Assam State Road Transport Act, 1954
No: 30 Dated: Oct, 20 1954
Amendment:- Assam State Road Transport (Amendment) Act, 1955
THE ASSAM STATE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT, 1954
ASSAM ACT XXX OF 1954
An Act to provide for State Road Transport Service in Assam
Whereas as is expedient in the interest of the general public and for the promotion of suitable and efficient road transport to provide for State Road Transport Services in Assam;
It is hereby enacted in the Fifth Year of our Republic as follows :
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Assam State Road Transport Act, 1954.
(2) It extends to the whole of Assam
(3) It shall come into force oh such cute as the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette, specified in this behalf.
2. Definitions. - In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in subject or context-
(a) " appointed date" means the date immediately preceding the commencement of this Act ;
(b) " prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(c) " public service vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (IV of 1939), and also includes a public carrier ;
(d) " route" means a road or roads, part or parts of a road or roads over which a transport' vehicle may be authorised to be used under a permit granted or which, but for this Act, would have been granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (IV of 1939);
(e) " State Road Transport Service" means Transport Service by a public service vehicle owned by the State Government ;
(f) "State Government" means the Government of Assam ;
(g) " State Road Transport Board" means a Board constituted by the Government of Assam under the Act with a view to manage, control and supervise the State Road Transport Services ;
(h) "Transport Commissioner" means the Transport Commissioner of Assam appointed by the State Government and includes any other officer who may be authorized by the State Government to perform the functions of the Transport Commissioner under this Act ; and
(i) Words and expressions not de-find in this Act, but defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (IV of 1939), have the meaning assigned to them in the said Act.
3. Power of the State Government to run Road Transport Services. - Where the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of general public and for sub-serving the common good so to direct, it may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare that the road transport services in general or any particular class of such service on any route or portion thereof, as may be specified, shall be run and operated by the State Government exclusively or by the State Government in conjunction with Railway, or partly by the State Government and partly by others in accordance with the provisions of this Act.