Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 25, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986). — THE MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT, 1961

4. Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 25, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986). (b) " adult " means a person who has completed his eighteenth year; (c) " child " means a person who has not completed his 1 [fourteenth] year; (d) " day " means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight: Provided that where a motor transport worker ' s duty commences before midnight but extends beyond midnight, the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such duty ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day; (e) " employer " means, in relation to any motor transport undertaking, the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the motor transport undertaking, and where the said affairs are entrusted to any other person whether called a manager, managing director , managing agent or by any other name, such other person; (f) " hours of work " means the time during which a motor transport worker is at the disposal of the employer or of any other person entitled to claim his services and includes— (i) the time spent in work done during the running time of the transport vehicle; (ii) the time spent in subsidiary work; and (iii) periods of mere attendance at terminals of less than fifteen minutes; Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause— (1) " running time " in relation to a working day means the time from the moment a transport vehicle starts functioning at the beginning of the working day until the moment when the transport vehicle ceases to function at the end of the working day, excluding any time during which the running of the transport vehicle is interrupted for a period exceeding such duration as may be prescribed during which period the persons who drive, or perform any other work in connection with the transport vehicle are free to dispose of their time as they please or are engaged in subsidiary work; (2) " subsidiary work " means work in connection with a transport vehicle, its passengers or its load which is done outside the running time of the transport vehicle, including in particular— (i) work in connection with accounts, the paying in of cash, the signing of registers, the handing in of service sheets, the checking of tickets and other similar work; (ii) the taking over and garaging of the transport vehicle; (iii) travelling from the place where a person signs on to the place where he takes over the transport vehicle and from the place where he leaves the transport vehicle to the place where he signs off; (iv) work in connection with the upkeep and repair of the transport vehicle; and (v) the loading and unloading of the transport vehicle; (3) " period of mere attendance " means the period during which a person remains at his post solely in order to reply to possible calls or to resume action at the time fixed in the duty schedule; (g) " motor transport undertaking " means a motor transport undertaking engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward, and includes a private carrier; (h) " motor transport worker " means a person who is employed in a motor transport undertaking directly or through an agency, whether for wages or not, to work in a professional capacity on a transport vehicle or to attend to duties in connection with the arrival, departure, loading or unloading *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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