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(2) A seasonal license—meaning thereby a license in respect of a service to be
carried on only during a period or periods of the year specified in the license ; or
(3) A temporary license—meaning thereby a license for a service to be carried on
for a specified period of not more than fourteen days or a license for any specified special
occasion or occasions.

Clause 12 (Section 30 of 1931 Act).

(1) In granting any goods-service license the Licensing Authority shall prescribe—
(a) The class of license (whether continuous, seasonal, or temporary), and the period
or occasion of the license ;
(b) A date on which the service may or shall be commenced ;
(c) The localities to be served or the route or routes to be traversed or both ;
(d) Such other matters and conditions as may be prescribed by regulations ;
and may, if in its discretion it thinks fit, prescribe—
(e) The charges to be made for the carriage of goods including mails either definitely
or by reference to a maximum charge or minimum charge or both ;
(f) The time-tables or frequency of service to be observed, either definitely or
sufficiently to show the nature of the service permitted ;
(g) Any other matters and conditions that the Licensing Authority thinks proper.

Clause 13 (Section 31 of 1931 Act).

(1) Every license shall be in the prescribed form, and be signed by the member
or members of the Licensing Authority or by an officer of the Licensing Authority
acting by direction thereof, and shall take effect according to its tenor to authorize the
licensee, but no other person, to carry on a goods-service in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the licenses during the duration thereof.
(2) No license shall be construed to authorize the use on any road or street of any
goods-service vehicle prohibited by virtue of any classification of roads or streets made
pursuant to regulations under section 106 of the Public Works Act, 1928, from using
such road or street.
(3) It shall be a condition of every goods-service license (whether inserted therein or
not) that every vehicle to be used in connection with the license shall be maintained in a
fit and proper condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Transport, and that
the requirements of any regulations made for this purpose are duly fulfilled.
(4) It shall be a condition of every goods-service license (whether inserted therein
or not) that the licensee will not abandon or curtail the authorized service without the
consent of the proper Licensing Authority, in which case he shall give such notice as the
Licensing Authority directs of his intention to abandon or curtail the service.
(5) If any licensee abandons or curtails any service in breach of a condition authorized
by the last preceding subclause hereof, the Licensing Authority may in its discretion
revoke his license.

Clause 14 (Section 2 of 1935 Act).

(1) Except in the case of a temporary license, every goods-service license if issued
on a quarter-day shall take effect on that day, and in every other case shall be deemed
to have taken effect on the quarter-day immediately preceding the date on which the
license is issued. Every such license, unless sooner revoked, or unless expressed to
expire at any earlier date, shall expire on the completion of three years after the
quarter-day on which it took effect :
Provided that where application for the renewal of a license is duly made in
accordance with clause 9 hereof such license shall, if the application for renewal is not
disposed of before the date of expiry of the license, continue in force until the application
is disposed of unless the Licensing Authority otherwise directs.
(2) For the purposes of this clause and generally for the purposes of these provisions
a goods-service license shall be deemed to be issued on the day appearing thereon as
the date of issue, which may be earlier or later than the day on which it is in fact signed
on behalf of the Licensing Authority.

Clause 15 (Section 34 of 1931 Act).

(1) The Licensing Authority during the currency of a goods-service license, may,
of its own motion or on the application of the licensee, amend or revoke any of the terms
or conditions of such license or add any new terms and conditions which in its opinion
are necessary in the public interest.
(2) The Licensing Authority shall give to the licensee, and to every other person
who in its opinion is likely to be affected seven days’ notice of its intention to exercise
of its own motion any power conferred by this section.
(3) Every such amendment or revocation or addition of new terms and conditions
made pursuant to this section shall be noted in the appropriate register.

Clause 16 (Section 20 of 1933 Act).

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these provisions, any goods-service
license may, subject to the provisions of this clause, be transferred to any person.
(2) Application for the transfer of any license shall be made in the prescribed form,
and the provisions of clauses 4 and 10 hereof shall apply to every such application.
(3) The Licensing Authority, after duly considering the application and any
objections thereto, may grant or refuse the transfer of the license, but shall not in any
case grant a transfer unless it is satisfied that the proposed transferee is financially able
to carry on the service, and is likely to carry it on satisfactorily.

Clause 17 (Section 36 of 1931 Act).

(1) The proper Licensing Authority may at any time, and, if so directed by the
Minister, shall hold a public inquiry as to whether or not any goods-service carried on
under the authority of a license under this Order is being carried on in conformity with
the terms and conditions of the license.