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Definition :

Contract carriage, means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum-

(a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (a)]

(b) from one point to another. [The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b)]

And in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes:

a maxicab; and [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (i)]

a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (ii)]