MVA Section 78: Consideration of application for goods carriage permit
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 5: CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES
¶78. Consideration of application for goods carriage permit.—A Regional Transport Authority shall, in considering an application for a goods carriage permit, have regard to the following matters, namely:—
(a) the nature of the goods to be carried with special reference to their dangerous or hazardous nature to human life;
(b) the nature of the chemicals or explosives to be carried with special reference to the safety to human life.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 66. Necessity for permits
- 66A. National Transportation Policy
- 66B. No bar against permit holders to apply and hold licences under schemes
- 67. Power to State Government to control road transport
- 68. Transport Authorities
- 69. General provision as to applications for permits
- 70. Application for stage carriage permit
- 71. Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit
- 72. Grant of stage carriage permits
- 73. Application for contract carriage permit
- 74. Grant of contract carriage permit
- 75. Scheme for renting of motor cabs and motor cycles
- 76. Application for private service vehicle permit
- 77. Application for goods carriage permit
- 79. Grant of goods carriage permit
- 80. Procedure in applying for and granting permits
- 81. Duration and renewal of permits
- 82. Transfer of permit
- 83. Replacement of vehicles
- 84. General conditions attaching to all permits
- 85. General form of permits
- 86. Cancellation and suspension of permits
- 87. Temporary permits
- 88. Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted
- 88A. Power of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods
- 89. Appeals
- 90. Revision
- 91. Restriction of hours of work of drivers
- 92. Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability
- 93. Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence
- 94. Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts
- 95. Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages
- 96. Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter