Maharashtra Requisitioning (and Control) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1965
No: 2 Dated: Feb, 05 1966
MAHARASHTRA REQUISITIONING (AND CONTROL) OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1969
ACT No. II OF 1966
An Act to provide for the requisitioning and control of motor vehicles in certain emergent circumstances.
WHEREAS it is expendient to provide for the requisitioning of motor vehicles, and to control their use, in certain emergent circumstances, and for matters connected therewith;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :––
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Requisitioning (and Control) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1965.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,––
(a) “motor vehicle” or “vehicle” means any vehicle used or capable of being used, for the purpose of road transport, which is mechanically propelled, whether used for drawing other vehicles or otherwise ;
(b) “owner” includes, where the person in possession of a motor vehicle is a minor, the guardian of such minor, and in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire purchase agreement, the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement ;
(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act
3. Requisitioning of motor vehicles:- (1) If in the opinion of the State Government it is necessary or expedient so to do for securing the maintenance of services and supplies essential to the life of the community, the maintenance of public order, or the relief of distress caused by serious draught, flood, fire or other natural calamities, the State Government may, by order in writing, requisition any motor vehicle and may make such further orders as appear to it to be necessary or expedient, in connection with the requisitioning.
(2) Where the State Government has requisitioned any motor vehicle under sub-section (1), it shall vest in that Government for the period of the requisitioning and that Government may use or deal with it in such manner as may appear to it to be expedient.
(3) Any person authorised by the State Government may at any reasonable hour enter any premises and inspect any motor vehicles therein or thereon for the purpose of determining whether, and, if so, in what manner, any order under this section should be made in relation to such vehicle, or with a view to securing compliance with any order made under this section.