Assam Requisition and Control of Vehicles Act, 1968

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    "title": "Assam Requisition and Control of Vehicles Act, 1968",
    "short_title": "Assam Requisition and Control of Vehicles Act, 1968",
    "act_number": "(Assam Act No. 5 of 1969)",
    "act_year": 1968,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Assam Requisition and Control of Vehicles Act, 1968",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Court\" means a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction and includes the Court of Assistant District Judge or Munsiff whom the State Government may appoint, by name or by virtue of his office, to perform, concurrently with any such principal Civil Court, all or any of the functions of the Court under this Act within any specified local limits and, in the case of Munsiff, upto the limits of the pecuniary jurisdiction with which he is vested under section 19 of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Court Act, 1887; (Act II of 1887)\n(b) \"Owner\" includes where the person in possession of the vehicle is a minor, the guardian of such a minor, and in relation to a vehicle, which is the subject of a hire-purchase agreement the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;\n(c) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;\n(d) \"State Government\" means the Government of Assam;\n(e) \"Vehicle\" means any vehicle used or capable of being used for the purpose of transport of persons or goods upon roads or inland waterways, whether propelled by mechanical power or not.",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power to requisition vehicles.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Payment of compensation.",
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            "content": "(a) The model, make, type, class and condition of the vehicle;\n(b) The loss of earning, if any, sustained by the owner by reason of requisition;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Release from requisition.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Reference to Court.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power to obtain information.",
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            "content": "(a) Require any person to furnish to such officer or authority as may be specified in the order such Information in his possession relating to the vehicle as may be specified;\n(b) Direct that the owner or the person in possession of the vehicle shall not without the permission of the State Government dispose of it or remove it till be expiry of such period as may be specified in the order from the premises of the place in which it is kept.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to inspect.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Restriction or removal of accessories.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Control of vehicle.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Regulate, restrict or give directions with respect to the use of any vehicle for the purpose of transport of passenger or goods by road or river;\n(b) Require any person owning, or employed in connection with, or having in his possession or under his control, any vehicle to comply with any directions given by any person specified in, or duly authorised in pursuance of the order; and such directions may require the person owning or employed in connection with, or having in his possession or under his control any vehicle to use such vehicle for the conveyance of such persons or goods at such time and by such routes as may be set forth in the directions;\n(c) Prescribed the conditions subject to which, and the rates at which, any vehicle may be hired for the purpose of transport of persons or goods by road or river, and the conditions subject to which goods so carried or to be carried may be discharged or loaded;\n(d) Provide for prohibiting or restricting the carriage of persons or goods of any class by any route and for prescribing the radius or distance within which persons or goods of any class may be carried by any route;\n(e) Make such other provisions in relation to transport by any vehicle by road or inland water as appear to the State Government to be necessary or expedient for securing public safety, the maintenance of public order or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community;",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Delegation of function.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Compliance with order or direction.",
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            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Protection of action taken under the Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Savings.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Penalties.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Power to arrest without warrant.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to make rules.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Repeal and Savings.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 13th February, 2020 [ass357]",
        "Act Number": "(Assam Act No. 5 of 1969)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1968",
        "Short Title": "Assam Requisition and Control of Vehicles Act, 1968",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}