(1) 'Conductor' means the servant of the corporation designated as such and includes any person authorized by the corporation for the purpose of charging fare and supplying ticket for travelling by a motor vehicle.
(2) 'Corporation' means the Rajasthan State Road Transport corporation as established under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 (Central Act 64 of 1950)
(3) 'Fare' means the total amount of all charges of whatever nature payable by a person or group of persons in respect his or their carriage and luggage in a road transport service, and includes the amount of any tax levied on such fare under any law for the time being in force.
(4) 'Motor Vehicle' means a motor vehicle as defined by the Motor vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), which is for the time being operated by or under the authority of the corporation in a road transport service,
(5) 'Pass' means a duty, privilege or courtesy pass issued by or under the authority of the corporation entitling the person to whom it is given to travel in a motor vehicle gratuitously.
(6) 'Road transport service' means a service of motor vehicles operated by the corporation for hire or for passengers or goods or both by road for hire or for reward.
(7). 'Schedule' means the scheduled time fixed from time to time by the corporation for the running of a motor vehicle between two termini on a particular route.
(8) 'Ticket' includes a single ticket, a return ticket or a season ticket.
(2) All other expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them under the Motor vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939) as in force in Rajasthan.
3. Charging of fare and supply of tickets - The conductor on duty shall charge fare from every person who enters or remains in a motor vehicle with intent to travel and upon payment of fare, supply to such person a ticket containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
4. Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket - No person shall enter or remain in any motor vehicle for the purpose of travelling therein unless he has with him a proper pass or ticket.
Provided that where arrangement for the supply of tickets are made in the motor vehicle by which a person has to travel, a person may enter such motor vehicle but as soon as may be after his entry therein, he shall make the payment of his fare to the conductor and obtain from him the ticket for his journey without which he shall not remain in such motor vehicle.
5. Obligation to show passes and tickets - Every person travelling by a motor vehicle shall, on requisition of the conductor or any other servant of the corporation, authorised in this behalf, present his pass or ticket to such conductor or servant for examination at or before the end of the journey for which the pass or ticket was issued.
6. Punishment for travelling without proper pass or ticket -
(1) If a person -
(a) Enters or remains in a motor vehicle or in any way travels therein without proper pass or ticket in contravention of section 4; or
(b) While travelling by a motor vehicle or while remaining in it or having alighted from it, fails or refuses to present for examination pass or ticket immediately on requisition being made therefore under section 5; or
(c) uses or attempts to use with intent to defraud the corporation as invalid ticket within the meaning of clauses (a), (b),(c),(e),(f) and (g) of the Explanation to section 8 or a single pass or a single ticket which has already been used on a previous journey, or in the case of a return ticket, a half thereof which has already been used.
He shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or with both and shall also be liable to pay the excess charge mentioned in sub-section (2) in addition to the ordinary single fare for the distance which he has travelled without proper pass or ticket or where there is any doubt as to the place from which he started his journey without proper pass or ticket the fare from the place from which the motor vehicle originally started or if the tickets of other persons travelling by same motor vehicle have been examined since the original starting of the motor vehicle, the ordinary single fare from the place where the tickets were last examined.
(2) The excess charge referred to in sub-section (1) shall be a sum equivalent to the ordinary single fare referred to in that sub-section or five rupees whichever greater.
(3) Where a person liable to pay any sum as an ordinary fare and the excess charge under this section fails or refuses to pay the same on demand being made therefore under this act, any servant of the corporation appointed by it in this behalf may apply to the judicial Magistrate competent under section 11 for the recovery of the said sum which shall be payable and recoverable as if it were a fine, and the said judicial Magistrate if satisfied that the sum is payable and recoverable under this Act, he shall order it to be so recovered , and may order that the person liable for payment shall in default of payment suffer imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven days,
7. Entering a motor vehicle in motion or otherwise improperly travelling thereby without pass or ticket.
(1) If a person without holding a proper pass or ticket, enters or leaves or attempts to enter or leave, any motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is in motion or elsewhere than by the entry or exit door appointed by the corporation for the passengers to enter or leave the motor vehicle he shall be liable to punishment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.
(2) If a person without holding a proper pass or ticket, travels by any motor vehicle while occupying any place on the roof, steps or foot board of any motor vehicle or on the engine or by the side of the driver or on any other part of the motor vehicle not intended for use of passengers, he shall be liable to punishment with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both, and may be removed therefrom by the conductor or the driver of the motor vehicle or by any other servant of the corporation authorised to do so in this behalf.
(3) Any person who is liable to the penalties provided in sub-sections
(1) and (2) shall also be liable to pay the excess fare as mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 6 and the provisions of sub-section (3) of the said section shall apply to the recovery of excess fare from such person or the punishment of such person by imprisonment in default of payment of excess fare.