Licence for cycle-rickshaws

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, or any rule or order or bye-law made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force, no owner of a cycle-rickshaw shall be granted any licence in respect of his cycle-rickshaw nor his licence shall be renewed by any municipal authority after the commencement of this Act unless the cycle-rickshaw is to be plied by such owner himself. (2) Every licence in respect of a cycle-rickshaw granted or renewed prior to the commencement of this Act shall stand revoked on the expiry of a period of thirty days after such commencement if it does not conform to the provisions of this Act.