(1) If any consignment of goods is being transported by road from a place outside the State of Bihar to another such place and the vehicle carrying the consignment passes through the territory of the State, the driver or any other person in-charge of the vehicle shall obtain transit permission in the prescribed manner from the authority of the first check-post falling en route after entry into the State and shall surrender the same transit permission to the authority of the last check-post before leaving the State and in the event of failure to do so within seventy-two hours of leaving the first check-post falling en route, it shall be deemed that goods so transported have been sold by the owner or the person in-charge of the vehicle within the State of Bihar.
(2) In case the driver or person referred to in sub-section (1) fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1), he shall be liable to pay penalty at the rate of rupees five hundred for every day of the default or a sum twice the amount of tax calculated on the value of the goods transported in contravention of that sub-section, whichever is higher:
Provided that no such penalty shall be levied without giving the person an opportunity of being heard:
Provided further that if the person proceeded against, justifies, beyond any doubt, the reasons for any delay exceeding seventy-two hours, the prescribed authority shall, for reasons to be recorded in writing, condone the delay.