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Contr6l of vehlcle.s.-Not\vithstandlng any other provision of this Act the State Government may by order- · . (a) regulate, restrict or give directions with respect to the use o~ any veh1- • de for the purpose of transoort of passe!lgers or goods by r?ad o~ nver : . (b) require any person owning, or employed in connecho!l with, O! haymg in his possession or m1der his control, any vehicle to comply with any directiOns given by any ,person specified in, or duly authorised in pursuance ~f, the ord~r ; and such directions may require the person owning or employe_d m connectto~ with, or having in his possession or under his control, any ve~ICle to. use such vehicle for the conveyance of such perso11s or goods at sucl:t t1me .,and by such routes as may be set forth in the directions ; · 354 (c) prescribe the conditions· subject to· which, anq the rates at which, ·veijiele may he -.hir.ed for the purpose of~ transport of persons or goods by or river, !ln.d_ .the. cond!tions subject to which goods so carried 0r to be carried may be. di~.charge(;l, or loaclecl ; · . .(d). prov.ide for prohibiting or restricting the carriage of persons oc goods of any class by any route and for prescribing the radius or di~>tance within which persons or goods of any class may be carried by any route ; ' (e) make- such· other provisions in relation to transport by any vehicle by road or inland water · as appear to the State Government to be necessary or expedient for seeouring public safety, the maintenance of public order or for maintaining, supplies and services essential to the life of the community : Pro.v,ided that any ordei or directipn made under this· Act or undeF any rule made under section 15 of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding any- thing inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or · in any instrument having effect by virtue vf any enactment other than this Act. 9 ... Delegation of fllD'ctions.-The State Government may by order direct any power or duty which is conferred or imposed on the State Government this Act shall in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may: be · specified in that direction, be exercised or discharged by any officer or authority subordinate to·. it.