Chapter V — Control Of Transport Vehicles

Section 73Application for contract carriage permit

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)

Text of the section

Application for contract carriage permit.—An application for a permit in respect of a contract carriage (in this Chapter referred to as a contract carriage permit) shall contain the following particulars, namely:— (a) the type and seating capacity of the vehicle; (b) the area for which the permit is required; (c) any other particulars which may be prescribed.

Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.

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