(1) Any person may apply for registration no the competent authority to carry on or commence the business of multimodal transportation.
(2) An application under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a fee of ten thousand rupees-
(3) On receipt of the application, tho competent mithority shall satisfy that the applicant fulfils the following conditions, namely.—
(a) (i) that the applicant is a shipping company or a company engaged in the business of freight forwarding in India or abroad with a minimum annual turnover of fifty lakh rupees during the immediate preceding financial year or an average annual turnover of fifty lakh rupees during the preceding three financial years as certified by a chartered accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949;
No pwson to cany on business •without registration.
Registration for multitnodaJ transportation.
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(ii) that if the applicant is a company oliher than the company specified in sub-clause (i'J, the subscribed share capital of such company is not less than fifty lakh rupees;
(6) that the applicant has offices or agents or representatives in not less tihan two other countries, and on being so satisfied, register the applicant as mjultimodal transport operator and grant a certificate to iL to carry on or commence the business of multimodul transportation and the competent authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to grant registration if it is satislied that the applicant does not fulfil the said conditions.
(4) A certificate granted under sub-section (3) shall be valid for a period of one year and may be renewed irroni time to time for a further penoa of one year at a time.
(5) An application Tor renewal shall be made in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.
5. The competent authority may, if it is satisfied at any time after registration that—
(a) any statement in, or in relation to, any application under subsection (.2) of section 4 or its renewal under sub-section (5) of that section, is incorrect or false in any material particular; or
(6) any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder has been contravened by the multimodal transport operator; or
(c) the multimodal transport operator has not entered into any multimodal transport contract during the preceding two years after his registration, caned by order the certificate of registration:
Providad that no such registration shall be cancelled unless the multimodal transport operator has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the proposed action.
6. (I) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the competent authority under section 5 may prefer an appeal to the Central Government within such period as may be prescribed.
(2) No appeal shall be admitted if it is preferred after the expiry of the prescribed period:
Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the prescribed period if the appellant satisfies the Central Government that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the prescribed period.
(3) Every appeal made under this section shall be made in such form and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a copy of the order appealed against.
(4) On receipt of any such appeal, the Central Government shall, after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after making such enquiry as it deems proper, make such order as it thinks fit.
Cancellation of registration.
Appeal.
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