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licensing authority by registered post expeditiously and in any case not later
than 3 days;
(vii) maintain a suggestion box in the main office and branch offices and forward
their suggestion received with their comments, if any, to the licensing
authority once a month.
9. Collection of hire charges
The holder of a licence shall collect the hire charges from a foreign national or
non-resident Indian only in foreign exchange and shall hold for the purpose a licence
to transact in foreign exchange.
10. Duties and responsibilities of the hirer of motor cycles
(1) It shall be the duty of every hirer to keep the holder of the licence, informed of
his movements from time to time.
(2) If an individual or company has hired the vehicle, as leader of the tourist party,
it shall be the duty of such leader of the party to keep the holder of the licence informed
of the movements of each vehicle, from time to time.
11. Power of licensing authority to suspend or cancel the licence
(1) The licensing authority shall, on being satisfied after giving the holder of the
licence, an opportunity of being heard, that he has—
(i) failed to comply with the provisions of paragraph 8 or 9; or
(ii) failed to maintain the motor cycle in compliance with the provisions of the
Act and rules; or
(iii) any one of his employees has misbehaved with customers; or
(iv) any complaint against the licences by any hirer has been proved beyond
reasonable doubt, suspend the licence for specified period or cancel the
licence.
(2) Where the licence is liable to be cancelled or suspended and the licensing
authority is of opinion that having regard to the circumstances of the case, it would not
be necessary or expedient to cancel or suspend the licence; if the holder of licence agrees
to pay the fine that may be imposed by the licensing authority, then notwithstanding
anything contained in clause (1), the licensing authority may, instead of cancelling or
suspending the licence, as the case may be, recover from the holder of the licence, the
said fine.
(3) For the purpose of recovery of the sum of money agreed upon, the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the amount recoverable
for each day of suspension of the licence and specify the time within which the sum of
money agreed upon is payable, failing which the orders passed under clause (1) shall
be implemented.
(4) When the licence is suspended or cancelled under clause (1), the holder of the
licence shall surrender the licence to the licensing authority.
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[12. Appeals
Any person aggrieved by any order of the licensing authority under Paragraph 6
or Paragraph 11, may, within thirty days of the receipt of the order, appeal to the State
Transport Appellate Tribunal.]

1 Substituted by SO 257(E), w.e.f. 26-3-1998.