(l) This AC1 may he called the Kerala Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers and Goods) Act, 1903.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Keiala.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Defimlmnnaln this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “notification" means a notification published in the Gazette;
(b) ”operator" means any person whose name is entered in the permit as the holder thereof,
(c) “permit” means a permit granted or counterSigned under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), authorising the use ofa vehicle as a stage carnage or as a public earner vehicle in any pait of the State, (:1) “piflcribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act,
(2) “public cariier vehicle” means a motor vehicle carrying or adapted to carry goods for hire OI reward;
(f) “stage carriage” means a motor vehicle, carrying or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver, which carries passengers for hire or reward, at sepaiate fai es paid by or for individual passengers, either for the whole journey or for stages of the journey, and includes such a carriage when used as a contract carriage within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939,
(a) “State” means the State of Keiala;
(Ii) “tax” means the tax referred to in section 3,
(i) “taxable vehicle” means a stage cairiage, or a public carrier vehicle, which )5 icferred to iii section 3.
“ Received the assent of the President on llth April, 1963 and Publlsl’lcd in the Gazette Extramdinary dated 15th April, 1963.
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