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(1) When any person who has paid the tax in respect of a transport vehicle, proves to the satisfaction of the Taxation Officer in the prescribed manner that the motor vehicle in respect whereof such tax has been paid, has not been used for a continuous period of one month or more since the tax was last paid, he shall be entitled to a refund of an amount equal to one-third of the rate of quarterly tax payable in respect of such vehicle for each [thirty days]1 of such period for which such tax has been paid: Provided that no such refund shall be admissible unless such person has surrendered the certificate of registration, the token, if any, issued in respect of the vehicle and the permit, if any, to the Taxation Officer, before the period for which such refund is claimed. (2) Where the operator or, as the case may be, the owner of a motor vehicle, does not intend to use his vehicle for a period of one month or more he shall, before the date the tax or additional tax, as the case may be, is due, surrender the certificate of registration, the token, if any, issued in respect of the motor vehicle and the permit, if any, to the Taxation Officer of the region where the tax or additional tax was last paid and on such surrender, no tax or additional tax under this Act shall be payable in respect of such vehicle for each complete calendar month of the period during which the vehicle remains withdrawn from use and the aforesaid documents remain surrendered with the Taxation Officer : Provided that in case such vehicle is found plying during the period when it documents as mentioned in this sub-section remain surrendered with the Taxation officer, such owner or operator, as the case may be, shall be liable to the tax as if the said documents were not surrendered and shall also be liable to the penalty payable under sub-section (3) of section 9. (3) Where the owner of a motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle, in respect whereof one-time tax has been paid under this Act proves to the satisfaction of the Taxation Officer in prescribed manner that such motor vehicle has not been used for a continuous period of one month or more, he shall be entitled to a refund of such tax at the rates specified in part ‘A” of the second schedule for the said period.