The Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992

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    "title": "The Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 7 of 1992",
    "act_year": 1992,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Gujarat 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.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"barrier\" means a barrier established under Section 4;\n(b) \"motor transport vehicle\" means a stage carriage, contract carriage or goods carriage as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);\n(c) \"operator\" means any person whose name is entered in the permit in respect of the motor transport vehicle as the holder thereof or where the motor transport vehicle is used or caused or allowed to be used without a permit, a person in whose name that vehicle is registered under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) and includes any person having the possession or control or for the time being in-charge of the motor transport vehicle;\n(d) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(e) \"toll\" means the toll levied under Section 3 of this Act;\n(f) \"Toll Tax Officer\" means such officer or officer 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 Gujarat or any area or areas thereof for the purpose of this Act and includes a Taxation Authority appointed under the Bombay Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1958 (Bombay LXV of 1958);\n(g) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988).",
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            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Levy of toll.",
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        },
        {
            "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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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Powers to stop and detain vehicle.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) that the toll has not been paid, he may detain the motor transport 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 motor transport vehicle or any part or accessory thereof, which is considered sufficient in his opinion for realisation of the maximum amount of penalty leviable under Section 7, until the penalty is paid or security equivalent to such amount is furnished:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Penalty.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Appeal.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Manner of levy, payment and Collection of toll, etc.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Power of State Government to exempt from toll.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Reciprocal agreement.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Protection of action taken under the Act.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the manner of dealing with the vehicles and its accessory detained or the security furnished under sub-section (3) of Section 6;\n(b) to prescribe the authority to whom, the manner in which and fees on payment of which, appeal may be filed under Section 8;\n(c) the manner of levy, payment and collection of the toll under sub-section (1) of Section 9;\n(d) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj122",
        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 7 of 1992",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1992",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Motor Transport Vehicles Toll Act, 1992",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}