ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION ACT, 1950
No: 64 Dated: Dec, 04 1950
ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION ACT, 1950
-: PRELIMINARY :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
[Provided that on and from the commencement of the Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act, 1971, this Act, as amended by the said Act, shall extend to, and be in force in, the Union territory of Delhi:]
[Provided further that on and from the commencement of the Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982, this Act, as amended by the said Act, shall extend to the Union territory of Mizoram.]
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
[Provided that on and from the commencement of the Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act, 1971, this Act, as amended by the said Act, shall extend to, and be in force in, the Union territory of Delhi:]
[Provided further that on and from the commencement of the Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982, this Act, as amended by the said Act, shall extend to the Union territory of Mizoram.]
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “ancillary service” means any subsidiary service which provides amenities or facilities to persons making use of any road transport service of a Corporation;
[(aa) “Board” means the Board of Directors of a Corporation;]
(b) “Corporation” means a Road Transport Corporation established under section 3;
[(bb) “Director” means a member of the Board;]
(c) “extended area” means any area or route to which the operation of any road transport service of a Corporation has been extended in the manner provided in section 20;
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) “road transport service” means a service carrying passengers or goods or both by road in vehicles for hire or reward;
(f) “vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle, used or capable of being used for the purpose of road transport, and includes a tram-car, a trolly-vehicle and a trailer;
(g) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), have the meaning assigned to them in that Act;
(a) “ancillary service” means any subsidiary service which provides amenities or facilities to persons making use of any road transport service of a Corporation;
[(aa) “Board” means the Board of Directors of a Corporation;]
(b) “Corporation” means a Road Transport Corporation established under section 3;
[(bb) “Director” means a member of the Board;]
(c) “extended area” means any area or route to which the operation of any road transport service of a Corporation has been extended in the manner provided in section 20;
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) “road transport service” means a service carrying passengers or goods or both by road in vehicles for hire or reward;
(f) “vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle, used or capable of being used for the purpose of road transport, and includes a tram-car, a trolly-vehicle and a trailer;
(g) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), have the meaning assigned to them in that Act;