Kerala · 1957 · Act 6
THE KERALA ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES (VALIDATION) ACT, 1957
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THE KERALA ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES (VALIDATION) ACT, 1957
( 6 of 1957)
Preamble.
Sections:
1. Short title.
2. Validation of the running and operation of certain road transport services by
Government.
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ACT 6 OF 1957
THE KERALA ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES (VALIDATION) ACT, 1957*
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An Act to validate the running and operation of certain road transport services by the
Government.
2[Preamble. - Whereas it is necessary to validate the running and operation of certain
road transport services by the Government;
BE it enacted as follows:-]
1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Kerala Road Transport Services
(Validation) Act, 1957.
2. Validation of the running and operation of certain road transport services by
Government.— Notwithstanding anything contained in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of
1939) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), or in any other law for the time being in
force, every road transport service run and operated by the Government at the commencement
of this Act shall be deemed to be a service run and operated under an approved scheme
within the meaning of the principal Act, and in accordance with the provisions thereof;
and the validity of the running and operation of any such service shall not be called in
question in any court on the ground-
(i) that no scheme under the principal Act has been prepared, approved
or published in respect thereof; or
(ii) that no permit under the principal Act has been obtained for any motor
vehicle used in connection with such service; or
(iii) that no compensation as provided in section 68G of the principal Act has
been paid or is payable to the holder of the permit on account of its cancellation or of any
modification of the terms thereof.
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* Enacted by the President on the 25th March, 1957, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala
State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1956 (75 of 1956) and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.
29 dated 27th March 1957.
1 Omitted by Act 23 of 1958.
2 Inserted by Act 23 of 1958.