MVA Section 83: Replacement of vehicles
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 5: CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES
¶83. Replacement of vehicles.—The holder of a permit may, with the permission of the authority by which the permit was granted, replace any vehicle covered by the permit by any other vehicle of the same nature.
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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
- 78. Consideration of 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
- 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