The Motor Vehicles (Kerala Amendment) Act, 1968 [1] Complete Act - Bare Act

THE MOTOR VEHICLES (KERALA AMENDMENT) ACT, 1968 [1]

(Act 16 of 1968)

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to the State of Kerala

Preamble

.- WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to the State of Kerala, for the purpose hereinafter appearing ;

BE it enacted in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and extent.- (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles ( Kerala Amendment) Act, 1968.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

2. Amendment of section 47.- In section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), in sub-section (1), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

"Provided that other conditions being equal,-

(a) an application for a stage carriage permit from the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation shall, as far as may be, be given preference over other applications; and

(b) subject to clause(a), an application for a stage carriage permit from a co-operative society registered or deemed to have been registered under any enactment in force for the time being shall, as far as may be, be given preference over applications from individual owners."