CHAPTER III - LICENSING OF CONDUCTORS OF STAGE CARRIAGES-(Sections 37 to 38) - Kerala R.T.O

                                                                  CHAPTER III
LICENSING OF CONDUCTORS OF STAGE CARRIAGES(Sections 37 to 38)


  37.  Savings,- If any license to act as a conductor of a stage carriage (by whatever name called) has been issued in any State and is effective immediately before the commencement of this Act, it shall continue to be effective, not withstanding such commencement,for the period for which it would have been effective, if this Act had not been passed, and every such license shall be deemed to to be a license issued under this Chapter as if this Chapter had been in force on the date on which that license was granted.

  38.  Power of State Government to make rules,-  (1)  A State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Chapter.

  (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-

      (a)  the appointment, jurisdiction, control and functions of licensing and other prescribed authorities under              this Chapter;

      (b)  the conditions subject to which drivers of stage carriages performing the functions of a conductor                   and persons temporarily employed to act as conductors may be exempted from the provisions of                   sub-section (1) of section 29;

      (c)  the minimum educational qualification of a conductors, their duties and functions and the conduct of               persons to whom conductor's license are issued;

      (d)  the form of application for conductor's license or fro renewal of such licenses and the particulars it 
             may contain;

      (e)  the form in which conductor's license may be issued or renewed and the particulars it may contain

      (f)  the issue of duplicate license to replace the licenses lost, destroyed or mutilated, the replacement of               photographs which have become obsolete and fees to be charged therefore;

      (g)  the conduct and hearing of appeals that may be preferred under this Chapter, the fees to be paid in                respect of such appeals and the refund of such fees;

      (h)  the badge and uniform to be worn by conductors of stage carriages and the fees to be paid in                        respect of such badges;

       (i)  the grant of the certificates referred to in sub-section 30 by registered medical practitioners and the               form of such certificates

       (j)  the conditions subject to  which, and the extent to which, a conductor's license issued in another                   State shall be effective in the State;

       (k)  communication of particulars of conductor's license from one authority to other authorities; and

       (l)   any other matter which is to be, or may, prescribed