Road Transport Act, 1934

Amendment of section 9 of the Principal Act.

9.Section 9 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:

(a) by the substitution in sub-section (2) of the said section of the word “merchandise” for the words “on a merchandise road transport business” now contained therein;

(b) by the insertion after sub-section (3) of the said section of the following additional sub-section, that is to say:—

“(4) Where a person is proved to have carried merchandise by way of merchandise road transport, such person shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to have so carried such merchandise in the course of a merchandise road transport business carried on by him.”