The Bihar Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992

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    "title": "The Bihar Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
    "act_number": "Bihar Act 20 of 1992",
    "act_year": 1992,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definition.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Barrier\" means barrier established under Section 4 of the Act;\n(b) \"Day\" means a calendar day;\n(c) \"Motor Transport Vehicles\" means Stage Carriage, Contract Carriage or Goods Carriage as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);\n(d) \"Operator\" means any person whose name is entered in the permit in respect of the Motor Transport Vehicles as the holder thereof and includes any person for the time being in charge of the vehicle;\n(e) \"Toll\" means the toll levied under Section 3 of the Act;\n(f) \"Toll Tax Officer\" means such officer or officers as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint to be the Toll Tax Officer for the whole of the State of Bihar or for any area or areas thereof for the purposes of this Act and includes Taxation Officer appointed under the [Bihar Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1930 (Act No. 2 of 1930)] ; and\n(g) Words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 or Bihar Motor Vehicles Rules, 1940 shall have the respective meaning assigned to them in the said Act or Rules as amended from time to time.",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Levy of Toll.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Establishment of barriers.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Prohibition of entry without paying toll.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Power to stop and seize.",
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            "content": "(a) that the toll has not been paid, he may detain the vehicle or any part or accessory thereof which is considered sufficient in his opinion for realisation of the toll until the toll is paid, or\n(b) that any breach of the provisions of this Act has been committed, detain the vehicle or any part or accessory thereof which is considered sufficient in his opinion for realisation of the toll and also for maximum amount of penalty leviable under Section 7, until cash security equivalent to such amount is furnished:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Penalty.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Manner of levy, payment and collection of Toll etc.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power of State Government to exempt from Toll.",
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            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Power to make Rules.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh461",
        "Act Number": "Bihar Act 20 of 1992",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1992",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}