(1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to stop and remain stationary, when required so to do by any prescribed authority in order to enable the said authority to carry out any duty imposed by or under this Act and the said authority may also enter and travé - In the motor vehicle for doing so.
(2) A person authorised under sub-section (1) shall wear such uniform or such other distinguishing insignia may be prescribed, may enter and inspect any place ordi narily used by the owner for garaging a vehicle or keep!nb accounts of his business for the purpose of seeing or ver! yi the whether the provisions of this Act or any rules framed ereunder are being complied with and countersig 2° documents during the course of such inspection.
e e mel Section 10 substituted by Puniab Act XVIT of 1955.
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(3) The prescri ibed re that a rived authorit ' ne owner of te Men © of this Aci is not tb in order to selZ the log book from aoa: inspect an a evaded by give a temporary ackne perNee such main necessary, til the log book kKnowledgement theref r vehicle and un g book is returned to him 7 or to the driver 2((4) All accounts i ; , registers, docut books ° a on aged a motor vehicle shall at. al fe awonatle inspection by the Soe eset oF ai ny bed authority and the Commissioner or such other prescrl quthority may countersign any or all of such accounts registers, documents and books.
(5) If the Commissioner or the prescribed authority has any owner of a motor vehicle is reason to attempting yment of the ta i ting ‘0.
x under this Act, t Commissione r OF such authority may, for reasons to be seize such accounts, registers, documents or as may be necessary, and sha rant a receipt for the same, and shall retain the same only or so long 4s may be necessary for examination thereof or *[for the purpose of any proceedings unde 6) For the purposes of sub-sections (4) an rescribed authority, as the case Commissioner OF the Pp may be, may enter any place of business of the owner © a motor vehicle].
4713-A. (1) The prescribed authority may, if he has Impounee reasons to believe that the driver OF, conductor of a motor vehicle has contra f this Act or the of vened any rovision OF any order oF direction made or ing under sec ‘on Officer, concerned .
thorit seizing the licence or aut a (1) shall give to the cribed
(2) The presc ried Tpesectio other documen ——_— _—_ j 19 of 1958.
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rt Punle Act a bY Punjab Act No. 7 of 1963.
| ‘on’? by the Government of indie O3e at 969.
*Substituted for SR 253 Notification No. &- ‘Substituted by ibid.
Production tickets, Penalty.
Appeals.
Revisions, 7) PASSENGERS AND GOODS TAXATION [1952 : Pb. Act Xyy person surrendering the same a a pet a ment therefor and such acknowle gem 7 all hay effect, until the licence or other documen re retirned to the driver or conductor, as the case may be, asif the same hag not been seized].
of assenger shall upon demand made durin the ae 7 immdeiately before or after the journey produce to any prescribed authority the ticket, voucher or document relating to his travel, or to thecarriage of his goods. On his failure to do so he would be charge.
able with twice the fare as penalty. | Ss 1[14-A..(1) Whoever contravenes, or fails to comply with, any of provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any order or direction made or given thereunder, shall, if no other penalty is provided under this Act for such contravention or failure, be liable to impos;- tion of a penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees,
(2) An officer of the rank of Excise and Taxation Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 7, may, after affording to the person concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, impose the penalty specified in sub-section (1)].
“[15. (1) An appeal shall lie to the appellate authority appointed by the Central Government in this behalf, against any original order passed under this Act within sixty days of the passing of such order or within such further period as the appellate authority may, for sufficient cause, allow.
(2) Save as provided in section 16, an order passed by the appellate authority shall be final].