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DZI/UIUWNL—lll this Act, unless the context otheruisc requires,— (a) ‘ fleet owner ’ means a person, an institution or the Government who, or which, is the re istered owner of one hundred or . g . more transport vehicles used or kept for use in the State, ([7) ‘ladclt wergfil‘ (I) in relation to a motor vehwle means. In case a permit is Issued to the vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), the maximum laden weight spemfied in such permit, if no such permit is issued, the maximum laden weight specified in the registration certificate of the vehicle, and ifsuch weight is not specified in such certificate, the maXimum laden weight of the vehicle determined in such manner as the Registering Authority may deem fit; (ii) in relation to a trailer means, in case a permit is issued to the vehicle to which the trailer Is attached under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), the maximum laden weight specified in such permit in respect of the trailer, if no such permit is issued, the maximumOladcn weight speCIfied in respect of the trailer in the registration certificate of the vehicle to which the tiailcr is attached, and ifsuch weight is not specified in such certificate, the mattimum laden weight of the trailer deteimined in such manner as the Registering Authority may deem fit; (6) ' local authority ’ includes a cantonineiit authority Within the meaning of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (Cential Act ll of I924); ‘ Received the assent of the President on llth April l963 and published in the Gazette Extraotdinaiy dated l5th April, [963. 5 l ”r? «2» I39 (d) ‘piescribcd ’ means piesCIibcd by rules made under this Act; (c) ‘ ngistcicd owncr’ means the poison in whose name a. nioiox vehicle is registered or deemed to be registeieo undci the Motm Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), (f) ‘ State ’ means the State of Kerala; (g) ‘ Schedule ’ means a schedule appended to this Act, (It) ‘ tax ‘ means the motor vehicle tax imposed under this Act; (1) ‘ taxation olficer’ means, in the case of a fleet owner, the Regional Transport Officer, and in other cases such other oliicer as may be appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and to perform the functions of a taxation olficcr under this Act, (j) ‘ tax licence ’ means a licence issued undct sub-section (3) 01 section 4 and includes a duplicatc‘tax licence issued in place of the oiiginal licence, (Ii) ‘ year ’ means the financial yeai ; ‘liall yetir ’ means the fiist six months oi second SIX months of such yeai; and ‘qiiartcr‘ means the first three months or the second thiee months 01 such ‘ half year’; (I) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act but defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in that Act.