Page 89 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

SECTION 88 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 75

(6) Every agreement arrived at between the States shall, insofar as it relates to the
grant of counter signature of permits, be published by each of the State Governments
concerned in the Official Gazette and in any one or more of the newspapers in the
regional language circulating in the area or route covered by the agreement and the
State Transport Authority of the State and the Regional Transport Authority concerned
shall give effect to it.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a Regional Transport
Authority of one region may issue a temporary permit under section 87 to be valid in
another region or State with the concurrence, given generally or for the particular
occasion, of the Regional Transport Authority of the other region or of the State Transport
Authority of that other State, as the case may be.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), but subject to any rules
that may be made under this Act by the Central Government, the Regional Transport
Authority of any one region or, as the case may be, the State Transport Authority may,
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for the convenience of the public, [grant a special permit to any public service vehicle
including any vehicle covered] by a permit issued under section 72 (including a reserve
stage carriage) or under section 74 or under sub-section (9) of this section for carrying a
passenger or passengers for hire or reward under a contract, express or implied, for the
use of the vehicle as a whole without stopping to pick up or set down along the line of
route passengers not included in the contract, and in every case where such special
permit is granted, the Regional Transport Authority shall assign to the vehicle, for display
thereon, a special distinguishing mark in the form and manner specified by the Central
Government and such special permit shall be valid in any other region or State without
the counter signature of the Regional Transport Authority of the other region or of the
State Transport Authority of the other State, as the case may be.
(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) but subject to any rules
that may be made by the Central Government under sub-section (14), any State Transport
Authority may, for the purpose of promoting tourism, grant permits in respect of tourist
vehicles valid for the whole of India, or in such contiguous States not being less than
three in number including the State in which the permit is issued as may be specified in
such permit in accordance with the choice indicated in the application and the provisions
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of sections 73, 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 [clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 87 and
section 89] shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to such permits.
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(11) The following shall be conditions of every permit granted under sub-section
(9), namely:—
(i) every motor vehicle in respect of which such permit is granted shall conform
to such description, requirement regarding the seating capacity, standards
of comforts, amenities and other matters, as the Central Government may
specify in this behalf;

1 Substituted for “grant a special permit in relation to a vehicle covered” by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-
11-1994.
2 Substituted for words and figures “and 89" by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.
3 Sub-clause (10) omitted, ibid.