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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 285] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1975/ASVINA 23,1897

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT

(Transport Wing)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 15th October 1975

G.S.R. 521 (E).-The following draft of the Motor Vehicles (National Permits) Rules, 1975, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (15) of section 63 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), is hereby published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 133 of the said Act, for the information of 'all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of fortyfive days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette,

Any objection or suggestion, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules, before the expiry of the said period, will be considered by the Central Government.

DRAFT RULES

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Motor Vehicles (National Permits) Rules, 1975.

(2) They shall extend to the whole of India. (3) They shall come into force on-

( 2 I I I)

2. Definitions—In these rules, unl;ss the context otherwise requires—

(a) "Act" means (he Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939).

(b) "authorisation" means a document issued by an appropriate authority to a public carrier authorising him to operate as a public carrier throughout the territory of India or in such contiguous States as are specified in the national permit granted to him.

(c) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules, (d) "section" means section of the Act.

3. Form, contents and duration, etc. of the authorisation.-—(1) An application for the grant of an authorisation shall be made in the form set forth in the First Schedule.

(2) Every authorisation shall be in the form set forth in the Second Schedule.

(3) The period of validity of an authorisation shall not exceed ono year at a time:

Provided that the said period shall in no case exceed the period for which the motor vehicle tax has been paid in respect of the motor vehicle.

4. Authorisation fee.—The fee for the grant of an authorisation shall be Rs. 500 per annum and every application for the grant of the same shall be accomp'anicd by a bank draft for the said amount in favour of trne appropriate authority.

5. Maximum registered laden weight of a motor vehicle for grunt of a national permit.—No public carrier shall bei granted a national permit in respect of a motor vehicle which has a registered laden weight of more than 16,000 kgs. in the case of rigid chassis vehicle or a tractor-trailer combination.

6. ARC of the motor vehicle for purposes of a national permit.—A national permit shall not be granted in respect of a motor vehicle which is more than four years old on the date of initial giant of national permit or is more than nine years old at 'any other point of time.

7. Distinguishing particulars to be exhibited on motor vehicle¹—-fi) A motor vehicle plying under a national permit shall be painted in brown colour with broad (30 cms) white borders and the letters "NATIONAL PERMIT" shall be inscribed on two sides of the vehicle in bold letters within a circle of 60 cms. diameter.

(2) A board with the following inscriptions, and with blue letters on white background shall he carried in the motor vehicle, such board being clearly visible above the "public carrier" board, namely :—

"National Permit valid in the Statefs) of

8. Bill of Lading to be carried by the motor vehicle.—(1) A motor vehicle plying under a national permit sh'all at all times carry a Bill of Lading in the form set forth in the Third Schedule.

(2) Carriage of goods not in conformity with the declaration in the Bill of Lading shall be construed as an infringement of t'hc condition of the national permit, rendering the national permit holder li'ablc for action under section 60.

9. Quarterly return to be filed by a national permit holder.—A national permit holder shall file a quarterly return, in respect of the motor vehicle covered by 1'iiesc rules, in the form set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the appropriate authority of th" State in which the national permit is issued and the said authority, in turn, shall forward copies thereof to the appropriate authorities of ths other State concerned.

10. Matters to be borne In mind by the appropriate authority while crmit'iig i national permit—Tn addition to the matters specified in section 55 and section fi^. ihr appropriate authority, in granting a national permit, shall bear in mind the following matters, namely :—•

(a) the contribution of the annlicants to movement of goods between the States in the interest of the public;

(b) the experience of the applicants in the movement of goods on the basis of Regional, State 'and inter-State icgion permits;

(c) in case of granting national permits to those holding State permits, whether they have surrendered the required number of the latter permits so as to fall within the limits laid down in sub-section (13) of section 63,

TJIE FIRST SCHEDULE

[Sec rule 3(1)]

I'omi of application for grant of authorisation

To

The ':'Regional/lllStale Transport Authority.

f/Wc, the undersigned, hereby apply for ihe grant of authorisation valid throughout the territory of India/in the State of

(Here, write the names of the States applicable) 1. Name of the applicant(a) in full (starting with surname, if any;

2. Name of father or husband (in the case of an individual) 3. Complete address 4. Registration mark of the motor vehicle. 5. Engine number of the motor vehicle.

6. Chassis number of t'ne motor vehicle 7. Origin'al permit number of the motor vehicle.

8. Permit issuing authority of the motor vehicle.

9. Make of the motor vehicle.

10. Registered laden weight of the motor vehicle. 11. Unregistered laden weight of the motor vehicle. 12. Pay load of t'ne motor vehicle.

13. Year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.

14. Period for which the authorisation is sought

From -—— —- to ———

15. I/We enclose Bank Drafts as described hcreunder towards payment of the 'authorisa' tion fee;—

Particulars ol Bank Draft and Date

Name of the State

Amount Paid

Date of Payment

(4)

(3)

( 1)

(?)

Signature or thumb impression-

of applicants).

Date :

•Strike out whichever is not applicable.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE

[See rule 3(2)6]

AUTHORISATION

This authorisation is valid throughout the territory of India/in the States of

(Here, write the names of the States applicable.)

1. Name in full-—(Starting with surname, if any).

2. Complete address of holder of the National Permit.

3. Registration mark of the motor vehicle. 4. Engine number of the motor vehicle.

5. Chassis number of the motor vehicle. 6. Permit number of the motor vehicle. 7. Name of the permit issuing authority,

8. Make of the motor vehicle. 9. Registered laden weight of the motor vehicle. 10. Unregistered laden weight of the motor vehicle,

11. Pay lo'ad of the motor vehicle.

12. Year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.

13. Period of validity of the authorisation.

From to —• —

(Signature of the Appropriate Authority).

(Seal of the Appropriate Authority)

(On the Reverae)

Certificate of payment of authorisation fee

S.No.

Name of the

State

Particulars Bank Draft

of and

Period for which paid

Amount Paid

Date

Date of pay- ment

( I)

(3)

(5)

(4)

(6)

(Signature and seal of the Appropriate

Authority)

S

T HE THISD SCHEDULE

f e c

.

(See rule 8)

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BILL OF LADING

Name and Address of the National Permit Holder

Bill No Date

Name of the consigners

Registration number of the motor vehicle

T H Name of the consignee

t !

Destination

Number of articles :Description of goods Cwt.

Total

Freight charges paid

Freight charges to pay

K. G.

G A Z E T T E

Rs. paise Rs. Paise

O P

I

Bill No date

N D

I

Received package

A

Signature of the consigner Signature of the Carrier

From

•At carrier's risk

Truck No

At owner's risk

Signature of the consignee

E X T R A O R D Value of the goods Rs Delivery at

I

N A R Y NOTE.—The Bill of Lading shall be in the proforma given above and shall be in quadruplicate, the original (white) to be carried in the motor vehicle, the duplicate (light green) for the consigner, the triplicate (pink) for the consignee and the fourth copy (cream yellow) for record of the national permit holder.

•Strike out whichever is not applicable.

2 1 1 $

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE

{See rule 9)

QUARTERLY RETURN

1. Name and complete address of the National Permit holder

2. Registraion mark of the motor vehicle

3. National Permit No

Summary of trips made during the quarter

Remarks Month Total distance covered in

Total distance of operation

the State of*

Signature of the National Permit Holder

Date

•Mention the names of the States applicable.

NOTE ; In the remarks column, states reasons for low or high running in any particular State on States and any other factors which caused low operation,

[No. TGS(22)/75]

N.R. REDDY, Jt. Secy.

PHTNTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1 9 75