditions referred to in R. 100-G the licensing authority may, at the time of granting or renewing a licence or at any time during the validity of a licence, order, for reasons to be recorded m writing, the licensee to furnish a reasonable security on such scale as may be notified by the State Government in the official Gazette, and where the licensee has furnished earlier any security in pursuance of an order passed under the provisions of this rule, such additional security as may be reasonable.
A security of Rs. 1000 for the purpose of sale of tickets is to be paid through postal pass book duly pledged in favour of the issuing authority.
(1) An agents licence shall, where the holder thereof is licensed to act only as a forwarding agent or as a collecting agent, specify that fact clearly.
(2) An agents licence shall be non-transferable.
(3) No agents licence shall authorise a person to act as such agent unless he has adequate facilities to load and unload goods at the premises approved by the State Transport Authority or Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, under these rules.
(1) An agents licence shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of its grant or renewal.
(2) It may be renewed on an application made to the licensing authority not less than thirty days before the date of its expiry.
(3) The renewal of licence shall be by endorsement of the renewal thereof by the licensing authority on the original licence.
An agents licence shall be subject to the following conditions, namely :
(a) that the licensee shall, subject to the provisions of R. 100-J provide place for loading and unloading of goods ;
(b) that the licensee shall be responsible for proper arrangements for storage of goods collected for despatch and delivery ;
(c) that where he is authorised to forward and distribute goods, the licensee—
(i) shall be responsible for proper delivery of the goods to the consignee ;
(ii) shall be liable to indemnify the consignee for any loss or damage to goods while in his control or possession ;
(iii) shall not issue a goods transport receipt without having actually received the goods ;
(iv) shall not deliver the goods to the consignee without actually receiving from the consignee a goods transport rece
All contracts entered into by the licensee for the purpose of collecting, forwarding and distributing goods, or collecting goods, or forwarding and distributing goods, as the case may be, shall be in writing and shall contain the following particulars :
(i) names and addresses of the consignor and the consignee ;
(ii) description and weight of the consignment ;
(iii) destination and its distance in kilometres/miles from the starting station ;
(iv) freight for tonne/mile and for the whole consignments ;
(v) delivery instructions (e. g., the date by which and the exact place where the goods are to be delivered to the consignee) ;
(vi) terms of payment agreement ;
(vii) name of the owner, driver, the registration number of the vehicle and its authorised load ; and the rate and amount of the commission.
The State Government may, by notifica#31;tion in the official Gazette, prescribe the maximum rates at which com#31;mission may be charged by a licensee under these rules and the State Transport Authority or Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, may prescribe such rates of commission not exceeding the rates prescribed by the State Government in regard to licensees transacting business in its region.
(1) The State Transport Authority or Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, may, in consultation with the local authority or the police authority having jurisdiction over the area concerned, approve any premises owned by or in the possession of a licensee or an applicant for an agents licence to be used for loading or unloading of goods or for parking goods vehicles or for the storage of goods in the custody of the agent, having regard to the suitability of the site, sanitary conditions and storage facilities provided at such premises.
(2) Any approval under sub-R. (1) shall be subject to the following conditions, namely :
(i) that the premises shall at all times be kept in a clean condition and good state of repairs ;
(ii) that the premises shall be administered in a seemingly and orderly manner ;
(iii) that the licensee shall take all possible precautions to
(1) Without prejudice to any other action which may be taken against a licensee, the licensing authority may, by order in writing, cancel the agents licence or suspend it for such period as it thinks fit, if in his opinion any of the conditions under which the licence has been granted has been contravened.
(2) Before making any order of suspension or cancellation under this rule, the licensing authority shall give the licensees an opportunity of being heard and shall record reasons in writing for such cancellation or suspension.
(3) Whenever the agents licence is liable to be cancelled or suspended under sub-R. (1) above, the licensing authority granting the licence may allow the licensee the option of retaining it on payment of a certain sum of money as the authority may think fit to fix.
If at any time an agents licence is lost, destroyed or torn or otherwise defaced so as to be illegible, the agent shall forthwith apply to the licensing authority for the grant of a duplicate licence. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of Rs. 10. Upon receipt of such an application the authority shall issue a duplicate agents licence clearly being stamped “Duplicate”. If a duplicate agents licence is granted on a representation that the licence originally granted has been lost or destroyed and the original licence is subsequently found the original licence shall be surrendered to the licensing authority.
(1) A collecting agent shall carry with his agents licence while on duty and shall produce it on demand to any Inspecting Officer of the Transport Department or any Police Officer in uniform not below the rank of a head constable.
(2) A forwarding agent shall exhibit his agents licence at a prominent place in the premises approved under R. 100-J and the licence shall be made available for inspection by any inspecting officer of the Transport Department or any Police Officer in uniform not below the rank of a head constable.
(3) A collecting and forwarding agent shall carry with him his agents licence while on duty and shall produce it on demand to any inspecting officer of the Transport Department or any Police Officer in uniform not below the rank of a head constable, and shall also cause a true copy of his agents licence to be exhibited at a prominent place in the premises approved under R. 100-J.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-R. (3) of R. 100-C, R. 100-D, Cls. (m),(n) or (o) of R. 100-G, R. 100-1, sub-R. (1) of R. 100-J, sub-R. (1) or sub-R. (2) of R. 100-K, R. 100-L or R. 100-O, may appeal to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal constituted under S. 64 of the Act within thirty days from the date of receipt of such order.
(2) The memorandum of appeal shall be filed in duplicate setting forth concisely the grounds of objection and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of that order and a prescribed fee of Rs. 30 (Rupees thirty) which shall be paid through Treasury Challan :
Provided that a memorandum of appeal shall not relate to more than one order or be signed by more than one party. Such an appeal shall be affixed with necessary court fee stamps as prescribed under the Court Fees Act, 1870 (Act VII of 1870).
(3) Upon receipt of an appeal in accordance with
The authority which passed an order to be appealed against shall on an application by a party give a certified copy of the order or of any other relevant document on payment of a fee of Rs. 20.
(a) The driver of a public service vehicle shall display on his left breast a metal badge in the form illustrated in the Seventh Schedule to these rules issued by and inscribed with the name of the authority by which the licence has been granted and the word “Driver” together with an identification number.
(b) A driver of a public service vehicle shall not hold more than one such badge issued by an authority in the State.
(c) The fee for the issue of a badge as aforesaid shall be Rs 2. If it is lost or destroyed a duplicate badge shall be issued by the authority by which it was issued on payment of Rs. 3. And upon the return to the issuing authority of a badge or of a duplicate badge the driver shall be entitled to a refund of Re. 1.
(d) If at any time the authorisation on a drivers licence entitling him to drive a public service vehicle is suspended or revoked by any authority or by
(a) The conductor or attendant of a public service vehicle shall display in his kit breast a metal badge illustrated in the Seventh Schedule to these rules issued by and inscribed with the name of the authority by which the conductors or attendants licence is granted and the word “Conductor” together with an identification number.
(b) A conductor or an attendant shall not hold more than one such badge.
(c) The fees for the issue of such a badge shall be Rs. 2. If it is lost or destroyed a duplicate badge shall be issued by the authority which issued it on payment of Rs. 3 and upon return to the issuing authority of a badge or a duplicate badge the conductor or attendant shall be entitled to a refund of Re. 1.
(d) If at any time a conductors or attendants licence is suspended or cancelled by competent authority or by any court or ceases to be valid by the efflux of time, the conductor
(a) No driver and conductor or attendant shall lend or transfer the badge prescribed in these rules to any other person.
(b) Any person finding such a badge shall, unless he returns the same to a person whom he knows to be the holder, forthwith surrender it to the authority by which it was issued or to any police station.
(1) The authority empowered under sub-S. (2) of S. 21-E to hear appeals against the decision of the Licensing Authority shall be the State Transport Commissioner.
(2) The authority empowered under sub-S. (4) of S. 21-F to hear appeals against the decision of the Licensing Authority and the Regional Transport Authority shall be the State Transport Commissioner grid the Chairman, State Transport Authority respectively.
(i) An appeal under R. 103-A shall be preferred in the form of a memorandum in duplicate. One copy shall bear the court fee of Rupees 2 and the appeal shall set forth concisely the grounds on which the appellant disputes the order. It shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the order appealed against.
(2) The Appellate Authority after such enquiry, if any, as it may deem necessary and after giving an opportunity to the appellant to be heard, may confirm, vary, or set aside the order against which the appeal is preferred and shall make an order accordingly.
All appeals under S. 2 -E and 21-F shall be filed within 30 days from the date of receipt of the order which period however should exclude the time required for obtaining a certified copy of the order against which the appeal is preferred and one copy of each order shall be granted free.
The State Government may by notification in the Gazette declare that such of these rules as are applicable to drivers or to drivers licences as may be specified in the said notification shall apply to con#31;ductors or to conductors licences, as the case may be.
(a) No driver or conductor of a public service vehicle shall cause or allow to enter into or to be placed or carried in the vehicle any person who he knows or has reason to believe to be suffering from any infectious or contagious disease or the corpse of any person whom he knows or has reason to believe to have been suffering from any such disease.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-R. (a) above the driver or the conductor may, upon application in writing by a registered medical practitioner, allow a person suffering from an infectious or contagious disease to be carried in a public service vehicle ; provided that no other person save a person or persons in attendance on the sick person shall be carried in the vehicle at the same time.
(c) When a person suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, or the corpse of any such person, has been carried in a public service vehicle, the driver and the conductor of
(a) No person shall be carried in any goods vehicle other than the driver and a bona fide employee of the owner or the hirer of the vehicle or such number of labourers for loading and unloading the vehicle as may be specified by the authority granting the permit, and except in accordance with this rule.
(b) No person shall be carried in the cab of a private goods vehicle beyond the number for which there is fixed seating accommodation at the rate of at least 15 inches measured along the seat, excluding the drivers seat, for each person, and not more than six persons in all in addition to the driver shall be carried in the vehicle.
(c) No person shall be carried upon the goods or otherwise in such a manner that such person is in danger of falling from the vehicle, and in no case shall any person be carried in a goods vehicle in such a manner that any part of his person, when he is at a sitting position, is at a height exce
(a) The Regional Transport Authority by notification in the official Gazette, or by the erection of traffic signs which are permitted for the purpose under sub-S. (1) of S. 75 of the Act or both, may, in consultation with the local authority having jurisdiction in the area concerned, in respect of the taking up or selling flown of passengers or both by public service vehicles or by any specified class of public service vehicles—
(i) conditionally or unconditionally prohibit the use of any specified place or of any place of a specified nature or class, or
(ii) require that within the limits of any municipality, notified area or cantonment, or within such other limits as may be specified in the notification, certain specified stands or halting places only shall be so used :
Provided that no place which is privately owned shall be so notified except with the previous consent in writing of the
(a) The Transport Authority may, by general or special order, require the owner of any transport vehicle to maintain records and submit returns in respect of the vehicle in such form as the authority may specify and such records and returns may include particulars of the daily use of the vehicle in respect of—
(i) the name and licence number of the driver and conductor and other attendant, if any ;
(ii) the route upon which or the area within which the vehicle was used ;
(iii) the number of miles travelled ;
(iv) the times of commencement and termination of a journey and of any halts on a journey when the driver obtained rest ;
(v) the weight of goods carried between specified places and the nature of the goods ;
(vi) in the case of goods carried in a stage carriage, the number of trips and the mileage when goods were c
(a) If the holder of a permit ceases to reside or to have his place of business, as the case may be, at the address set forth in the permit, he shall within 14 days send Part A of the permit to the transport authority by which it was issued intimating the new address.
(b) Upon receipt of intimation under sub-R. (a) above the transport authority shall, after making such enquiries as it deems fit, enter in the permit the new address and shall intimate the particulars to the authority of any region in which the permit is valid by virtue of countersignature or otherwise.
(a) The holder of any stage carriage permit or any contract carriage permit in respect of a particular vehicle shall, by reference to the registration mark within seven days of .the occurrence, report in writing to the transport authority by which the permit was issued, any failure of, or damage to, such vehicle or to any part thereof, of such a nature as to render the vehicle unfit for use in accordance with the conditions of the permit for a period exceeding three days.
(b) The holder of any permit in respect of a service of stage carriages shall, within seven days of the occurrence, report in writing to the trans-port authority by which the permit was issued, any failure of, or damage to, any vehicle used by him under the authority of the permit of such a nature as to prevent the holder from complying with any of the provisions or conditions of the permit for a period exceeding three days.
(c) Upon receipt of a report
(a) Further to the provisions of S. 32 of the Act, the owner of a transport vehicle, or if the owner is not the holder of the permit, the holder of the permit shall, at the same time as the report required by that section is made to the registering authority, forward a copy thereof to the transport authority by which the permit relating to the vehicle was granted, or in the case of a permit relating to a service of stage carriages, to the transport authority by which the permit was granted under which the vehicle is being used.
(b) Upon receipt of a report under sub-R. (a), the transport authority by which the permit was issued, may, if the alteration is such as to contravene any of the provisions or conditions of the permit—
(i) vary the permit accordingly, or
(ii) require the permit-holder to provide a substitute vehicle within such period as the authority may specify, and, if the holder f
(a) No trailer other than the trailing half of an articulated vehicle shall be attached to a public service vehicle.
(b) No person other than the attendant or attendants required by R. 203 shall be carried on a trailer.
(c) Subject to the provisions of sub-R. (d) all the provisions of these rules relating to a private carriers permit or to a public carriers permit shall apply to any trailer used for the purposes of a private carrier or a public carrier, as the case may be.
(d) The State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority granting or countersigning a private carriers permit or a public carriers permit may require, as a condition of the permit or of the counter-signature, as the case may be, that no trailer or that not more than one trailer and that only of such type as may be approved by the Inspector-General of Police shall be attached to any transport vehicle covered by the per
(a) Any police officer in uniform not below the rank of police sergeant or Sub-Inspector or any State Excise Officer in uniform or any Central Excise and Land Customs Officer in uniform not below the rank of an Inspector or a District Transport Officer or any Enforcement Inspector in uniform of the Transport Department to the Government of Assam may, at any time when the vehicle is in a public place, call upon the driver of a goods vehicle to stop the vehicle and keep it at rest for such time as may be necessary to enable the officer to make reasonable examination of the contents of the vehicle.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-R. (a) any of the aforesaid officers shall not be entitled to examine the contents of any goods vehicles unless—
(i) the permit in respect of the vehicle contains a provision or condition in respect of the goods which may or may not be carried in the vehicle :
All fees payable for registration and inspection of motor vehicles, permits, driving licences and such other fees as are prescribed shall be paid either in cash, cheque or postal money orders or shall be deposited in the treasury chalan. When payment is made by chalan, the duplicate copy shall be forwarded to the authority concerned who shall maintain an account of all fees received in Form R. F. Register for XII—Fees and other receipts under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.
(a) No person shall use and no person shall cause or allow to be used or to be in any public place any motor vehicle which does not comply with the rules in the Chapter, or with any orders thereunder made by the competent authority.
(b) Nothing in this rule shall apply to a motor vehicle which has been damaged in an accident while at the place of the accident or to a vehicle so damaged or otherwise defective while being removed to the nearest reasonable place of repair or disposal.
(1) Save as hereinafter provided, every motor vehicle while in a public place during the period between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise and at any time when there is no sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the road at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, shall carry the following lamps (hereinafter referred to as “obligatory front lamps”)—
(a) save in the cases of a motor cycle and invalid carriage, two lamps showing to the front a white light visible from a distance of five hundred feet ;
(b) in the case of a motor cycle and an invalid carriage, one lamp showing to the front a white light visible from a distance of five hundred feet and where the registration mark exhibited at the front of the vehicle or exhibited on both sides of a place in the manner prescribed in sub-R. (e) of R. 41, so fixed as to illuminate both sides of the plate ;
(a) Every motor vehicle shall be fitted with brakes of sufficient strength capable of stopping the vehicle within the distance specified in sub-R. (j) and of holding it at rest in all conditions and all the brakes with which the motor vehicle is fitted shall at all times be properly connected and shall be maintained in good and efficient condition.
(b) Every motor vehicle, other than an invalid carriage, a trailer, a road roller, a tractor or locomotive shall be equipped with an efficient braking system or systems sufficient to supply t
Every motor vehicle other than a motor cycle shall be capable of moving under its own power either forwards or backwards.
(a) Every motor vehicle shall be fitted with a horn or other approved device available for immediate use by the driver of the vehicle and capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the vehicle and the driver shall sound it whenever necessary but not so as to cause annoyance to the public :
Provided that the registering authority may, after such examination and enquiry as he thinks fit, prohibit the use in any Municipal area of such types of horns, whistles, or similar appliances on motor vehicles as are likely to be a public nuisance.
(b) No motor vehicle shall be fitted with any multi-toned horn giving a sucession of different notes or with any other sound-producing device giving an unduly harsh, shrill, loud, or alarming noise.
(c) Nothing contained in sub-R. (b) shall prevent the use on vehicles used as ambulances or for fire fighting or salvage purposes or o
(a) Every motor vehicle shall be fitted with a device (herein referred to as a silencer) which by means of an expansion chamber or otherwise reduces, as, far as may be reasonable and practicable, the noise that would otherwise be made by the escape of exhaust gases from the engine.
(b) Every motor vehicle shall be so constructed or equipped that the exhaust gases from the engine are not discharged downards so as to impinge on the road surface.
Every motor vehicle, other than a transport vehicle or a motor cycle having not more than two wheels and to which a side-car is not attached, shall be fitted either internally or externally, and every transport vehicle shall be fitted externally, with a mirror so placed that the driver shall be able to have a clear and distinct vision of vehicles approaching from the rear.
(a) No mascot or other similar fitting or device shall be carried by any motor vehicle in any position where it is likely to strike any person with whom the vehicle may collide unless the mascot is unlikely to cause injury to any person by reason of any projection thereon, and no flags, mascots or other device shall be so attached to the vehicle as to impede the view of the driver.
(b) No motor vehicle shall be permitted to be used which is so constructed that any axle hub or hub cap projects laterally more than four inches beyond the rim of the wheel to which it is attached, unless the! hub or hub cap does not project laterally beyond the body or wings of the vehicle or is provided with an adequate guard.
Every motor vehicle shall be so constructed and maintained as not to cause undue noise when in motion.
(a) On and from the first day of April, 1940, the glass of windscreens or windows facing to the front on the outside of every motor vehicle except glass fitted to the upper deck of a double-decked vehicle shall be safety glass.
(b) For the purpose of this rule—
(i) “safety glass” means glass so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments capable of causing severe cuts ;
(ii) any windscreen or window at the front of the vehicle the inner surface of which is at an angle exceeding thirty degrees to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle shall be deemed to face to the front,
(c) This rule shall not apply to a motor vehicle registered before the first day of April, 1940.
The glass of the front windscreen, side and rear windows of every motor vehicle shall be such and shall be maintained in such condition as to be clearly transparent and allow the driver a clear vision to the front and to the sides and through the prescribed mirror, to the rear of the vehicle.
(a) On and from the first day of April, 1940, an efficient windscreen wiper shall be fitted to every motor vehicle which is so constructed that the driver cannot by opening the windscreen, or otherwise, obtain an adequate view to the front of the vehicle without looking through the windscreen.
(b) The rule shall not apply to a motor vehicle registered before the first day of April, 1940.
(a) The pneumatic tyres of every motor vehicle shall be kept properly inflated and in good and sound condition.
(b) A tyre shall be deemed to be not in good and sound condition if—
(i) any of the fabric of the casing is exposed by wear of the tread or by any unvulcanised cut or abrasion of any part; or
(ii) the tyre shows signs of incipient failure by local deformation or swelling ; or
(iii) it has been patched or repaired by an outside gaiter or patch other than a properly vulcanized repair :
Provided that Cl. (iii) shall not apply to a temporary repair effected to enable the vehicle to be moved to the nearest reasonable place where the tyre can be repaired or replaced.
(c) Police Officers of and above the rank of Inspector and Police Sergeant may order the removal and replacement of any tyre showing patches, bulges or o
(a) Every motor vehicle shall be so constructed, shall be maintained in such condition, and shall be so driven and used on a road, that there shall not be emitted therefrom any smoke, visible vapour, grit, sparks, ashes, cinders, or oily substance, the emission of which could be prevented or avoided by taking of any reasonable steps or the exercise of reasonable care, or the emission of which might cause damage to other persons or property or endanger the safety of any other users of the road in consequence of any harmful content therein.
(b) Every motor vehicle using solid fuel shall be fitted with an efficient appliance for the purpose of preventing the emission of sparks or grit and also with a tray or shield to prevent ashes and cinders from falling on to the road.
(1) Every motor vehicle, other than an invalid carriage or a vehicle which may not under the provisions of the Eighth Schedule to the Act, at any time be driven at a rate of speed in excess of twenty-four kilometer per hour, shall be fitted with an instrument (herein referred to as “Speedometer”) so constructed and in such a position as at all times readily to indicate to the driver of the vehicle the speed at which the vehicle is travelling.
(2) A speedometer shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this rule, if upon test it is found to be accurate within ten percent above far below the speed specified for the vehicle in the Eighth Schedule to the Act, or if no speed is so specified, the above or below a speed of forty-eight Kilometres per hour.
(3) With effect from such date as the State Transport Commissioner may, by notification in the official Gazette appoint in this behalf, every transport vehicle in such are
(a) With effect from such date as the State Transport Commissioner may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, every such transport vehicle as may be specified therein shall be fitted with an instrument (herein referred to as Speed governor) of a pattern approved by the State Transport Commissioner and notified in the official Gazette.
A speed governor when fitting to a transport vehicle shall be sealed with an official seal so that it cannot be removed or tampered with without the seal being broken.
(b) The speed governor of a transport vehicle shall be so set that the vehicle is incapable of being driven at a speed in excess of the speed fixed under sub-S. (2) of S. 71 of the Act.
Every motor vehicle and every trailer drawn thereby shall be equipped with suitable and sufficient means of springing adequately maintained in good and sound condition between the road wheels and the frame of the vehicle :
Provided that this rule shall not apply to—
(i) any motor vehicle registered before the first day of April, 1940 if any means of springing with which it is fitted are adequately maintained in good and sound condition ;
(ii) any tractor not exceeding ten thousand pounds in weight unladen if all the unsprung wheels of the tractor are fitted with pneumatic tyres ;
(iii) any land locomotive, land tractor, land implement, agricultural trailer, or any trailer used solely for the haulage of felled trees j
(iv) motor cycles;
(v) vehicles designed for use in works or in private premises and used on a road only
The steering mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be adequately maintained in good and sound condition, free from backlash exceeding 45 degrees on the steering wheel and all rods and arms shall be adequately protected by bumpers or otherwise from damage, and where the connections are secured with bolts or pins, the bolts or pins shall have such treaded bolts and fitted with nuts which shall be effectively locked or pinned. All connections made with pins shall be such that when they are in any position other than horizontal the head of the pin shall be uppermost.
(a) The overall width of every motor vehicle laden or unladen when measured at right angles to the axis of the motor vehicle between perpendicular planes enclosing the extreme points whether of the vehicle, or of the vehicle and the load shall not exceed—
(i) in the case of a motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle but including a motor cab—seven feet and two inches ;
(ii) in the case of a transport vehicle other than a motor cab—eight feet.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-R. (a) the Regional Transport Authority may, with the sanction of the Government, authorise in special cases the house of a Transport Vehicle having an overall width exceeding eight feet, on a specified route or routes, or in a specified area, within the State. Where a Regional Transport Authority takes action under this sub-rule, it shall enter in the permit of the vehicle particulars of t
(a) The overall length of every motor vehicle other than a trailer shall not exceed 27 feet except on the hill roads referred to in the rules in Appendix I where the limit shall be 22 1/2 feet :
Provided that subject to any general or special instruction issued by the State Transport Commissioner, the State Transport Authority or the Regional Transport Authority, as the case may be, by endorsement in the certificate of registration permit a vehicle up to an overall length of 35 feet to be used on any route or routes or in an area within the State.
(b) In this rule “overall length” means the - length of the vehicles between parallel planes passing through the extreme projecting points of the vehicle exclusive of—
(i) any starting handle ;
(ii) any hood when down :
(iii) any ladder forming part of a turn-table fire escape fixed to a vehicle ;
(a) The overall height of a motor vehicle, other than a double decked motor vehicle, laden or unladen shall not exceed eleven feet when measured from the centre of the roadway to the highest point whether of the vehicle or of the load.
(b) The overall height of a double-decked motor vehicle shall not exceed fifteen feet and six inches.
(c) This rule shall not apply to fire-escapers, tower-wagons and other special purpose vehicles exempted by general or special order of the Inspector-General of Police.
(a) The overhang of a tractor or locomotive shall not exceed six feet.
(b) The overhang of a motor vehicle other than a tractor or locomo#31;tive shall not exceed 45 per cent of the wheel base specified below :
(i) “the wheel base of a motor vehicle” means the distance mea#31;sured horizontally and parrallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle between two vertical planes at right angles to such axis passing through two axles one of which is a steering axle, and
(ii) in the case of a [motor vehicle; having three axles where the front axle is the only steering axle, the distance measured between two vertical planes at right angles to such axis passing through the front steering axle, and a point 4 inches in rear of the centre of a straight line joining the centre points of the rear and middle axles :
Provided that the State Transport Authority may, by general or specia
Every motor vehicle shall be so constructed as to be capable of turning in either direction in circle not exceeding in diameter sixty feet in the case of a vehicle the overall length of which does not exceed twenty-six feet, sixty-six feet in the case of the vehicle the overall length of which exceeds twenty-six feet. For the purpose of this rule such diameter shall be determined by reference to the extreme outer edge of the wheel tract at ground level :
Provided that the Regional Transport Authority may, in its discretion, permit the use of any vehicle which has a turning circle diameter in excess of sixty-six feet in any specified route or region.
(a) For the purposes of the proviso to S 79 of the Act, the signal of an intention to turn to right or left may be given by a mechanical or electrical direction indicator and, during the period between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise, the signal of an intention to stop may be given by an electrical stop light as hereinafter specified.
(b) Every direction indicator in the case of a vehicle fitted with electric lighting equipment shall when in operation be in the form of an illuminated sign of amber colour of a minimum illuminated length of six inches and of a maximum illuminated breadth not exceeding one-fourth of the illuminated length, and the illuminated surface shall be visible both from front and rear of the vehicle.
(c) Every direction indicator in the case of a vehicle not fitted with eletric lighting equipment shall be in the form of an arrow not less than six inches in length,
(a) Every motor vehicle except a locomotive, a tractor or a trailer, shall, unless adequate protection is afforded by the body of the motor vehicle, be provided with wings or other similar fittings to catch, so far as practicable, earth or water thrown up by the rotation of the wheels.
(b) The rear wheels of every trailer except a trailer drawn by a locomotive shall be provided with wings as aforesaid.
(c) This rule shall not apply to special purpose vehicles exempted by general or special order of the registering authority.
Every side-car attached to a motor cycle shall be so attached, at the left-hand side of the motor cycle, that the wheel thereof is not wholly outside perpendicular planes at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the motor cycle, passing through the extreme project#31;ing points in front and in the rear of the motor cycle.
Every motor vehicle for the use of passengers in which the drivers seat is separated from any passengers compartment by a fixed partition which is not capable of being readily opened, shall be furnished with efficient means to enable the passengers in such compartment and the conductor, if any, to signal to the driver to stop the vehicle.
Special rules applicable to all public service vehicles
Every public service vehicle, and all parts thereof including paintwork or varnish, shall be maintained in a clear and sound condition and the engine mechanism and all working parts in reliable working order.
(a) The stability of a double-decked public service vehicle shall be such that when loaded with weights of 1-0 pounds per person placed in the correct relative positions to represent the driver and conductor (if carried) and a full complement of passengers on the upper deck only if the surface on which the vehicle stands were tilted to either side to an angle of 28 degree from the horizontal point at which overturning occurs would not be reached.
(b) The stability of a single-decked public service vehicle other than a motor cab shall be such that under any conditions of load, at an allowance of 150 pounds per passenger and his personal luggage, for which the vehicle is registered, if the surface on which the vehicle stands were titled to either side to an angle of 35 degrees from the horizontal point at which overturning occurs would not be reached.
(c) For the purpose of conducting tests of stab
In the case of a vehicle used as a stage carriage no part of the vehicle other than a direction indicator, when in operation or a driving mirror shall project laterally more than fourteen inches beyond the centre line of the rear wheels in the case of single rear wheels or more than six inches beyond the extreme outer edge of the outer tyre in the case of dual rear wheels.
(a) In every public service vehicle other than a motor cab there shall be provided for each passenger a reasonably comfortable seating space of not less than fifteen inches square measured on straight lines along and at right angles to the front of each seat ; and
(i) when the seats are placed along the vehicle, the backs of the seats on one side shall be at least fifty-four inches distant from the backs of the seats on the other side ;
(ii) when the seats are placed across the vehicle and are facing in the same direction there shall be everywhere a clear space of not less than twenty-six inches between the backs of the seats ; and
(iii) when seats are placed across the vehicle and are facing each other there shall be everywhere a clear space of not less than fifty inches between the backs effacing seats.
(b) The backs of all seats shall be closed to a height of sixt
(a) In every compartment of every public service vehicle the entrance to which compartment is from the front or rear there shall be a gangway along the vehicle, and
(i) where seats are placed along the sides of the vehicle there shall be a gangway as a clear space of not less than twenty-four inches measured between the fronts of the seat ; and
(ii) where seats are placed across the vehicle there shall be a gangway as a clear space of not less than twelve inches between any part of adjoining seats or their supports.
(b) Where the vehicle has seats across the full width of the body with separate doors to each seat, a gangway from front to rear of the vehicle shall not be required.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, no public service vehicle other than a motor carb shall be registered for a number of passengers in excess of that number obtained by subtracting two hundred pounds from the difference in pounds between registered laden and unladen weight of the vehicle and dividing the result by 150 in the case of a single-decked vehicle and 130 in the case of a double-decked vehicle, or for such number of passengers that when the vehicle is loaded in a normal manner, the axle weight of any axle will exceed the registered axle weight for that axle.
Every public service vehicle, other than a motor cab, shall have the following internal height or head-room measured along the centre of the vehicle from the top of the floor boards or battens to the underside of the roof supports—
(i) in the case of a single-decked vehicle with a permanent top, not less than four feet and not more than six feet, or
(ii) in the case of a single-decked vehicle with a movable hoed, not less than four feet and six inches, or
(iii) in the case of a double-decked vehicle having under-slug chassis lower deck not less than 4 feet 6 inches and not more than 6 feet, and upper deck not less than 5 feet and not more than 6 feet. In the case of all other chassis, lower deck not less than 4 feet 6 inches and not more than 5 feet 6 inches, and upper deck not less than 4 feet 6 inches and not more than 5 feet 9 inches :
Provided that the Inspector
(a) No public service vehicle shall be driven other than from the right hand side of the vehicle.
(b) On every public service vehicle space shall be reserved for the drivers seat such as to allow him to have full and unimpeded control of the vehicle and in particular—
(i) the part of the seat against which the drivers back rests shall not be less than eleven inches from the nearest point on the steering wheel :
(ii) the width across the vehicle shall not be less than twenty-seven inches and shall extend to the left of the centre of the steering column in no case less than ten inches and so that a line drawn parallel to the axis of the vehicle through the centre of any gear lever, brake lever or other device to which the driver has to have frequent access lines not less than two inches inside the width reserved for the drivers seat ; and
(iii) in the case of a publi
Every entrance and exit of a public service vehicle other than a motor cab shall be at least 21 inches in width and of sufficient height.
On and from the first day of April, 1940, a grab rail shall be fitted to every entrance or exit, other than an emergency exit, of a public service vehicle other than a motor cab to assist passengers in board#31;ing or alighting from the vehicle.
(a) In every public service vehicle other than a motor cab, the top of the tread of the lowest step for any entrance or exit, other than an emergency exit, shall not be more than 17 inches or less than 10 inches above the ground when the vehicle is empty. All steps shall be fitted with non-slip treads. Fixed steps shall not be less than 9 inches wide and shall in no case project laterally beyond the body of the vehicle unless they are so protected by the front wings (or otherwise) that they are not liable to injure pedestrians.
(b) In the case of a double-decked vehicle—
(i) the risers of all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall be closed, and no unguarded aperture shall be left at the top landing board ;
(ii) all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall be fitted with non-slip treads ;
(iii) the horizontal distance from the neare
On such routes as the transport authority may specify, the passengers seat of every public service vehicle shall be pro#31;vided with fixed or movable cushions which shall be covered with leather, cloth of good quality or any other suitable material capable of being kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(a) Every public service vehicle, other than a motor cab, shall be so constructed that—
(i) in the case of a single-decked vehicle with an enclosed body—
(a) the height of the body sides from the floor or the height of the sills of the windows, as the case may bf, shall not be less than 2 feet and 4 inches ;
(b) if the height of the sides of the body or the sills of the windows, as the case may be, above the highest part of any seat is less than 18 inches, provision is made by means of guard rails or otherwise to prevent the arms of seated passengers being thrust through and being injured by passing vehicles, or the extent to which the side windows or Venetians can be lowered is such that when lowered their top edge is not less than 18 inches above the highest part of any seat ;
(ii) in the case of single-decked vehicle with open sides guard rai
(a) Every public service vehicle shall be either constructed with a fixed and water-tight roof or equipped with a water-tight hood that may be raised or lowered as required.
(b) Save in the case of the uncovered top-deck of a double-decked vehicle, every public service vehicle shall have suitable windows, Venetians or screens capable at all times of protecting the passengers from the weather without preventing adequate ventilation of the vehicle. When the screens are made of fabric, the whole of them shall at all times be fastened securely to the vehicle.
(c) Where glass windows or Venetians are used, they must be provided with effective means to prevent their rattling.
Every public service vehicle, other than a motor cab, having a permanent roof shall be furnished with one or more electric lights adequate to give reasonable illumination throughout the passengers compartment or compartments but of such power or so screen#31;ed as not to impair the forward vision of the driver.
The body of every public service vehicle shall be soundly constructed to the satisfaction of the registering authority and shall be securely fastened to the frame of the vehicle.
No light other than an electric light shall be fitted to any public service vehicle.
(a) After the first day of April, 1941 no fuel tank shall be placed in any public service vehicle under any part of any gang#31;way which is within two feet of any entrance or exit of a single-decked vehicle or the lower deck of a double-decked vehicle.
(b) After the first day of April, 1941, the fuel tank of every public service vehicle shall be so placed that no overflow therefrom shall fall upon any wood work or accumulate where it can be readily ignited. The “off” position of the means of operation shall be clearly marked on the outside of she vehicle. The filling points of all fuel tanks shall be outside the body of the vehicle, and the filler caps shall be so designed and cons#31;tructed that they can be securely fixed in position.
In every public service vehicle any carburettor and appartus associated therewith shall be so placid and shielded that no fuel leaking therefrom shall fall upon any part or fitting that is capable of igniting it or into any receptacle where it might accumulate.
The exhaust pipe of every public service vehicle shall be so fitted or shielded that no inflammable material can be thrown up to it from any other part of the vehicle and that it is not likely to cause afire through proximity to any inflammable material on the vehicle ; the outlet thereof shall be placed on the right hand side of the vehicle and far enough to the rear to prevent, so far as practicable, fumes from entering the vehicle.
All electric wires or leads shall be adequately insulated.,
The Regional Transport Authority may, as a condition to the grant of any permit, require any public service vehicle to be equipped with a fire extinguisher of a type specified by the said authority and may require that such fire extinguishers shall be inspected at such periods and by such persons as the authority may specify.
All moving parts of every public service vehicle and all parts subject to service vibration connected by bolts or studs and nuts shall be fastened by lock nuts or by nuts with efficient spring or lock nut washers or by castellated nuts and split pins or by some other efficient device so as to prevent them working or becoming loose.
(a) The floor boards of every public service vehicle shall be strong and closely fitted so as to exclude as far as possible draughts and dust
(b) The floor boards may be pierced for the purpose of drainage but for no other purpose.
(a) Save as otherwise specified by the Regional Transport Authority in respect of municipal or cantonment areas, every public service vehicle shall at all times be equipped with not less than one spare wheel or rim fitted with a pneumatic tyre in good and sound condition readily inflated, and mounted in such a way that it can be readily dismounted and fitted to the vehicle in the place of any one of the road wheels.
(b) Sub-rule (a) shall not apply to a public service vehicle during the completion of any journey during which it has been necessary to bring the spare wheel or rim and tyre into use.
(c) Every public service vehicle shall at all times be furnished with an efficient jack and other tools necessary to change a wheel or rim and tyre and with the equipment necessary to repair a puncture.
(a) No advertising device, figure or writing shall be exhibited on any public-service vehicle save as may be specified by the Regional Transport Auth#31;ority by any general or specific order.
(b) A public service vehicle when regularly used for carrying Govern#31;ment Mail by or under a contract with the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department, may exhibit in a conspicuous place upon a plate or a plane surface of the motor vehicle the words “ROYAL MAIL” in red colour on a white ground, each letter being not less than six inches in height and of a uniform thickness of three quarter of an inch.
(c) Save as aforesaid no motor vehicle shall display any sign or inscription which includes the word “MAIL”.
(1) The hood of every contract carriage of the type of bazar bus shall be painted in aluminium and the rest of the body in thunder grey colour.
(2) No motor vehicle other than a contract carriage of the types of bazar bus shall be painted in the manner prescribed in sub-R. (1).
Special rules applicable to goods vehicles
Every goods vehicle including a trailer shall be equipped with a strong platform or body so constructed as to be capable of carrying the load for which it is used without danger to other road users and as such that the load can be securely packed within or fastened to the body or platform.
(1) Rule 147 relating to the drivers seat shall apply to every goods vehicle other than a delivery van.
(2) The State Transport Authority may, by order in writing, direct that until the first day of January, 1948 nothing in R. 147 in regard to and consequent upon the provisions that the vehicle shall be driven from the right hand side shall apply to a goods vehicle fitted with left hand steering control and obtained through the Disposal Organisation of the Central Government.
(3) Where a registering authority registers a goods vehicle in respect of which, or belonging to a class in respect of which, an order under sub-R. (2) has been made he shall note in the certificate of registration the fact that nothing in R. 167 in regard to and consequent upon the provision requiring that the vehicle shall be driven from the right band side shall apply to the vehicle.
Special rules ap
(a) The overall length of a trailer (excluding any draw bar) shall not exceed 22 feet except on the hill roads specified in Appendix I where the limit shall be 14 feet.
The draw-bar shall not be more than 4 feet in-length : it must be rigid and so constructed as to bear the strain put on it.
(b) The overall width of a trailer laden or unladen shall not exceed 7 feet and 6 inches.
(c) The height of a trailer laden or unladen shall not exceed 11 feet and when measured from the centre of the roadway to the highest point whether of the vehicle or of the load.
(d) This rule shall not apply to—
(i) a trailer constructed and normally used for the conveyance of indivisible loads of abnormal length ;
(ii) any agricultural or road making implement;
(iii) the trailing part of an articulated vehicle ;
(1) Save as provided in sub-R. (2), every trailer exceeding 225 pounds in weight unladen shall have an efficient braking system, the brakes of which are capable of being applied when it is being drawn—
(i) in the case of a trailer having not more than two axles, to at least all the wheels of one axle « or
(ii) in the case of a trailer having more than two axles, to at least all the wheels of two axles :
Provided always that, in the case of a trailer registered after the first day of April, 1941 the brakes as aforesaid shall be capable of being applied to not less than half the wheels of the trailer.
and so constructed that—
(a) the brakes can be applied either by the driver of the drawing vehicle or by some other person on such vehicle or the trailer :
Provided that this clause shall not apply in the case of a tra
(a) The provisions of the rules specified in the first column of the table below shall not, to the extent specified in the corresponding entries in the second column thereof, apply to, or in relation to, any military motor vehicle registered under S. & of the Act:
Rule No. Extent not applicable
115 ............... Clause (i) of sub-R. (1) and sub-Rr (6) and (7).
118 ............... Sub-rule (d).
128 ............... The whole, in its application to vehicles registered before the first day of April, 1940.
129 ............. The whole.
131 .............
Nothing in Rr. 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122,128,129,131,132,134,135, 137 and 169 shall apply to road rollers and other machines specially constructed or adapted for the construction or maintenance of roads which are the property of the Central or the State Government or of any Local Authority.
Special rules applicable to motor cabs
No goods or luggage shall be carried on the roof of any motor cab.
(1) The hood of every motor cabs shall be painted in cream yellow and the rest of the body in black colour.
(2) No motor vehicle other than a motor cab shall be painted in the manner prescribed in sub-R. (1).
The drivers at motor cab stands shall observe the following rules, namely :
(i) the drivers of the first two motor cabs on the stand must stay beside their cabs and must be ready to be hired at once by any person : all motor cabs on the stand must move up as vacancies occur ;
(ii) every motor cab on the stand shall be kept as near as possible to the kerb or rear side of the stand. No motor cab shall be kept at the stand at greater distance than one foot from the motor cab next in front, or remain with its front wheels off the straight or at an angle to the side of the stand ;
(iii) no motor cab engaged for some future time shall remain on the stand unless the driver is willing to accept any intermediate hiring that may be offered ;
(iv) no disabled motor cab shall remain on the stand.
Special rules applicable to transport vehicles other than motor ca
(1) In these rules, unless otherwise expressly stated “Producer” has the meaning assigned to “Producer Gas Plant” in Cl. (j) of S. 2 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1936 (Assam Act IX of 1936? as amended by Assam Act VI of 1944).
(2) In regard to vehicles already in operation on the road, and which have been fitted with a producer approved by a competent authority prior to the date of issue of these rules, the provisions in these rules, save as regards any subsequent modifications under R. 173-D (3), shall not apply, so long as the producer, its method of attachment and its maintenance satisfy the State Motor Transport Controller.
(1) On or after 1st May, 1945 no producer shall be fitted to a motor vehicle unless the producer—
(a) has been made by a manufacturer approved in this behalf by the registering authority ;
(b) is of a type or model approved by, and in accordance with specifications approved by that authority for use on the type of vehicle concerned ;
(c) has affixed to the generator in such a manner as to be clearly visible, a metal plate having legibly displayed upon it the name of the manufacturer, the description, name, mark or number assigned to it by the registering authority under sub-R. (1) of R. 173-D and the manufacturers serial number.
(2) Any producer approved by a competent authority elsewhere in India as specified in Schedule I and any modification thereof approved by the original authority shall be deemed to be approved for the purposes of sub-R. (1) of this rule ;
(1) Any person seeking the approval of the registering authority under R. 173-B shall make application in writing to the said authority accompanied by duplicate copies of the specifications of clear drawings or prints of the producer and of the instructions for working it, and shall state the type or model of the motor vehicle, and the horse power of the engine for which the producer is intended.
(2) The instructions for the working and maintenance of the producer shall be subject to the approval of the registering authority, who shall cause to be endorsed thereon a statement of the materials and parts declared by the applicant not to be calculated to withstand two years for wear and tear. A copy of the above instructions, so approved and endorsed, and bearing upon it the particulars specified in Cl. (c) of sub-R. (J) of R 173-B shall be attached to, or tendered with, every producer offered for sale. The instructions referred to in sub-
(1) When the registering authority approves of any type or model of producer, he shall inform the applicant in writing accordingly, and shall intimate the description, name, mark or number under which it may be offered for sale.
(2) No person shall sell or offer for sale any producer which does not conform in every material respect to the specification approved by the registering authority in relation to the name, mark or number displayed on the generator in accordance with Cl. (e) of R. 173-B (1).
(3) A manufacturer who proposes to modify or alter in any way the design or specification of an approved type or model of producer shall, before offering the modified type or model for sale, make application to the registering authority with particulars of the modification or changes proposed, and shall obtain the approval of the registering authority thereto.
(4) Upon receipt of an applica
(1) Before according approval to any type or design of producer, the registering authority shall satisfy himself that the design and construction proposed are in accordance with the provisions of these rules and the general specification at Schedule II ; provided that in the case of transport companies which manufacture gas plants exclusively for their own use and do not offer term for sale, minor deviations may be accepted if the registering authority is satisfied that these deviations do not affect public safety.
(2) New or unusual designs and new methods of construction. If any person wishes to manufacture a producer, the design of which contemplates departure from ordinary practice, the employment of any new or unusual methods of construction, or the use of methods of construction and processes not in conformity with these rules and specification, he shall apply to the registering authority stating in what respects the design departs from o
(1) Every producer shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the specifications and with all reasonable care necessary to prevent danger from fire, gas poisoning and burns, and, in particular all pipes, joints, valves, and ail covers to hoppers, generators, coolers, fillers, and any other accessories shall be free from gas or air leaks, and all exposed hot surfaces shall be effectively screened from accidental contract.
(2) If an escape funnel be fitted to any generator for use during the blowing of air through the generator, the mouth of the funnel shall be above the roof level of the vehicle measured externally. A suitable valve or flame trap shall befitted to the air inlet of all types of generator to prevent danger from blowback.
(3) The fitting of a producer plant to any motor vehicle shall be reported to the registering authority as an alteration as required by S. 3? of the Act, and vehicle shall thereupo
(1) No part of any producer shall be placed so as to reduce the field of vision of the driver by means of the mirror prescribed in R. 120 of Assam Motor Vehicles Rule, 1940, or otherwise, or so as to impede the driver in the control of his vehicle.
(2) In a public service vehicle—
(a) no part of the producer shall be placed within the passengers compartment ; and
(b) the generator shall be placed in the rear of the passengers compartment either completely outside it or recessed into the rear panel, and shall be insulated and have the clearance prescribed in R. 173-H ;
(c) in the case of any generator fitted in the rear of a vehicle and to one side of the vehicle, suitable means shall be taken to compensate for the additional weight by inserting one or more leaves in the rear springs of the vehicle at that side :
Provided that notwithstanding the p
(1) On any motor vehicle if any part of the generator is so placed as to be within a distance of six inches in a horizontal place from any part of the vehicle, the vehicle shall be insulated from the generator by a sheet of asbestos one quarter of an inch thick, or by such other insulating material, and of such thickness as the registering authority may, by general or special order in writing, specify in this behalf, not less in height than the height of the generator including the hopper and of such a width as—
(a) where the generator is recessed, completely to line the recess :
(b) where the generator is not recessed, to project for a distance of not less than six inches on either side of the generator.
(2) No part of generator shall have a clearance between it and the insulating material prescribed in sub-R. (1) of less than two inches.
(3) The joints in any insulatin
Subject to the provision in the Eigth Schedule to the Act, no motor vehicle shall be driven at a greater speed than 25 miles per hour or exceeding such speed as may be specified in this behalf for any specified class of motor vehicles within any municipal area or such other area as the Inspector General of Police may specify by notification in the Assam Gazette.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any public place recklessly or negligently or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public having regard to all the circumstances of the case including the nature, condition and use of the place where the vehicle is driven and the amount of traffic which actually is at the time or which might reasonably be expected to be in the place. Whoever contravenes the provisions of this rule shall be punishable1 under S. 116 of the Act.
(a) Subject to the succeeding sub-rules, the signalling device required by S. 80 of the Act, shall be a direction indicator as prescribed in R. 136 and shall be fitted to both sides of the vehicle.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-R. (a), until the 1st day of January, 1948 a vehicle, other than a transport vehicle obtained through the disposal organisation of the Central Government equipped with electric lighting may be fitted with a mechanical direction indicator complying with the requirements of R. 136 (c) on the right hand side of the vehicle only.
(c) The State Transport Authority may by order in writing direct that the provisions of sub-R. (b) shall apply to any transport vehicle or class of transport vehicles equipped with electric lighting specified in the order.
(d) Where a registering authority registers a transport vehicle in respect of which, or belonging to a class in respe
(a) If any motor vehicle is allowed to stand in any place other than a duly appointed parking place in such a way as to cause obstruction to traffic or danger to any person, any Police Officer may—
(i) forthwith cause the vehicle to be moved under its own power or otherwise to the nearest place where the vehicle will not cause undue obstruction or danger ;
(ii) unless it is moved to a position where it will not cause obstruction or danger take all reasonable precautions to indicate the presence of the vehicle ; and
(iii) if the vehicle has been stationary in one place for a continuous period of twenty-four hours and adequate steps have not been taken for its repair or removal by the owner or his representative, remove the vehicle and its contents to the nearest place of safe custody.
(b) If a motor vehicle has been stationary in a duly appointed parking place for a pe
(a) A weighing device for the purpose of S. 73 of the Act may be—
(i) a weigh-bridge installed and maintained at any place by or under the orders of the State Government ;
(ii) a weigh-bridge installed and maintained by any person and certified by the registering authority to be a weighing device for the purpose of the Act and these rules ; or
(iii) a portable wheel-weigher of any kind approved by the State Government
(b) The driver of any goods vehicle shall, upon demand by a competent authority, so drive and manipulate the vehicle as to place it or any wheel or wheels thereof, as the case may be, upon any weigh-bridge or wheel-weigher in such a manner that the weight of the vehicle or the weight transmitted by any wheel or wheels may be exhibited by the weigh#31;bridge or wheel-weigher.
(c) If the driver of a motor vehicle fails within a reaso
Within the limits specified by the Regional Transport Authority and elsewhere on any hill marked by traffic sign No. 10 of Part B of the Ninth Schedule to the Act, no person shall drive a transport vehicle with the engine free, that is to say, with the gear lever in neutral, the clutch lever depressed or with any free wheel or other device in operation which frees the engine from the driving wheels and prevents the engine from acting as a brake when the vehicle is travelling down and incline.
(a) No person shall mount or attempt to mount on, or dismount from, any motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, when the motor vehicle is in motion.
(b) No person shall take hold of and no driver of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow any person to take hold of, any motor vehicle when in motion for the purpose of being towed or drawn upon some other wheeled vehicle or otherwise.
(a) No vehicle other than a mechanically disabled or incompletely assembled motor vehicle, a registered trailer or a side car, shall be towards by any motor vehicle.
(b) No motor vehicle shall be drawn or towed by any other motor vehicle unless there is in the drivers seat of the motor vehicle being drawn or towed a person holding a licence authorising him to drive vehicle or unless the steering wheels of the motor vehicle being towed are firmly and securely supported clear of the road surface by some crane or other device on the vehicle which is drawing or towing it.
(c) When a motor vehicle is being towed by another motor vehicle, the clear distance between the rear of the front vehicle and the front of the rear vehicle, shall at no time exceed fifteen feet. Steps shall be taken to render the tow rope or chain easily distinguishable by other users of the road, and there shall be clearly displayed on the rear of the vehi
Where any road or street is provided with footpaths, or tracks reserved for cycle or specified classes of other traffic, no person save with the sanction of a police officer in uniform, drive any motor vehicle or cause or allow any motor vehicle to be driven on any such footpath or track.
(a) Nothing shall be placed or carried upon the outside of the roof of a double-decked public service vehicle.
(b) No person shall drive, and no person shall cause or allow to be driven, in any public place any motor vehicle which is loaded in a manner likely to cause danger to any person or in such a manner that the load or any part thereof or anything extends—
(i) laterally beyond the side of the body or beyond a vertical plane in prolongation of the side of the body ;
(ii) to the front beyond the foremost part of the vehicle ;
(iii) to the rear to a distance exceeding 4 feet beyond the rearmost part of the vehicle excluding any luggage carrier ; and
(iv) in height by a distance which exceeds 11 feet from the surface upon which the motor vehicle rests.
(c) Clause (iii) of sub-R. (b) shall not apply to a goods motor vehi
(a) Except for the fuel and lubricants necessary for the use of the vehicle, no explosive, highly inflammable or otherwise dangerous substance, shall be carried on any public service vehicle unless it is so packed that, even in the case of an accident to the vehicle, it is unlikely to cause damage or injury to the vehicle or persons carried thereon.
(b) If, in the opinion of a police officer not below the rank of a police sergeant or Sub-Inspector or an Inspector of Motor Vehicles, any public service vehicle is at any time loaded in contravention of this rule, he may order the driver or other person in charge of the motor vehicle to remove or repack the inflammable or dangerous substance.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall sound the horn or other device for giving audible warning with which the motor vehicle is equipped, shall cause or allow any other person to do so, needlessly or to any extent beyond that which is reason#31;ably necessary to ensure safety.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall in any public place make use of any cut-out or other device by means of -which the exhaust gases of the engine are released, save through the silencer.
No driver of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to travel backwards without first satisfying himself that lie will not thereby cause danger or undue inconvenience to any person or in any circumstances, save in the case of a road roller, for any greater distance or period of time than may be reasonably necessary in order to turn the vehicle round.
(a) If within the limits of municipality or cantonment a motor vehicle is at rest within the hours during which lights are required, at the left hand side of any road or street or elsewhere in any duly appointed parking place, it shall not be necessary for the motor vehicle to exhibit any light save as may be required generally or specially by the licensing authority.
(b) Outside the limits of any Municipality or cantonment, if a motor vehicle is at rest within the hours during which lights are required in such a position as not to cause danger or undue inconvenience to other users of the road, it shall not be necessary for the motor vehicle to display any lights.
(a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall at all time when the lights of the motor vehicle are in use so manipulate them that danger or undue inconvenience is not caused to any person by dazzle.
(b) The licensing authority may, by the erection of suitable notices in English and in the local script, prohibit the use, within such areas or in such places as may be specified, of lamps giving a powerful or intense light. When a vehicle is seen to have really dazzling lights which blind the onlooker or person meeting it, the police shall report the fact to the licensing authority who shall then issue a notice to the owner to the effect that his lights are dangerous and should be screened. This can be done either by toning down part of the reflector or painting the upper part of the bulb of lamp glasses white. The registering authority shall see at the time of registration of a motor vehicle that the head lights are not so bright as to be a public nuisa
(a) No load or other thing shall be placed on any motor vehicle so as, at any time, to mask or otherwise interrupt vision of any lamp, registration mark or other mark required to be carried by or exhibited on any motor vehicle by or under the provisions of the Act, unless a duplicate of the lamp or mark so masked or otherwise obscured is exhibited in the manner required by or under the Act for the exhibition of the masked or obscured lamp or mark.
(b) All registration and other marks required to be exhibited on a motor vehicle by or under the provisions of the Act shall at all times be maintained, as far as may be reasonably possible, in a clear and legible condition.
(a) When any line is printed on or inlaid into the surface of any road at lie approach o a load junction or to a pedestrian crossing or otherwise, no driver shall drive a motor vehicle so that any part thereof projects beyond that line at any time when a signal to stop is being given by a police officer or by means of traffic control lights or by the temporary display of Sign No. 3 of Part A of the Ninth Schedule to the Act
(b) A line for the purposes of this rule shall be not less than two inches in width at any part and shall be either in white, black or yellow.
(a) When the authority liable for the repair of a bridge affixes or sets up at each end of it a notice stating that the gross weight of any vehicle or train of vehicles using the bridge must not exceed a specified weight, no driver or the person in charge of any motor vehicle the gross weight of which exceeds the specified weight shall cause or suffer the vehicle to be driven, and the person driving or in charge of any such vehicle shall not drive the vehicle upon the bridge except with the written permission of the said authority.
(b) The driver, conductor or other person in charge of a public service vehicle shall cause all passengers to alight before embarking the said public service vehicle on any ferry boat, and shall not allow them to take their places again in the vehicle until it has been disembarked.
(c) Every passenger in a public service vehicle shall, on the request of the driver, conductor or other person in
Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle in conformity with any indication given by a traffic sign, the erection of which is permitted under sub-S. (1) of S. 75 of the Act,
The driver or the person in charge of a motor vehicle shall obey all directions of police officers in uniform posted or stationed at crossings or other places for the regulation of traffic.
Signal No. I—To stop a vehicle approaching from behind. The signaller should extend his left hand horizontally from the shoulder parallel to the ground, with the palm facing front, its back being towards the rear of vehicle.
Signal No. 2—To stop a vehicle coming from front. The signaller should raise his right hand above his head slightly extending to the front with fingers closed and the palm facing on the coming traffic.
Signal No, 3—To stop a vehicle approaching simultaneously from front and behind The signaller should raise his right hand above and his left hand horizontally from the shoulder parallel to the ground as in Signal Nos. 2 and 1 respectively.
Signal No. 4 (a)—To stop traffic approaching from the left and wanting to turn right. The signaller should extend the left arm as Signal No. 1 and he should extend the right arm little forward with the palm facing downwar
The State or the Regional Transport Authority as the case may be, may, from time to time by notification in the official Gazette, prescribe any time-table or timing regulations for motor vehicles plying in any public place.
(a) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall carry with him his driving licence and shall produce it on demand by any licensing authority or police officer in uniform for examination.
(b) The owner of a motor vehicle or in his absence the driver or other person in charge of the vehicles shall, on demand by any registering authority or police officer in uniform, produce the certificate of registration of the vehicle and where the vehicle is a transport vehicle, the certificate of fitness referred to in S. 38 of the Act.
(c) If the licence or certificates, as the case may be, are not at the time in the possession of the person to whom demand is made, it shall be a sufficient compliance if such person produces the licence or certificates within 10 days at any police station which he specifies to the police officer or authority making the demand :
Provided that, except to such extent and with such modific
No person shall, without the permission of the gate-keeper, take a motor vehicle through or round, a gate provided for the regulation of traffic.
No owner of a heavy motor vehicle shall cause or offer the vehicle to be driven and no person driving or in charge of any such vehicle shall drive the vehicle, upon any bridge at any time when another heavy motor vehicle is on the bridge.
The driver of a motor vehicle shall keep to the left side of the road but when passing any animal or vehicle going in the same direction he shall pass its right and shall not again return to the left side of the road until he is sufficiently far ahead to preclude any risk of collision.
No motor vehicle or trailer the laden or unladen weight of which exceeds 3 1/2 tonnes shall be used on any road maintained by Government or any public authority except those specified in the Fifth Schedule to these rules and subject to the weight restriction specified in that Schedule against each of the roads.
Nothing in Chapter VI of the Acts or the rules in this Chapter shall be deemed to apply to a vehicle belonging to any authorised Fire Brigade, Ambulance or A R. P. Service, when proceeding to scene of any fire accident or air raid incident ; provided that such vehicle is equipped with a gong or horn approved in this regard by the registering authority, and such gong or horn is continuously sounded.
Special rules applicable to trailers
(a) A motor cycle with not more than two wheels with or without a side-car shall not draw a trailer.
(b) No motor cycle shall draw a trailer exceeding 500 pounds in weight unladen or 5 feet in overall width.
(c) No invalid carriage shall draw a trailer.
No motor vehicle which is used for the conveyance of passengers for gain or hire shall draw a trailer, save as provided in R. 111.
There shall be carried one attendant on every trailer to prevent unauthorised persons being carried and to apply the brake if provided.
(a) With effect from the first day of April, 1940, no person shall drive, or offer or cause to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle to which a trailer is attached unless there is exhibited on the back of the trailer a distinguishing mark in the form set out in the diagram contained in the Tenth Schedule to these rules in white on a black ground.
(b) The mark shall be kept clean and unobscured and shall be so fixed to the trailer that—
(i) the letter on the mark is vertical and easily distinguishable from the rear of the trailer :
(ii) the mark is either on the centre or to the right hand side of the back of the trailer ; and
(iii) no part thereof is at a height exceeding four feet from the ground.
The weight of the trailer when unladen as well as the permissible maximum pay load shall be clearly painted or marked on a conspicuous part of the trailer.
Special rule for locomotives
Every locomotive shall carry not less than one attendant, being a competent person of over twenty years of age, in addi#31;tion to the driver, to assist the driver in the management of the locomotive.
A policy of insurance in respect of a motor vehicle shall not be deemed to comply with the requirements of Chapter VIII of the Act unless it covers any liability arising under the provisions of the Workmens Compensation Act, 1923 (Indian Act VIII of 1923), in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any paid employee engaged in driving or otherwise in attendance on, or being carried in such motor vehicle.
An insurer required under S. 105 of the Act to notify such cancellation or suspension of a policy of insurance shall notify such cancellation or suspension to the registering authority having juris#31;diction over the place where the owner of the vehicle covered by the policy of insurance normally resides or has his place of business.
The owner of a motor vehicle applying to pay tax on the vehicle shall forward with the applica#31;tion a certificate of insurance relating to the vehicle and complying with the requirements of Chapter VIII of the Act and valid—
(a) if the application is made prior to the commencement of the period for which tax is tendered, on the first day of that period ; or
(b) if the application is made during the period for which the tax is tendered, on the date of which the application is made :
Provided that the owner of a vehicle exempted under sub-S. (2) of S. 94 of the Act shall forward in place of the certificate of insurance the certificate prescribed in R. 12 of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insur#31;ance) Rules, 1946.
A co-operative society of public service vehicle owners allowed by the State Government under sub-S. (!) of S. 108 of the Act to transact the business of an insurer for the purposes of Chapter VIII of the Act shall lodge the fund referred to in Cl. (a) of that sub-section in the custody of the Reserve Bank of India at Calcutta.
SCHEDULES
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See Rule 8 (d)]
Places within which, and roads upon which, no person shall drive a transport vehicle without the prescribed authorisation :
1. Gauhati-Shillong.
2. Shillong-Dawki.
3. Shillong-Cherrapunji.
4. Tura-Mankachar.
5. Tura-Phulbari, and
6. Any other road specified by the State Transport Commissioner.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[See Rule 41 (a)]
Registration marks to be assigned by Registering Authorities
(As prescribed under Rule 41 (a)]
THE THIRD SCHEDULE
[See Rule 47]
List of authorities empowered to issue temporary certificates of registration.
[Registering Authorities]
THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
[See Rule 61]
Definitions of regions constituted for the purposes of S. 44 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939
Regions—
(i) Dibrugarh R. T. A. Lakhimpur District Headquarters— Dibrugarh.
(ii) Gauhati R. T. A. Kamrup District Headquarters— Gauhati.
(iii) Dhubri R. T. A. Goalpara District Headquarters— Dhubri.
(iv) Tejpur R. T. A. Darrang District Headquar t e r s— Tezpur.
(v) Silchar R. T. A. Cachar D i s t r i ct Headquarters— Silchar.
(vi) Shillong R. T. A. United Khasi and Jaintia Hills Dis#31;trict Headquarters—Shillong,
(vii) Nowgong R. T. A. Nowgong District Headquarters— Nowgong.
(viii) Jorhat R. T. A. Sibsagar District Headquarters— Jorhat.
(ix) Aijal R. T. A. Mizo
THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
[See Rule 260]
THE SIXTH SCHEDULE
In relation to Station of hours of work in advance
(See Rule 98]
Drivers Badge
[See Rule 101]
THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE
[See Rule 179)
Places where driving with gear disengaged is prohibited
(As may be specified by the Regional Transport Authorities)
THE NINTH SCHEDULE
[See Rule 204]
The dimensions shall be as follows :
The letter T printed, in white on a black-ground, upon a plate 8 inches high and 7 inches wide, the dimensions of the letter being—
Height : 7 inches ; width of top bar : 5 inches ; and thickness of lettering : 1 1/2 inches.
FORM R. P. D.
Form of Register for Professional Drivers
[Rule 7 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
Form of Application for authorisation to drive a transport vehicle
[Rule 8 (e) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Licensing Authority,
I apply for the grant of an authorisation to drive transport vehicle within the State/area of..........and forward herewith the driving licence held by me (No ... dated the.......issued by the Licensing Authority of ...)
I possess Adult First Aid Certificate No.......,...issued by...........valid till........and attach the same herewith.
Name of applicant......................... (in block letter or clear script)
Dated...................19... Present address of applicant.....................
Signature or thumb impression of applicant
FORM L. P. S.
Form of intimation of grant of Authorisation to drive a Transport Vehicle
[Rule 8 (h) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Licensing Authority....................................
An authorisation to drive a transport vehicle within the State/area of..............has been issued by me on (date).....in respect of driving licence No........dated the.........valid up to.........issued by you in favour of—
1. Name of the driver........
2. Fathers name..................................
3. Permanent address...........................
4. Present address...............................
Place..........................
Date...........................
Licensing Aut
FORM D C T
Driving Card Test
[Rule 12 (d) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
1. Name of the applicant............
2. Fathers name..........
3. Permanent address..........
4. Present address...........
Test of competence
(a) Driving competence—Good/Fair/Poor.
(b) Mechanical knowledge—Good/Fair/Poor.
(c) Knowledge of Traffic Regulations—Good/Fair/Poor.
Note. To be recorded by the Licensing Authority or the Inspector of Motor Vehicles. To be recorded by the Officer of the Police Department.
FORM L L D
Form of intimation of loss or destruction of Licence and Application for duplicate
[Rule 18 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Licensing Authority.
I..............................of (permanent address)...........and (present address)........(fathers name).........hereby report that driving licence No. ...,......issued by the Licensing Authority....... on or about the........ day of........................ 19 , has been lost/destroyed* in the following circumstances—
2. I hereby apply for a duplicate licence and tender five rupees by........................................
3. I attach two clear copies of a recent photograph of myself.*
Date........................19 Signature or thumb impression of applicant
For use in the office of the Licensing Authority
*Duplicate of driving licence No......., first granted on.............has been issued by me this....................day of......19 .
*Application refused in letter No... ......dated the........., to the applicant giving reasons.
Date......................................19 Licensing Authority
*Strike out alternative not required.
(Parts II, III and IV will be printed on a separate sheet to Part I and will be used if the application is made to an authority other than the original Licensing Authority)
Forwarded to the Licensing Authority,...................for verification and completion of Part III,
Date.......................19 Licensing Authority
Returned to the Licensing Authority.........
The photograph and signature/thumb impression* have been compared with my records.
No such licence appears to have been issued by this office.*
I am not satisfied that the applicant was the holder of a licence described.*
I am satisfied that the applicant was the holder of a licence issued by this office as follows* :
(1) No........................
(2) Date of Issue......................19 .
(3) Last renewed by the Licensing Authority........
(4) Date of expiry........19 .
(5) Classes of vehicles**..............................
(6) The licence—
(a) entitled the holder to drive as a paid employee.*
(b) carried authorisation to drive a public ser
Returned to the Licensing Authority.............................for record.
A duplicate licence has been issued by me on the.........day of......19................ *
and a copy of the photograph affixed thereto is attached.*
I have, in my letter No......... ..dated the..........declined to issue the duplicate licence applied for
and I attach a copy of that letter.*
Date...........................19.............. Licensing Authority
*Strike out alternative not required.
FORM L TEM
Temporary Authorization to drive
[Rule 21 (a) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
I have taken possession of the licence hereunder described :
Name of the holder.........
Fathers name.........
Present address.........
No. of licence.........
Issued by the licensing authority of.........
Date of expiry.........19 .
entitling the holder to drive, as a paid employee* vehicles of the following classes :
**..........................
*Authorising the holder to drive a public service vehicle in.........
2. The holder is hereby exempted from the obligation to produce his licence so long as he is driving in accordance therewith.
FORM L Lr.
Form of Learners Licence
[Rule 22 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
Valid in the State of issue only
No........................... Date................
Name.........................
Present address...............
Fathers name............................ is licensed to drive as a learner, subject to the provisions of R. 22 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940, a motor vehicle of the following description :
............................................
This licence is valid up to the......day of......19
Duplicate signature or thumb impression
transferred from L Lr. A
Licensing Authority..........................
This licence is hereby renewed up to the.
FORM L Lr. A
Form of Application for Learners Licence
[Rule 22 (e) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
I. Application
To
The Licensing Authority.......................................
I hereby apply for a licence authorising me to drive as a learner a vehicle of the following description :
*Motor cycle. *Light transport vehicle
*Motor car. *Heavy transport vehicle
Delivery van
II. Particulars to be furnished by applicant
1. Full name and name of father........
2. Permanent address.........
3. Present address.........
4. Age at the date of application...
5. Particulars of any licence previously held by applicant.....
FORM L E
Form of Intimation by Court of Endorsement of Licence
[Section 19 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R 24 (a)]
Court of the..............................Magistrate...................
To
The Licensing Authority.......................
Licence No...........dated the............issued by you in favour of—
Name......................................
Name of father.......................
Permanent address...................
Present address...........has been endorsed by this Court as follows :
Date of endorsement..........................
Section........ of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and rule...............of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940.
Punishment ordere
FORM L R
Form of Intimation of Renewal of licence
[Section 11 (4) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R. 24 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
From......
The Licensing Authority.....
To
The Licensing Authority.....
Licence No...........................dated......................issued by you in favour of—
Name..................
Name of father.................
Permanent address.................
Present address.......has been renewed by me for a period of twelve months with effect from the..................day of......................19 .
Dated......................19 . Licensing Authority............
FORM L Ad
Intimation when an addition has been made by one Licensing Authority upon a licence issued by another authority in respect of the classes of vehicles which the holder is entitled to drive
(Section 6 (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R. 24 (c) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
From
The Licensing Authority......................
To
The Licensing Authority...............................
Licence No......................dated..............................issued by you in favour of—
Name.................................
Name of father.....................
Permanent address...........
Present address.........................has, with effect from the............day of............19 been extended by m
FORM MS
Approval to the establishment of a Motor Driving School
[Rule 29 of the Assam Motor Vehicle Rules, 1940]
Approval is hereby accorded to the establishment of a school for the training of motor drivers by*........at**......the school being known as the..............................
Date........................... 19 . Licensing Authority.................
Note. This approval is subject to the provisions of the R. 29 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940. These provisions require the proprietor, among other things—
(a) to report any change of address of the school within fourteen days ;
(b) to allow the school to be inspected, at any reasonable time, by a duly authorised person ;
(c) if so required, to obtai
FORM R L W
Application for assignment of registered laden weight to a goods vehicle
[Section 23 (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R. 34 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority.............................
I....................................at present residing or doing, business at............. hereby apply for the assignment of registered laden weight to the vehicle described below :
1. Registration mark.........
2. Name of authority by which the certificate of registration was issued..........
3. Year of first registration, if known.........
4. Unladen weight, if stated on the certificate of registration..........
5. Load capacity, if stated in the certificate of registration
FORM R Tr V
Form of Register for Transport Vehicles
[Rule 37 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
1. No. assigned.........................
2. Name of registered owner.................
3. Name of father..........................
4. Address : Permanent/Temporary...................
5. Makers name.......................
6. Year of manufacture..........................
7. Class of vehicle......................
8. Type of body.........................
9. Carrying (pay load)/seating capacity (including driver)....................
10. Number of cylinders....................
11. Chasis No...................
12. Engine No......................
FORM R Non Tr V
Form of Register for vehicles other than Transport Vehicles
(Rule 37 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
1. No. assigned.....
2. Name of Registered owner......
3. Name of father.....
4. Address : Permanent/Temporary.....
5. Makers name.....
6. Year of manufacture.....
7. Class of vehicle.....
8. Type of body..
9. Carrying (pay load)/seating capacity (including driver) ..........
10. Number of cylinders......
11. Chasis No.....
12. Engine No......
13. Horse power......
14. Unladen weight......
15. Registered laden weight.....
16. Registered
FORM R T
Form of Register of Trailers
[Rule 37 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
1. No. assigned......
2. Name of owner.....
3. Name of father.....
4. Address : Permanent/Temporary...
5. Makers name......
6. Year of manufacture and type of body......
7. Whether two or four wheeler......
8. Carrying (pay load) capacity......
9. Unladen weight......
10. Registered laden weight......
11. Registered axle weight......
12. Number, description and size of tyres......
13. Whether intended for—
(i) private use,
(ii) hire or reward,
FORM C F A
Application for Certificate of Fitness
[Rule 46 (c), 48 (a) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority/Inspector of Motor Vehicles.........
I hereby apply for the issue of a certificate of fitness as required by S. 38 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.
Registration mark of vehicle.........
Name of owner.........
Address of owner.........
Place where the vehicle is ordinarily kept.........
Name of manufacturers of vehicle.........
Manufacturers model, or, if not known, wheel base........
Type of vehicle.........
Engine No.........
Chassis No...
Particulars of any previous certificate of fitness
FORM C F R A
Application for Renewal of Certificate of Fitness
[Rule 46 (d) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority/Inspector of Motor Vehicles.........
I hereby apply for renewal of the certificate of fitness described below :
Registration mark of vehicle.........
Type of vehicle..... ...
Name of owner.........
Address of owner.........
Place where the vehicle is ordinarily kept.........
Number of the certificate of fitness and date of issue or last renewal..
Authority by which the certificate of fitness was issued or last renewed ......
Date..............................19 . Signature or thumb impression of applicant
FORM C F X
Refusal to Renew a Certificate of Fitness
[Rule 46 (g) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
Registration mark of vehicle......
Make and model......
Type of vehicle...... Number...........
Certificate of fitness Issued by......
Last renewed on....................... by......
Date of inspection....................
Name and address of owner................
The vehicle described above fails in my opinion to comply with the provisions of Chapter V of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940 because of the following defects :
...............................................................
I have therefore impounded the certificate of fitness. The vehicle may
FORM C F Sub
Temporary authorisation of use of vehicle when the Certificate of Fitness has expired
[Rule 46 (f) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
The certificate of fitness of*............................... Registration mark..........................................................
Last renewed by..............................on.................................has expired
I hereby authorise the use of the vehicle until the....................day of..........19 ; provided that it is forthwith removed with all reasonable despatch to the area of the authority by whom the certificate of fitness is due to be renewed ;
Provided also that, while being used under this authorisation, the vehicle shall not*—
(a) carry more than.....persons excluding the driver ;
(b) carry any goods ;
FORM C R
Tern Temporary Certificate of Registration
[Rule 47 (c) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
Temporary registration mark....................................
Name, name of father and address of owner..........................
Description of Vehicle
1. Class of vehicle..........
2. Makers name...........
3. Type of body.........
4. Seating capacity.........
5. Colour................................
Under the provisions of S. 25 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, the vehicle described above has been temporarily registered by me and the registration is valid until the.....day of.. 19 .
Date......................................... 19 . *..................................
FORM C R L D
Intimation of loss or destruction of Certificate of Registration and application for duplicate
[Rule 48 (a) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority.....................
The certificate of registration of my motor vehicle the registration mark of which is...................has been lost/destroyed* in the following circumstances.................................
I hereby declare that to my knowledge the registration of the vehicle has not been either suspended or cancelled under any of the provisions of the Act or rules made thereunder and I herewith deposit the fee of Rs. 2 and apply for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration.
Signature or thumb impression of applicant
Date.........19 . Address.........................
FORM HP Ter
Notice of termination of Agreement of Hire-Purchase
[Rule 55 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority.................................
We the undersigned hereby request that note endorsed on the certificate of registration, forwarded herewith, of vehicle No.*...............................in respect of an agreement of hire-purchase between us be cancelled.
Date..........................19 . Signature or thumb impression of registered owner
Date...........................19 . Signature of other party
*Here enter registration mark.
FORM T O
Intimation of transfer of ownership of motor vehicle
[Rules 55 (c) and 52 (a) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
I*...............................................son of.........................of**............................. forward herewith the certificate of registration and the certificate of fitness** of motor vehicle No...........**the ownership of which has been transferred to me by****...........and hereby request that the said vehicle may be registered in my name and that the certificate of registration and the certificate of fitness**** be amended accordingly.
Date....................... 19 Signature or thumb impression of transferee
Endorsement in the case of vehicle which is the subject of an agreement of hire purchase :
I/We*** being a party to an
FORM C R T I
Communication to original Registering Authority of transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle
[Rule 52 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority.........
Motor vehicle No............* registered by you in the name of.....................has, with effect from the...........day of .................19 , been transferred to the name of...................**son of......................of**
The certificate of fitness has been transferred likewise.£
The other party to the hire-purchase agreement, has consented to the transfer, and has entered into an agreement of hire-purchase in respect of the vehicle with the transferee.£
Date.........19 . Registering Authority
*Here enter registration mark.
**Here enter f
FORM R M A
Intimation of change of State or residence and application for new Registration Marks
[Section 29 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R. 50 (a) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Registering Authority.........
I..................of............being the owner of motor vehicle No............hereby declare that I have, since the...... ..day of.........19 , kept the said motor vehicle in the State of.................. and hereby apply for the assignment to the motor vehicle of a new registration mark.
I enclose the certificate of registration and the certificate of fitness* of the vehicle.
Date....................19 . Signature or thumb impression of owner
*Strike out
FORM R M I
Intimation of assignment of new Registration Mark and call for Records from Original Authority
[Section 29 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 and R. 50 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
From
The Registering Authority..................
To*
I hereby assign the registration mark.....................to the motor vehicle previously registered as.........
The new mark shall within 10 days of the issue of this notice be affixed to the vehicle in the place of the old and in the manner prescribed.
Date...........................19 . Registering Authority
Copy forwarded to the Registering Authority............. for information. The registration records of the vehicle or a certified copy of the same may be transferred to this office.
FORM T C A
Form of Application for a Trade Certificate or Certificates
[Rule 58 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940)
To
The Registering Authority , ...................
I/We............of......................being manufacturer(s) of/dealer(s) in motor vehicles hereby apply for...... trade certificates which I/we declare to be bona fide necessary for the purposes of my/our business as herein stated and I/we herewith tender the fee of............rupees by.........My/Our busines is that of.........
Date.........................19 . Signature of applicant(s)
FORM TC
Form of Trade Certificate
[Rule 58 (e) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules,1940]
To be filled in as follow :’
1. Trade registration mark as provided in R. 58 (e).
2. Name and address of the holder of the certificate................................
3. Date of expiry..................
4. Date of issue....................
5. Signature of authority.........................
6. District or other area.............
Note. The use of separate letter in the trade registration mark in respect of each certificate appears to make it unnecessary to state the total number of certificate on the Form above.
FORM TCR
Form of Register of Trade Certificate
[Rule 58 (m) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
Record of
FORM P. St. PA
Application for a permit in respect of a particular stage carriage
[Rule 69 (a) (i) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Regional/State Transport Authority...
In accordance with the provisions of Ss. 45, 46 and 57 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 T/we the undersigned hereby apply for a permit under S. 42 of that Act in respect of stage carriage as hereunder set out:
1. Full name........
2. Name of father (in the case of an individual).......
3.
(i) Present Address/Home........
(ii) Nationality........
(iii) Present occupation.......
(iv) Business experience.......
(v) Period of engagement in the Transport/Carrying trad
FORM P. St. S. A.
Application for a permit in respect of a service of stage carriages
[Rule 69 (a) (ii) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Regional/State Transport Authority.........
In accordance with the provisions of Ss. 45, 46 and 57 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 I/we the undersigned hereby apply for a permit under S. 42 of that Act in respect of a service of stage carriages as hereunder set out :
1. Full Name........................
2. Name of father (in the case of an individual)...
3.
(i) Present address/Home.............
(ii) Nationality........................
(iii) Present Occupation................
(iv) Business experience........
FORM P. Co. P. A.
Application for a permit la respect of a particular contract carriage to be regularly so used
[Rule 69 (a) (iii) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
To
The Regional/State Transport Authority,
In accordance with the provisions of Ss, 45, 49 and 57 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, I/we the undersigned hereby apply for a permit under S. 42 of the Act in respect of a contract carriage as hereunder set out :
1. Full name...
2. Name of father (in the case of an individual)........
3.
(i) Present Address/Home...............
(ii) Nationality...........
(iii) Present occupation............
(iv) Business experience..
(v) Period of engageme
FORM P. Co. S. A.
Application for a permit in respect of one or more casual contract carriages
[Rule 69 (a) (iv) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
FORM P. Pr. C. A. Application in respect of private carriers permit (Rule 69 (a) (v) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940] To FORM P. Pu. C. A. Application in respect of a Public Carriers Permit [Rule 69 (a) (vi) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940] FORM P. Tem. A Application in respect of a temporary permit [Rule 69 (a) (vii) of the Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940) To The Regional/State Transport Authority...... In accordance with the provisions of Ss. 45 and 62 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, I/we the undersigned hereby apply for a temporary permit under S. 42 of that Act as hereinunder set out : 1. Full name...... 2. Name of father (in the case of an individual)...... 3. (i) Present Address/Home...... (ii) Nationality...... (iii) Present occupation...... (iv) Business experience...... (v) Period of engagement in the Transport/Carrying trade...... (vi) Financial resources.... FORM P St. P. Permit in respect of a particular stage carriage [Rule 70 (a) (i) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]Form.R.ST.P .
FORM P. St. P.
Summary to be carried on the vehicle
FORM P. St. S.
Summary to be exhibited on each vehicle*
FORM P. Co. P.
Summary to be exhibited on the vehicle
FORM P. Co. S
Summary to be exhibited on the vehicle
FORM P Pr. C
Private carriers permit
[Rule 70 (a) (v) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940J
FORM P. Pr. C
Summary to be exhibited on each vehicle
FORM P Pu C
Public carriers permit
[Rule 70 (a) (vi) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940)
FORM P Tem
Temporary permit
[Rule 70 (a) (vii) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
.............................Transport Authority................................
No. P. Tem...............................
1. Name of holder...
2. Fathers name.....
3. Address.....
4. Type of vehicle..
(1) Registration mark...........................
(2) Seating capacity...............................
(3) Laden weight..........................
[If (1) is filled in, (2) and (3) may be struck out. Otherwise (2) and (3) must be filled in].
6. Purpose of journey or journeys................
7. Nature of goods, if to be carried..............
FORM R P
Form of Register for Permit
[Rule 71 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
FORM L. Con. A
Application for a Conductors Licence
[Rule 100 (b) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
1. Name......
2. Name of father......
3. Present Address.......
4. Permanent Address......
5. I have not previously held a conductors licence/previously held a conductors licence issued by......
6. I am not disqualified for holding a conductors licence.
7. I hereby declare that I am not less that 18 years of age and that the above statements are true. I attach two copies of a recent photograph of myself.
(Signature or thumb impression of applicant)
Date.......................................19 .
Duplicate signature or thumb impression of applicant
FORM M C Con
Form of Medical Certificate for a Conductor
[Rule 100 (c) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940)
(To be filled in by a registered medical practitioner)
1. Name of person examined......
2. Fathers name......
3. Apparent age......
4. Is the person examined to the best: of your judgment, fit physically and mentally to perform the duties of a conductor of a stage carriage ?
5. Does he show any evidence of being addicted to the excessive use of alcohol or drugs ?
6. Marks of identification......
I certify that the person examined has affixed his signature or thumb impression hereto in my presence and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the above statements are true and that the attached photograph is
FORM I
Application for licence to work as collecting agent/forwarding agent/ collecting and forwarding agent under R. 100 C (1) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940
To
The Secretary, State Transport Authority/Regional Transport Authority........................................
1. Full name...............................
2. Name of father or husband (in the case of individual)...............................
3. Address.......
4. Educational qualification, or experience in the management of transport business........
5. (a) Place where the applicant proposes to engage as an agent.....................
(b) Places where the applicant proposes to engage as an agent...............................
6. Nature and extent of financial resources of the
FORM II
Application for the renewal of Agents licence under R, 100-C (1) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940
To
The Secretary,
State Transport Authority/Regional Transport Authority
I/We hereby apply for the renewal of my/our licence which is attach#31;ed, and particulars of which are as follows :
(a) Licence No.............................
(b) Date of issue...........................
(c) Nature of the licence, i. e , collecting agent or forwarding agent...................
or collecting and forwarding agent............................
(d) Name of the licensee (in block letters).....................
(e) Address..................................
If the licence is not attached, reasons why it is
FORM III
Agents Licence granted under R. 100-B of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940
Licence No........................
Full Name............................
Name of father or husband (in the case of an individual).......................
Address.............................
is licensed to engage as Forwarding Agent/Collecting Agent/Collecting and Forwarding Agent at*......................................... and maintain sub-agencies/offices for the purpose at*................................................... subject to**......The licence is valid from...................to..............
Date.................................
So long as this Agents Licence is valid and renewed from time to time the holder is authorised to use the premises the particulars of which are given below, in c
FORM IV
Annual return for the period ending 31st March 19.. submitted by (name and address of the agent) under R. 100-G (e) of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940
To
FORM R F
Register Form XII-Fees and other receipts under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, for the month of 19...........
[See Rule 113 of the Assam Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940]
FORM F- Concld.
| APPENDIX I |
Additional rules relating to Shillong Municipal and Cantonment Areas and Environs
Motor vehicles may be driven only along such roads and subject to such restrictions as may be notified from time to time by the Secretary, State Transport Authority.
No professional licence for driving shall be granted unless the applicant satisfies the Licensing Authority or any officer appointed by him for this purpose that he is acquainted with the principal places, streets and roads in and around Shillong, with any rules or regula#31;tions relating to them or to traffic thereon that may be in force, that he has a thorough knowledge of the notified rates for hire, and that he is in other respects a fit person 10 drive in a hill station.
(a) The Superintendent of Police may, by notification in the official Gazette and by erection of suitable traffic signs, classify the roads within his jurisdiction in consultation with the authorities concerned under the following categories :
A—Open to motor cars, taxis and motor cycles both ways subject to timing regulations.
(a) Motor cabs are not allowed to use the Gauhati-Shillong Road except by special permission for the purpose of carrying a sick dependant of the owner of a motor cab, i.e., his wife, children, or himself in case he is not the driver : provided that he produces a medical certificate signed by a Registered Medical Practitioner for the sick dependant concerned. In granting such permission the Secretary of the State Transport Authority shall make it clear to the motor cab owner that in the journey without the invalid, he cannot carry passengers and that a violation of this will mean cancellation of his permit.
(b) The motor cab owner shall be liable to pay the prescribed toll for crossing Burnihat bridge.
No public service vehicle shall be driven by any person unless he holds a special driving certificate from the—
Superintendent of Police, Khasi and Jaintia Hills, for the Gauhati-Shillong, Shillong-Sylhet and Shillong-Cherrapunji Roads/ Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Police, Garo Hills, for the Tura-Mankachar and Tura-Phulbarj Roads,
in form S. D. C. of this Appendix, for which a fee of Rs. 2 shall be payable
Note. The test for drivers for special certificates for the Gauhati-Shil#31;long, Shillong-Sylhet and Shiilong-Cherrapunji road will be made at Shillong by the inspector of Motor Vehicles, but when he is not available the test may be made by the Police Sergeant or other officer appointed in this behalf by the Superintendent of Police, Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
No driver of a public service vehicle plying on the above roads, shall drive such a vehicle for a distance of more than 110 miles in a day, the day being reckoned from midnight to midnight :
Provided that the Joint Secretary to Government in the Home Department may, in exceptional circumstances, grant permission for longer journeys than that prescribed on au application being made to him.
Nothing shall be carried on the roof of a public service vehicle using these roads
BRIDGE TOLLS
I
On all non-privileged vehicles for Burnihat Bridge on the Gauhati- Shillong Road
FORM S. D. C.
Form of Special Driving Certificate for drivers on the Gauhati-Shillong, Shillong-Sylhet, Shillong-Cherrapunji. Tura-Mankachar and Tura-Phulbari Roads
[Rule 5, Appendix I]
Certificate No.....................................................
1 hereby certify that.................................................holder of professional driving licence No........................son of..............................................has undergone a special test for driving a..... ..................on........road and has been found competent.
Dated... Superintendent of Police, K. and J. Hills/ Deputy Commissioner
The...day of..,19 . in charge of Police, Garo Hills.
PART A
Full permit to be kept by the holder
.............................Transport Authority......................
Rule PART B
CAUTIONARY SIGNS
No. 14
TRAFFIC ROUNDABOUT
White background.
Black arrows.
Red border.
No. 15
IRISH BRIDGE, DIP OR CAUSEWAY
Plate—white
Red border
Device—black
No. 16
HUMPED BRIDGE OR CULVERT
#1;
Plate—white.
Red border.
Device—black.
Rule PART C
Informatory Signs
No. 5
HOSPITAL
#1;
White background.
Red cross.
Border—black.
No. 6
GO SIGN
(To be used in conjunction with sign No. 3 as set forth in Part A of the Ninth Schedule to the Act, for controlling traffic.)
Traffic Sign : Stop and Go
C. 6
Green plate. Existing Sign No, A 3.
Red disc.
C.6 (A) White band.
Letters—black
White background.
Green square.
Note. “Stop and Go.” A. 3, Ninth Schedule to the Act means “Stop” and should be used. “Go” can be shown by C. 6, as proposed.
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