Section
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Restriction of hours of work of drivers.
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*[The hours of work of any person engaged for operating a transport vehicle shall be such as provided in the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (7 of 1961)].
* Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, sec. 29, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 14-11-2023).
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A State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, grant such exemptions from the provisions of sub-section (1) as it thinks fit, to meet cases of emergency or of delays by reason of circumstances which could not be foreseen.
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A State Government or, if authorised in this behalf by the State Government by rules made under section 96, the State or a Regional Transport Authority may require persons employing any person whose work is subject to any of the provisions of sub-section (1) to fix beforehand the hours of work of such persons so as to conform to those provisions, and may provide for the recording of the hours so fixed.
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No person shall work or shall cause or allow any other person to work outside the hours fixed or recorded for the work of such persons under subsection (3).
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A State Government may prescribe the circumstances under which and the period during which the driver of a vehicle although not engaged in work is required to remain on or near the vehicle may be deemed to be an interval for rest within the meaning of sub-section (1).
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Motor Vehicles Act,1988
Judgement(s) Found in :
Motor Vehicles Act,1988
Section 91