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(5) Every proposal to enter into an agreement between the States to fix the number of permits which
is proposed to be granted or countersigned in respect of each route or area, shall be published by each of
the State Governments concerned in the Official Gazette and in any one or more of the newspapers in
regional language circulating in the area or route proposed to be covered by the agreement together with a
notice of the date before which representations in connection therewith may be submitted, and the date
not being less than thirty days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, on which, and the
authority by which, and the time and place at which, the proposal and any representation received in
connection therewith will be considered.
(6) Every agreement arrived at between the States shall, in so far as it relates to the grant of
countersignature of permits, be published by each of the State Governments concerned in the Official
Gazette and in any one or more of the newspapers in the regional language circulating in the area or route
covered by the agreement and the State Transport Authority of the State and the Regional Transport
Authority concerned shall give effect to it.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a Regional Transport Authority of one
region may issue a temporary permit under section 87 to be valid in another region or State with the
concurrence, given generally or for the particular occasion, of the Regional Transport Authority of that
other region or of the State Transport Authority of that other State, as the case may be.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), but subject to any rules that may be made
under this Act by the Central Government, the Regional Transport Authority of any one region or, as the
case may be, the State Transport Authority, may, for the convenience of the public,
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[grant a special
permit to any public service vehicle including any vehicle covered] by a permit issued under section 72
(including a reserve stage carriage) or under section 74 or under sub-section (9) of this section for
carrying a passenger or passengers for hire or reward under a contract, express or implied, for the use of
the vehicle as a whole without stopping to pick up or set down along the line of route passengers not
included in the contract, and in every case where such special permit is granted, the Regional Transport
Authority shall assign to the vehicle, for display thereon, a special distinguishing mark in the form and
manner specified by the Central Government and such special permit shall be valid in any other region or
State without the countersignature of the Regional Transport Authority of the other region or of the State
Transport Authority of the other State, as the case may be.
(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) but subject to any rules that may be made
by the Central Government under sub-section (14), any State Transport Authority may, for the purpose of
promoting tourism, grant permits in respect of tourist vehicles valid for the whole of India, or in such
contiguous States not being less than three in number including the State in which the permit is issued as
may be specified in such permit in accordance with the choice indicated in the application and the
provisions of sections 73, 74, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
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[clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 87 and
section 89] shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to such permits.
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(11) The following shall be conditions of every permit granted under sub-section (9), namely:—
(i) every motor vehicle in respect of which such permit is granted shall conform to such
description, requirement regarding the seating capacity, standards of comforts, amenities and other
matters, as the Central Government may specify in this behalf;
(ii) every such motor vehicle shall be driven by a person having such qualifications and satisfying
such conditions as may be specified by the Central Government; and
(iii) such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(12) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), but, subject to the rules that may be made
by the Central Government under sub-section (14), the appropriate authority may, for the purpose of
1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 27, for “grant a special permit in relation to a vehicle covered” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).
2. Subs. by s. 27, ibid, for “and 89” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).
3. Sub-section (10) omitted by s. 27, ibid. (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).