Lawgist91Restriction of hours of work of drivers
1 [(1) The hours of work of any person engaged for operating a transport vehicle shall be such as provided in the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961).]
(2) A State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, grant such exemptions from the provisions of sub-section (1) as it thinks fit, to meet cases of emergency or of delays by reason of circumstances which could not be foreseen.
(3) A State Government or, if authorised in this behalf by the State Government by rules made under section 96, the State or a Regional Transport Authority may require persons employing any person whose work is subject to any of the provisions of sub-section (1) to fix beforehand the hours of work of such persons so as to conform to those provisions, and may provide for the recording of the hours so fixed.
(4) No person shall work or shall cause or allow any other person to work outside the hours fixed or recorded for the work of such persons under sub-section (3).
(5) A State Government may prescribe the circumstances under which and the period during which the driver of a vehicle although not engaged in work is required to remain on or near the vehicle may be deemed to be an interval for rest within the meaning of sub-section (1).
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1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 29, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).
- 66 Necessity for permits
- 67 Power to State Government to control road transport
- 68 Transport Authorities
- 69 General provision as to applications for permits
- 70 Application for stage carriage permit
- 71 Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit
- 72 Grant of stage carriage permits
- 73 Application for contract carriage permit
- 74 Grant of contract carriage permit
- 75 Scheme for renting of motor cabs
- 76 Application for private service vehicle permit
- 77 Application for goods carriage permit
- 78 Consideration of application for goods carriage permit
- 79 Grant of goods carriage permit
- 80 Procedure in applying for and granting permits
- 81 Duration and renewal of permits
- 82 Transfer of permit
- 83 Replacement of vehicles
- 84 General conditions attaching to all permits
- 85 General form of permits
- 86 Cancellation and suspension of permits
- 87 Temporary permits
- 88 Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted
- 88A Power of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods
- 89 Appeals
- 90 Revision
- 91 Restriction of hours of work of drivers
- 92 Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability
- 93 Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence
- 94 Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts
- 95 Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages
- 96 Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter
