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Hovercraft and Hover vehicles, a hovercraft or hover vehicle: (1) is a motor vehicle, whether or not it is intended or adapted for use on roads; but (2) is to be treated as not being a vehicle of any of the defined classes [See the (English) Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, s. 139(1); Road Traffic Act, 1988, 188(1) (English)]....
Hovercraft
Hovercraft, means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle. (English) Hovercraft Act, 1968, s. 4(1) [Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 36, para 421, p. 250]....
hovercraft
A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward thrusting fans and is propelled forward by an air propeller also called ACV and air cushioned vehicle...
Hoveringly
In a hovering manner...
Motor vehicle
Motor vehicle, means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding [twenty-five cubic centimetres]. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (28)]A 'motor vehicle' means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises', Automotive Manu...
Transport Vehicle
Transport Vehicle, means a 'public service vehicle' and a 'public service vehicle', means any motor vehicle either used or adopted motor vehicle for carrying passengers for hire or reward which determines the category of the motor vehicle whether it is adopted for that purpose or not. It must follow that even if a motor vehicle is occasionally used for carrying passengers for hire or reward, it must be regarded when so used as a public service vehicle and therefore a transport vehicle, State of Mysore v. Syed Ibrahim, AIR 1967 SC 1424: (1967) 2 SCWR 18....
Light Motor Vehicle
Light Motor Vehicle, 'light motor vehicle' means a transport vehicle or omnibus the gross vehicle weight of either of which or a motor car or tractor or road-roller the unladen weight of any of which, does not exceed 7,500 kilograms. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(21)]--means a transport vehicle or omnibus the gross vehicle weight of either of which or a motor car or tractor or road-roller the unladen weight of any of which, does not exceed 7500 kilograms. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (21)]...
Lights of vehicles
Lights of vehicles. The (English) Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 37), provides for the lighting of vehicles of every description (except railway locomotives, carriages and trucks, tramcars, trolley vehicles), but including machines and implements of any kind, whether drawn by animal or propelled mechanically. Briefly, the Act deals as follows:-S. 1. Obligatory lights to be carried by vehicles at night.S. 2. Restrictions on the number and nature of lamps to be carried.S. 3. Conditions regulating the use of lamps on vehicles.S. 4. Restrictions on movement of lamps.S. 5. Special provisions as to bicycles and tricycles.S. 6. Horse-drawn vehicles.S. 7. Vehicles carrying overhanging or projecting loads.S. 8. Special provisions as to vehicles towing and being towed.S. 9. Regulations as to reflectors.Penalties, repeals, provisions as to regulations, etc.As to bicycles, see the (English) Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 19. (English) Road Transport Light...
Medium passenger motor vehicle
Medium passenger motor vehicle, means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor cycle, invalid carriage, light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(24)]...
Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, means any motor vehicle as defined in clause (28) of s. 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) constructed or adapted for use for transportation of goods or any motor vehicle not so constructed or adapted when used for the transportation of goods and includes a trailer attached to such vehicle and any means of transportation including an animal to carry goods from one point to another point, [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(16)]...
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