Act 35 of 1971



THE MOTOR VEHICLES (KERALA SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1971[1]

An Act further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to the State of Kerala.

Preamble.─WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to the State of Kerala for the purpose hereinafter appearing;

Be it enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: ─

 1. Short title and extent.─ (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Kerala Second Amendment) Act, 1971.

         (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

 2. Omission of section 43A.─Section 43A of the Motor vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), inserted by section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Madras Amendment) Act, 1948 (XX of 1948) and amended by section 2 of the Motor Vehicles (Madras Amendment) Act, 1954 (XXXIX of 1954) shall, in its application to the Malabar District referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956), be omitted.

 3. Insertion of new section 43A.─After section 43 of the principal Act the following section shall be inserted, namely: ─

        “43A. Power of State Government to issue orders and directions to Transport Authorities.─ (1) The State Government may issue such orders and directions of a general character as it may consider necessary, in respect of any matter relating to road transport, to the State Transport Authority, or a Regional Transport Authority, and such Transport Authority shall give effect to all such orders and directions.

      (2) The State Government may, on a consideration of the matters set forth in sub-section (1) of section 47, direct the State Transport Authority or any Regional Transport Authority to open any new route or to extend an existing route or to permit additional stage carriages to be put, or to reduce the number of stage carriages, on any specified route.”