40Temporary provisions as to the continuance of certain existing road transport permits

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 63 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), a permit granted by the State Transport Authority of Bihar or by any Regional Transport Authority in Bihar shall, if such permit was immediately before the appointed day valid and effective in any area within the transferred territories, be deemed to continue to be valid and effective in that area after that day subject to the provisions of that Act as for the time being in force in that area; and it shall not be necessary for any such permit to be countersigned by the State Transport Authority of West Bengal or by any Regional Transport Authority in West Bengal for the purpose of validating it for use in such area:

Provided that the Central Government may, after consultation with the State Governments, add to, amend or vary the conditions attached to the permit by the authority by which the permit was granted.

(2) No toll, entrance fee or other charge of a like nature shall be levied after the appointed day in respect of any transport vehicle for its operations in the transferred territories under any such permit, if such vehicle was immediately before that day exempt from the payment of any such toll, entrance fee or other charge for its operations beyond the boundaries of Bihar:

Provided that the Central Government may, after consultation with both the State Governments, authorise the levy of any such toll, entrance fee or other charge, as the case may be.