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THE RENT-A-CAB

SCHEME, 1989

[S.O. 437(E), dated 12-6-1989] 1
[As amended vide SO 3202(E), dt. 5-8-2021, w.e.f. 9-8-2021]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 75 of the Motor
THE RENT-A-CAB SCHEME, 1989
Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following
scheme for regulating the business of renting of motor cabs to persons desiring to drive
the cabs for their own use and matters connected therewith, namely:—
1. Short title, commencement and application
(1) This scheme may be called the Rent-a-Cab Scheme, 1989.
(2) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1989.
(3) It shall apply to all motor cabs to which tourist permits have been issued under
2
sub-section (9) of section 88 of the Act [and the battery operated motor cabs and motor
cabs driven on methanol and ethanol exempted from the provisions of section 66 of the
Act] and operating under a licence granted in terms of para 6.
2. Definitions
In this section unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(b) “Form” means a Form appended to this Scheme;
(c) “licence” means a licence granted or renewed under paragraph 6 to engage
in the business of renting of motor cabs to persons desiring to drive the cabs
for their own use;
(d) “licensing authority” means the State Transport Authority constituted
under sub-section (1) of section 68 of the Act;
(e) “operator” means the holder of a permit issued under sub-section (9) of
section 88 of the Act in respect of not less than 50 motor cabs.
3. Licensing of operator
No person shall engage himself in the business of renting a motor cab under this
scheme without a licence.
4. Application for grant or renewal of licence
(1) An application for the grant or renewal of a licence under paragraph 6 shall be
made in Form 1 to the licensing authority having jurisdiction in the area in which he
resides or has his principal place of business (hereinafter referred to as main office) and
shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees five thousand.
(2) Where the applicant has, besides the main office, branch office within the
jurisdiction of the licensing authority referred to in clause (1), the application shall
indicate such place with the number of motor cabs proposed to be stationed at each such
place.

1 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3(ii) dt. 12-6-1989.
2 Inserted vide SO 3202(E), dt. 5-8-2021, w.e.f. 9-8-2021.