Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 - CHAPTER IV - CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES - Rule 84 and Rule 85

CHAPTER IV
CONTROL OF TRANSPORT  VEHICLES
Tourist permits 

Rule  84 and Rule 85

84. Right of operation,-No tourist permit shall be deemed to confer the right of operation in any State not included in the authorization referred to in Rule 83 nor shall  it exempt the owner of a vehicle from the payment of tax or fee, if any, leviable in any State.

85. Additional conditions of tourist permit,- the following shall be the additional conditions of  every tourist permit granted  to a tourist vehicle other than a motor cab under sub-section (9) of section 88, namely,

(1)    The permit holder shall cause to be prepared in respect of each trip a list in triplicate of tourist passengers to be carried in the vehicle, giving full particulars as under :

(a)    Name of the passenger,

(b)   address of the passenger,

(c)    age of the passenger,

(d)   starting point and the point of destination.

(2)    One copy of the list referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be carried in the tourist vehicle and shall be produced on demand by the officers authorized to demand production of documents. By or under the provisions of this Act and the rules, and second copy shall be preserved by the permit holder.

(3)    The tourist vehicle shall either commence it journey, or end its journey, circular or otherwise, in the home State for a period of more than three months. The permit holder shall see that every return of the tourist vehicle to the home State is reported to the authority which issued the permit.

Provided that where the contracted journey ends outside the home State, the vehicle shall not be offered for hire within that State of from that State to any other State except for the return journey to nay point the  home State.

(4)    The tourist vehicle may operate circular tours of places lying exclusively in the home State or in the home State and outside the State if such circular tours are in the list approved by the Tourist Department of the home State to visit places of tourist, historical or religious importance and the tour is duly advertised beforehand.

(1)                The permit holder or the authorized agent shall issue a receipt to the hirer and the counterfoil of that receipt shall be kept available with him and produced on demand by the officers empowered to demand  by or under the Act.

(2)                The tourist vehicle shall not be in any bus stand used by stage carriages and shall not operate from such bus stand.

(3)                The tourist vehicle shall be painted in white color with a blue ribbon of five centimeters width at the center of the exterior of the body and word “Tourist” shall be inserted on two sides of the vehicle within a circle of sixty centimeters diameter.

(4)                The permit holder shall display in the front top of the tourist vehicle a board in yellow with letters in black with the inscription “Tourist permit valid in the States of ----------------“ in English and Hindi also, If he so prefers, in the regional language of the State.

(5)                The permit holder shall not operate the tourist vehicle as a stage carriage.

(6)                The permit holder shall maintain a day-to day logbook indicating the name and address of the permit holder and the registration mark of the vehicle, name and address of the driver with the particulars of his driving license and the starting and destination points of the journey with the time of departure and arrival and the name and address of the hirer.

(7)                The permit holder shall furnish in every 3 months the information contained in condition (10) to the State Transport Authority which granted the permit and the log book shall be prepared for a period of 3 years and shall be made available  to the said authority  on demand along with such records referred to in conditions (2) and (4).

Explanation:- In this rule, “home State” means the State which has granted the permi under sub-section (9) of section 88.

85 A. The following shall be the additional conditions that every tourist permit in respect of motor cabs,-

(1)                The  words “Tourist Vehicle” shall be painted  on both sides of the vehicle within a circle of twenty-five centimeters diameter.

(2)                 A board with the inscription “Tourist permit valid in the states of --------- “in black letters in yellow background shall be displayed in the front of the vehicle above the registration number plates:

Provided that this rule shall not apply to motor cabs covered  under ‘Rent a cab scheme.1989’