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Release from requisition: 1) The officer or authority requisitioning a vehicle may at any time release the vehicle from requisition. With effect from such date no further liability for payment of any charges of any other kind shail lie with the officer or authority requisitioning the vehicle: The delivery of possession of the vehicle to the owner or his accredited agent shall be a fuil discharge of any liability of the State Government to deliver possession te such person as may have rightful claim to possession thereof but shall not prejudice any rightin respect of such vehicle which any other person may be entitled by due process of law to enforce against the person to whom possession of the vehicle is so delivered. If the owner fails to take delivery of the vehicle on or within the specified date the officer or authority who passed the order of release of the Vehicle may dispose of the same thereafter : Provided that such officer or authority shall be competent to allow to the owner such extension of time as he/it may deem proper without any liability for any compensation or other payment for the period of extension. The disposal of a vehicle under sub-section (4) shail be by public auction and at the 4 TO, Tripura Gazette, Extraordinary Issue, January 05, 2017 A. D. risk of the owner and the sale proceeds shall be made over to the owner after deducting any expenditure incurred by the officer of authority releasing the vehicle due to the owner not taking delivery of it on or within the specified date. Power to obtain information: The State Government may, with a view to requisitioning any vehicle under section 3 or determining the cost or charges payable under Section 4, by order: recuire any person to furnish to such officer or authority as may be specified in the order such information in his possession relating to the vehicle as may be specified; direct that the owner or the person in possession of the vehicle shall not without the permission of the State Government dispose of it or remove it till the expiry of such period as may be specified in the order from the premises or the place in which itis kept. Power to inspect : Without prejudice ta any power otherwise conferred by this Act any person authorized in this behalf by the State Government may enter any place or premises and inspect any vehicle for the purpose of determining whether and if so, in what manner an order under this Act should be made in relation to such vehicle or with nview to securing compliance with any order made under this Act. e Restriction or removal of accessories : No owner of any vehicle or any person in possession of it shall after service of order under section 3 remove or allow to be removed any part, tyre, tube or any ciher accessory or in any way injure the vehicle or permit tt to be injured so as to reduce the usefulness of such vehicle. Cantrol of Vehicie: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act the State Government may, by order; (a) regulate, restrict or give directions with respect to the use of any vehicle for the purpase of transport of passenger or goods by road or river; ' i & (b) require any person owning, or employed in connection with, or having in his 4 => Tripura Gazette, Extraordinary Issue, January 05, 2017 A.D. a possession or under his control, any vehicle to comply with any directions given by any person specified in, or duly authorized in pursuance of the order: and such directions may require the person owning or employed in connection with, or having in his possession or under his control any vehicle to use such vehicle for the conveyance of such persons or goods at such time and by such routes as may be set forth in the directions; . (c) prescribe the conditions subject to which, and the rates at which, any vehicle may be hired for the purpose of transport of persons or goods by road or river, and the conditions subject to which goods so carried or to be carried may be discharged or loaded; (d) provide for prohibiting or restricting the carriage of persons or goods of any class by any route and for prescribing the radius of distance 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 securing public safety, the maintenance of public order or for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community; Provided that any order or direction made under this Act or under any rule made under section 17 of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other that this Act. Deiegation of function: The State Government may, by order, direct that any power or duty which is conferred or imposed on the State Government by 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. 6