LawgistThe Carriage by Road Act
3Persons not to engage in business of common carrier without registration
(1) No person shall engage in the business of a common carrier, after the commencement of this Act, unless he has been granted a certificate of registration.
(2) Any person who is engaged, whether wholly or partly, in the business of a common carrier, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall,--
(a) apply for a registration within ninety days from the date of such commencement;
(b) cease to engage in such business on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of such commencement unless he has applied for registration and the certificate of registration has been granted by the registering authority.
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All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Persons not to engage in business of common carrier without registration
- 4 Application for grant or renewal of registration
- 5 Suspension or cancellation of registration
- 6 Appeal
- 7 Submission of annual return
- 8 Goods forwarding note
- 9 Goods receipt
- 10 Liability of common carrier
- 11 Rates of charge to be fixed by common carrier for carriage of consignment at a higher risk rate
- 12 Conditions limiting exonerating the liability of the common carrier
- 13 Provision for carriage of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life
- 14 Power of Central Government to prohibit carriage of certain class of goods
- 15 Right of common carrier in case of consignee’s default
- 16 Notice for institution of a suit
- 17 General responsibility of common carrier
- 18 Punishment for contravention in relation to non-registration, carrying goods of dangerous or hazardous nature, or prohibited goods
- 19 Composition of offences
- 20 Power to make rules
- 21 Power to remove difficulties
- 22 Repeal and saving
