section 4
Amendment of Act 25 of 1963.-In the said Act,
The Kerala Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers and Goods) Revival and Special Provisions Act, 1983Tax19838 sections
Statutory text
- (1) in section 2,—
- (i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— “(a) ‘articulated vehicle’ means a tractor to which a trailer is attached in such a manner that a part of the trailer is super-imposed on, and a part of the weight of the trailer is borne by, the tractor ;
- (ai) “carriage”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes haulage ;
- (aii) ‘goods vehicle’ means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods solely or in addition to passengers or any motor vehicle not so constructed or adapted when used for the carriage of goods solely or in addition to passengers, and includes an articulated vehicle, a tractor-trailer combination, a tiller-trailer combination and a trailer drawn by any other motor vehicle when used for the carriage of goods ;”;
- (ii) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(e) “public carrier vehicle” means a goods vehicle carrying goods for hire or reward ;”
- (2) in section 3, for the word “transported”, in both the places where it occurs the word “carried” shall be substituted.
- (3) for section 4, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “4. Composition of tax.—The operator may, at his option, compound the tax payable by him under sub-section (3) of section 3 by paying in lieu thereof, a fee fixed in the manner specified in the Schedule, to the prescribed officer or to any other officer authorised by the Government in this behalf by notification in the Gazette, before the 29th day of February, 1984.
- (4) in section 14, for the word “transported”, the word “carried” shall be substituted.
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