Chapter VI — Special Provisions Relating To State Transport Undertakings
Section 97 — Definition
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Definition.—In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “road transport service” means a service of motor vehicles carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward.
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
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