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Transportation, means the movement of goods or persons from one place to another by a carrier, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505.Transportation, the banishing or sending away a criminal into another country.This punishment was introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 39 Eliz. c. 4. The word is first used in the 14 Car. 2, c. 23. The punishment was chiefly regulated by 5 Geo. 4, c. 84. Returning from transportation before the expiration of the term of punishment was an offence against public justice, and punishable by transportation for life.-4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 67. Transportation has been superseded by penal servitude under the Penal Servitude Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 99), as amended by subsequent Acts. See PENAL SERVITUDE.Also the carriage of passengers of property....
Multimodal transportation
Multimodal transportation, means carriage of goods by two or more modes of transport from the place of acceptance of the goods in India to a place of delivery of the goods outside India. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (k)]...
Transport
Transport, carrier or transporting agent means a person who carries on the business of transporting goods on account of any other person into, or outside or within West Bengal. [West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(52)]Means to carry or convey (a thing) from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505.It means transport from the starting point to the ultimate destination and merely passing through a place in the course of journey does not amount to transporting to that place, P.K. Natesa Mudali v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1971) 2 Andh WR 233: (1971) Mad LJ Cr 573...
Motor transport worker
Motor transport worker, means a person who is employed in a motor transport undertaking directly or through an agency, whether for wages or not, to work in a professional capacity on a transport vehicle or to attend to duties in connection with the arrival, departure, loading or unloading of such transport vehicle and includes a driver, conductor, cleaner, station staff, line checking staff, booking clerk, cash clerk, depot clerk, time-keeper, watchman or attendant, but except in s. 8 does not include-(i) any such person who is employed in a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948;(ii) any such person to whom the provisions of any law for the time being in force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in shops or commercial establishments apply. [The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (h) (i) (ii)]...
Transport, Ministry of
Transport, Ministry of, was established by the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, to take over the duties of various Government departments in relation to transport. See the Act and the London Traffic Act, 1924....
Multimodal transport document
Multimodal transport document, means a negotiable or non-negotiable document evidencing a multimodal transport contract and which can be replaced by electronic data interchange messages permitted by applicable law. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2(la)...
Negotiable multimodal transport document
Negotiable multimodal transport document, means a multimodal transport document which is--(i) made out to order or to bearer; or(ii) made out to order and is transferable by endorsement; or(iii) made out to bearer and is transferable without endorsement. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (n)]...
Motor transport undertaking
Motor transport undertaking, means a motor transport undertaking engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward, and includes a private carrier. [Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (g)]...
Transportation for life
Transportation for life, a person sentenced to trans-portation for life may be detained in prison for life, Sambha Ji Krishan Ji v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1974 SC 147: (1974) 1 SCC 196...
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....
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