(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act,
1992.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "barrier" means a barrier established under section 4;
(b) "motor transport vehicle" means a stage carriage, contract carriage or goods carriage as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
(c) "operator" means any person whose name is entered in the permit in respect of the motor transport vehicle as the holder thereof or where the motor transport vehicle is used or caused or allowed to be used without a permit, a person in whose name that vehicle is registered under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and includes any person having the possession or control or for the time being in-charge of the motor transport vehicle;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) "toll" means the toll levied under section 3 of this Act;
(f) 'Toll Tax Officer" means such officer or officers as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint to be the Toll Tax Officer for the whole of the State of Gujarat or any area or areas thereof for the purposes of this Act and includes a Taxation Authority appointed under the Bombay Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1958;
(g) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
3. 2[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, there shall be levied and collected a toll on every entry in the State of Gujarat, of a motor transport vehicle plying under a permit granted or deemed to have been granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by an authority having jurisdiction outside the State of Gujarat, at such rate not exceeding one hundred rupees per vehicle, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.]
(2) The toll shall be paid by the operator of the motor transport vehicle in cash.
4. For the purpose of collection of toll, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish barriers at such places as may be specified in the notification.
5. The motor transport vehicle liable to pay toll under section 3 shall not be allowed to enter or ply unless the toll is paid, and the Toll Tax Officer shall have power to prevent such vehicle from entering or plying in the State in contravention of the Short tide, extent and Commencement.
Definitions 59 of 1988.
59 of 1988.
Bom. LXV of 1958.
59 Of 1988.
59 of 1988.
Levy of toll.
Establishment of barriers.
Prohibition of entry without paying toll.
[ 1992 : Guj . 7 Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992 provisions of this Act.