Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -- (a) the following expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the 1[Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988)] shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act: - (i) “ goods”; (ii) 1[“ goods carriage”]; (iii) “ invalid carriage”’; (iv) “ motor vehicle”; (v) “ trailer” ; and (vi) “ unladen weight”; (b) “ Central Act” means the 1[Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988)]. (c) “ Government” means the Administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (d) “ laden weight” in relation to a motor vehicle means, (i) in case a permit is issued to the vehicle under the Central Act, the maximum laden weight specified in such permit; (ii) if no such permit is issued, the maximum laden weight specified in the registration certificate of the vehicle; 1 Substituted vide Act No.9 of 1990 w.e.f 01 -07-1990 and published in EG Pt -II No.37 dated 9.11.1990 . (iii) if no weight is specified in the registration certificate, the maximum laden weight of the vehicle determined in such manner as the licensing officer may deem fit; (e) “ laden weight” in relation to a trailer means, (i) in case a permit is issued to the vehicle to which the trailer is attached under the Central Act, the maximum laden weight specified in such permit in respect of the trailer; (ii) if no such permit is issued, the maximum laden weight specified in respect of the trailer in the registration certificate of the vehicle to which the trailer is attached; (iii) if such weight is not specified in the registration certificate, the maximum laden weight of the trailer determined in such manner as the licensing officer may deem fit; (f) “licensing officer” means an officer appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a licensing officer under this Act; 1[(g) “ local body” means any municipal council constituted under the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973 and any village panchayat and commune panchayat council constituted under the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973;] (h) “ Puducherry ” means the Union territory of Puducherry ; (i) “ prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) “ public road” means any street, road, square, court , alley, passage or riding path over which the public have a right of way, whether a thoroughfare or not, and includes the roadway over any public bridge or causeway; (k) “ registered owner” means the person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered or deemed to be registered under the Central Act; (l) “ tax” means the tax leviable under sub-section (1) of section 3; and 1 Substituted by Act 9 of 1973, section 513, w.e.f. 26 -1-1974. 1 [(m) “urban area” means such area as the Government may from time to time declare as urban area, by notification in the Official Gazette] 2 [(n) “year” means the financial year; “half-year” means the first six months or the second six months of such year; and “quarter” means the first three months or the second three months of such half-year.] Imposition of a tax on motor vehicles