Amendment of section 2

Amendment of section 2.— In section 2 of the Manipur Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act),—

1. (a) in clause (a), the words "or any other person" shall be inserted at the end;
2. (b) after clause (k), the following new clauses shall be added, namely:— "(l) "Public Service Vehicle" means any motor vehicle used or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, and includes a maxicab, a motorcab, contract carriage and stage carriage;
3. (m) "Private Service Vehicle" means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver and ordinarily used by or on behalf of the owner of such vehicle for the purpose of carrying persons for, or in connection with, his trade or business otherwise than for hire or reward but does not include a motor vehicle used for public purposes;
4. (n) "Gross Vehicle Weight" means in respect of any vehicle the total weight of the vehicle and load certified and registered by the registering authority as permissible for that vehicle."