92Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability
Any contract for the conveyance of a passenger in a 1[transport vehicle, in respect of which a permit or licence] has been issued under this Chapter, shall, so far as it purports to negative or restrict the liability of any person in respect of any claim made against that person in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, the passenger while being carried in, entering or alighting from the vehicle, or purports to impose any conditions with respect to the enforcement of any such liability, be void.
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1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 35, for "stage carriage or contract carriage, in respect of which a permit" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
- 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