Gujarat Motor Vehicle Rule MCQ
These rules may be called the Gujarat Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
These rules shall come into force on and from the 1 st day of July,1989
Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context requires otherwise-
(a) “Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(b) “Assistant Inspector of Motor Vehicles” means any officer ppointed as
such by the State Government;
(c) “Assistant Director of Transport” means any officer appointed as such
by the State Government;
(d) “Assistant Regional Transport Officer” means any officer appointed by
the State Government for any area to perform the functions of the Assistant
Regional Transport Officer under the Act and the rules made there under;
(e) “Commissioner of Transport” means any officer appointed by the State
Government to perform the functions of the commissioner of Transport under the
Act and the rules made there under and includes a Joint Director of Transport
and Deputy Director of Transport appointed as such by the State Government.
(e) “Director of Transport” means any officer appointed by the State Government
to perform the functions of the Director of Transport under the Act and the
rules made thereunder and include a Joint
Director of Transport and a Deputy Director of Transport appointed as
such by the State Government;
(f) “Form” means a form as setforth in the First Schedule appended to these
rules;
(g) “Inspector of Motor vehicles” means any officer appointed as such by
the State Government to perform the functions of the Inspector of Motor
Vehicles under the Act and the rules made thereunder;
(h) “Passenger” means any person traveling in a public service vehicle
other than the driver or the conductor or the attendant;
(i) “Regional Transport Officer” means any officer appointed by the State
Government for any area to perform the functions of the Regional Transport
Officer under the Act and the rules made thereunder and includes an Assistant
Regional Transport Officer appointed by the State Government;
(j) “Rule” means a rule of the Gujarat Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989;
(k) “Schedule” means a Schedule appended to these rules;
(l) “Section” means a section of the Act;
(la) “Sleeper designated omnibus” means a contract carriage constructed
or adapted to carry more than six passengers excluding the driver with a
facility of comfortable sleep on berth for hire orreward and is engaged under a
contract, whether expressed or implied for the use of such vehicle as a whole
for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person
with a permit holder in relation to such vehicle or any person authorized by
him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed sum – (i) on a time basis, whether
or not with reference to any route or distance, or
(ii) from one point to another, and in either case, without stopping the
sleeper designated omnibus to pick-up or allow he passengers to get down not
included in the contract any where during the journey.
(m) “State” means the State of Gujarat.
(n) Defination of “Testing Institute” deleted
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