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82 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 96

(h) require a passenger not to smoke in any vehicle on which a notice
prohibiting smoking is exhibited;
(i) require the maintenance of complaint books in stage carriages and prescribe
the conditions under which passengers can record any complaints in the
same.
96. Powers of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter
(1) A State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules under this
section may be made with respect to all or any of the following matters, namely,—
(i) the period of appointment and the terms of appointment of and the conduct
of business by Regional and State Transport Authority and the reports to
be furnished by them;
(ii) the conduct of business by any such authority in the absence of any member
(including the Chairman) thereof and the nature of business which, the
circumstances under which and the manner in which, business could be
so conducted;
(iii) the conduct and hearing of appeals that may be preferred under this
Chapter, the fees to be paid in respect of such appeals and the refund of
such fees;
(iv) the forms to be used for the purpose of this Chapter, including the forms
of permits;
(v) the issue of copies of permits in place of permits lost, destroyed or mutilated;
(vi) the documents, plates and marks to be carried by transport vehicles, the
manner in which they are to be carried and the language in which any
such documents are to be expressed;
(vii) the fees to be paid in respect of applications for permits, duplicate permits
and plates;
(viii) the exemption of prescribed person or prescribed classes of persons from
payment of all or any portion of the fees payable under this Chapter;
(ix) the custody, production and cancellation on revocation or expiration of
permits, and the return of permits which have been cancelled;
(x) the conditions subject to which, and the extent to which, a permit granted
in another State shall be valid in the State without countersignature;
(xi) the conditions subject to which, and the extent to which, a permit granted
in one region shall be valid in another region within the State without
countersignature;
(xii) the conditions to be attached to permits for the purpose of giving effect to
any agreement such as is referred to in clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of
section 67;
(xiii) the authorities to whom, the time within which and the manner in which
appeals may be made;