The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt totally or partially from payment of tax the passengers 1[carried by stage carriages plying exclusively within a municipal area or exclusively on such routes serving municipal and adjacent areas as may be specified in the notification, or passengers] carried in stage carriages on such inter-State routes as may be specified in the notification or carried by stage carriage operating in furtherance of any educational, medical, philanthropic, or other object.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The State Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette,</i> exempt totally or partially from payment of tax the passengers <sup>1</sup>[carried by stage carriages plying exclusively within a municipal area or exclusively on such routes serving municipal and adjacent areas as may be specified in the notification, or passengers] carried in stage carriages on such inter-State routes as may be specified in the notification or carried by stage carriage operating in furtherance of any educational, medical, philanthropic, or other object. <br>