Section 71
Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit . — (1) A Regional Transport Authority shall, while considering an application for a stage carriage permit, have regard to the objects of this Act:
71. Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit . — (1) A Regional Transport Authority shall, while considering an application for a stage carriage permit, have regard to the objects of this Act:
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(2) A Regional Transport Authority shall refuse to grant a stage carriage permit if it appears from any time -table furnished that the provisions of this Act relating to the speed at which vehicles may be driven are likely to be contravened:
Provided that before such refusal an opportunity shall be given to the applicant to amend the timetable so as to conform to the said provisions.
(3) (a) The State Government shall, if so directed by the Central Government having regard to the number of vehicles, road conditions and other relevant matters, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct a State Transport Authority and a Regional Transport Authority to limit the number of stage carriages generally or of any specified type, as may be fixed and specified in the notification, operating on city routes in towns with a population of not less than five lakhs.
(b) Where the number of stage carriages are fixed under clause (a), the Government of the State shall reserve in the State certain percentage of stage carriage permits for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in the same ratio as in the case of appointments made by direct recruitment to public services in the State.