Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Collection cifuscr .fee.-(1) The user fcc~ leviable untler this Act shall be collected by the concessionaire, or the Government agency or the S!atutorv body as the case may be Its agents, servants and sub contractors, In such manner as may be specified by regulations for such period as may be stated in the conce-;sion agreement (2) Any person emploved in the mz.na!_;emcnt and collection o fuser fees under this section shall be liable to the same responsibilities as would belong to him if employed in the collection ofba~ic tax . Explanatiorz.-In this sub-section basic tax means the basic tax payable under the Kerala Land Tax Act 1961 (13 of 1961). (3) The" concessionaire, depending upon its constitution, through its authori~ed repre<;entz.tivC' shall be responsible to emure that user fees arc collected at not more than the agi ccd ra tcs, and the user fee collection is smooth and does not cz.use undue hz.rdship to the trz.nsport facility users and for all other matters connected with the user fee collection on the transport facility. (4) \Vhcre any user fcc is not paid on demand, the collecting agent shall seize any motor vehicle on which it is chargeable or any goods carried by such motor vehicle and if the mer fee and the cost <>.ri<;ing from 'iuch seizure, remain-; unpaid for twenty four hours the cz.<;e <;hall be brought before an officer appointed by the Government by notificz.tion in the Gazette to Supcnntendent the collection of the user fee. (5) Where a ca<;c is broughtbefore an officer undcrsub-~cction (4), he may sell the property seized in public auction for discharge of tLe user fcc~ and a"ll expenses occa<;ioncd by such non-payment, sc>izurc and sale of the property in public auction, and any balance that may remain after such discharge shall be returned on demand to the owner of the motor vehicle or goods, as the case may be: Provided that if at any time before the sale has actually begun, the person whose property has been seized tenders the amormtofallexpenses mcurred and double the user fees payable by him, the property seized shall forthwith be released. 15 Excmption.-The Government may in public interest, by notification m the Official Gazette, exempt any motor vehicle from the levy of user fees under the provisions of this Act