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Substituted for “thirty-five cubic centimetres” by Act 54 of 1994,S.2 (w.e.f.14-11-1994) 13 (29) “omnibus” means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver ; Corresponding Law.- Section 2 (29) corresponds to section 2 (18-A) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (30) “owner” means a person in whose name a motor vehicle stands registered and where such person is a minor, the guardian of such minor, and in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase, agreement, or an agreement of lease or an agreement of hypothecation, the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement ; Corresponding Law.- Section 2 (30) corresponds to section 2 (19) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (31) “permit” means a permit issued by a State or Regional Transport Authority or an authority prescribed in this behalf under this Act authorising the use of motor vehicle as a transport vehicle ; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (31) corresponds to section 2 (20) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (32) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (32) corresponds to section 2 (21) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (33) “private service vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver and ordinarily used by or on behalf of the owner of such vehicle for the purpose of carrying persons for, or in connection with, his trade or business otherwise than for hire or reward but does not include a motor vehicle used for public purposes ; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (33) corresponds to section 2 (22) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (34) “public place” means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access, and includes any place or stand at which passengers are picked up or set down by a stage carriage ; 14 Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (34) corresponds to section 2 (24) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (35) “public service vehicle” means any motor vehicle used or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, and includes a maxicab, a motorcab, contract carriage, and stage carriage ; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (35) corresponds to section 2 (25) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (36) “registered axle weight” means in respect of the axle of any vehicle, the axle weight certified and registered by the registering authority as permissible for that axle; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (36) corresponds to section 2 (26) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (37) “registering authority” means an authority empowered to register motor vehicles under Chapter IV ; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (37) corresponds to section 2 (28) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. (38) “route” means a line of travel which specifies the highway which may be traversed by a motor vehicle between one terminus and another ; Corresponding Law. - Section 2 (38) corresponds to section 2 (28-A) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. 5[(39) “semi-trailer” means a vehicle not mechanically propelled ( other tan a trailer ), which is intended to be connected to a motor vehicle and which is so constructed that a portion of it is super-imposed on, and a part of whose weight is borne by, that motor vehicle ;] Corresponding Law.- This is a new provision in the 1988 Act.