Licensing provisions not applicable to bus-stops, passenger-shelters, etc.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— (1) no licence or permission shall be necessary for the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation in respect of the fixation or erection of posts showing places of stoppage of buses or erection or construction of passenger-shelters, ticket booths and bus stands on any road or land vested in the municipal council: Provided that no passenger-shelter, ticket booths or bus stand shall be erected or constructed under this section except with the previous sanction of the Government; (2) in respect of passenger-shelters, ticket booths and bus stands erected or constructed under this section, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation shall be liable to pay to the municipal council such annual ground rent as may be agreed upon between them, and where there is no such agreement, as may be determined by the Government.