(21A) "manufacturer" means a person who is engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles;] — The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (1988)

[(21A) "manufacturer" means a person who is engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles;]

2 [(21A) "manufacturer" means a person who is engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles;] (22) " maxicab " means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six passengers, but not more than twelve passengers, excluding the driver, for hire or reward; (23) " medium goods vehicle " means any goods carriage other than a light motor vehicle or a heavy goods vehicle; (24) " medium passenger motor vehicle " means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor cycle, 3 [adapted vehicle], light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor vehicle; (25) " motorcab " means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry not more than six passengers excluding the driver for hire or reward; (26) " motor car " means any motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle, omnibus, road-roller, tractor, motor cycle or 3 [adapted carriage]; (27) " motor cycle " means a two -wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle; (28) " motor vehicle " or " vehicle " means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding 4 [twenty-five cubic centimetres]; (29) " omnibus " means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver; (30) " owner " means a person in whose name a motor vehicle stands registered, and where such person is a minor, the guardian of such minor, and in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire -purchase, agreement, or an agreement of lease or an agreement of hypothecation, the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement; (31) " permit " means a permit issued by a State or Regional Transport Authority or an authority prescribed in this behalf under this Act authorising the use of a motor vehicle as a transport vehicle; (32) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (33) " private service vehicle " means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver and ordinarily used by or on behalf of the owner of such vehicle for the purpose of carrying persons for, or in connection with, his trade or business otherwise than for hire or reward but does not include a motor vehicle used for public purposes; (34) " public place " means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access, and includes any place or stand at which passengers are picked up or set down by a stage carriage; (35) " public service vehicle " means any motor vehicle used or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, and includes a maxicab, a motorcab, contract carriage, and stage carriage; (36) " registered axle weight " means in respect of the axle of any vehicle, the axle weight certified and registered by the registering authority as permissible for that axle;

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