Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2007

No: 7 Dated: Jan, 18 2008

Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1924

THE PUNJAB MOTOR VEHICI ES TAXAflON (AMENDMEN f) ACT, 2007

(Punjab Act No. 7 of 2008)

An act further to amend the Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1924.

   BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fiftyeighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2007.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of Punjab Act 4 of 1924:- In the Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the words, figure and letter or section 3-F wherever occurring, shall be omitted.

3. Amendment of section 2 of Punjab Act 4 of 1924:- In the principal Act, in section 2,-

(i) the exisung clauses (a) and (oa) shall, respectively, be renumbered as (aa) and ( aaa) and before clause (aa) as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(a) 'big bus' means a stage carriage bus. the body of which shall be fabricated or adapted on chassis, the wheel base of which should not be less than 5156 nun (203"), having 2xJ seats rows, ordinary seats and back rest, .two separate doors for entrance and exit, the searing capacity should not exceed 72+2 driver and conductor, roof luggage carrier and hat racks for placing light luggage inside the bus, unladen weight of which should not exceed 12000 Kgs;",

(ii) after clause (cc), the following clause shall be inserted, namely.-

"(ccc) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended lo this Act;";

(iii) for clause ttl}. the following clau5e shall be substituted. namely:-

"(d) "tax" means the Motor Vehicles Tax. payableunder this Act;"; and

(iv) clause(e) shall be omitted.