Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950
No: 64 Dated: Dec, 04 1950
THE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS ACT, 1950
ACT NO. 64 OF 1950
An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of Road Transport Corporations.
BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:—
CHAPTER I
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. 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;
CHAPTER II ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS
3. Establishment of Road Transport Corporations in the States.—The State Government having regard to—
(a) the advantages offered to the public, trade and industry by the development of road transport;
(b) the desirability of co-ordinating any form of road transport with any other form of transport;
(c) the desirability of extending and improving the facilities for road transport in any area and of providing an efficient and economical system of road transport service therein,
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Road Transport Corporation for the whole or any part of the Union territory of Delhi under such name as may be specified in the notification.
4. Incorporation.—Every Corporation shall be a body corporate by the name notified under section 3 having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.