55Temporary provisions as to 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 in the existing Union territory shall, if such permit was immediately before the appointed day, valid and effective in any area therein, be deemed to continue to be valid and effective in that area up to the 31st day of March,1988, 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 any State or Regional Transport Authority for the purpose of validating it for use in such area:

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

(2) No toll, entrance fees or other charges of a like nature shall be levied for a period up to and inclusive of the 31st day of March, 1988, in respect of any transport vehicle for its operations in either the State of Goa or the Union territory of Daman and Diu under any such permit, if such vehicle was immediately before that day exempt from the payment of any such toll, entrance fees or other charges for its operations within the existing Union territory:

Provided that the Central Government may, after consultation with the State Government of Goa authorise the levy of any such toll, entrance fees or other charges, as the case may be.