#THE CARRIAGE BY ROAD ACT, 2007 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Persons not to engage in business of common carrier without registration. 
4. Application for grant or renewal of registration. 
5. Suspension or cancellation of registration. 
6. Appeal. 
7. Submission of annual return. 
8. Goods forwarding note. 
9. Goods receipt. 
10. Liability of common carrier. 
11. Rates of charge to be fixed by common carrier for carriage of consignment at a higher risk rate. 
12. Conditions limiting exonerating the liability of the common carrier. 
13. Provision for carriage of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life. 
14. Power of Central Government to prohibit carriage of certain class of goods. 
15. Right of common carrier in case of consignee’s default. 
16. Notice for institution of a suit. 
17. General responsibility of common carrier. 
18. Punishment for contravention in relation to non-registration, carrying goods of dangerous or 
hazardous nature, or prohibited goods. 
19. Composition of offences. 
20. Power to make rules. 
21. Power to remove difficulties. 
22. Repeal and saving. 

 
 
 
 
#THE CARRIAGE BY ROAD ACT, 2007 

##ACT NO. 41 OF 2007 

[29th September, 2007.] 

An Act to provide for the regulation of common carriers, limiting their liability and declaration 
of value of goods delivered to them to determine their liability for loss of, or damage to, such 
goods  occasioned  by  the  negligence  or  criminal  acts  of  themselves,  their  servants  or  agents 
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title, extent and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Carriage by Road Act, 2007. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir[^1]. 

(3) It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. **Definitions.**—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

  (a) “common carrier” means a person engaged in the business of collecting, storing, forwarding 
or distributing goods to be carried by goods carriages under a goods receipt or transporting for hire of 
goods  from  place  to  place  by  motorised  transport  on  road,  for  all  persons  undiscriminatingly  and 
includes a goods booking company, contractor, agent, broker and courier agency engaged in the door-
to-door transportation of documents, goods or articles utilising the services of a person, either directly 
or  indirectly,  to  carry  or  accompany  such  documents,  goods  or  articles,  but  does  not  include  the 
Government; 

  (b) “consignee” means the person named as consignee in the goods forwarding note; 

  (c) “consignment” means documents, goods or articles entrusted by the consignor to the common 
carrier for carriage, the description or details of which are given in the goods forwarding note; 

  (d) “consignor” means a person, named as consignor in the goods forwarding note, by whom or 
on whose behalf the documents, goods or articles covered by such forwarding note are entrusted to 
the common carrier for carriage thereof; 

  (e) “goods” includes— 

       (i) containers, pallets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods; and 

       (ii) animals or livestock; 

  (f) “goods forwarding note” means the document executed under section 8; 

  (g) “goods receipt” means the receipt issued under section 9; 

  (h)  “person”  includes  any  association  or  body  of  persons,  whether  incorporated  or  not,  a  road 
transport  booking  company,  contractor  and  an  agent  or  a  broker  carrying  on  the  business  of  a 
common carrier; 

  (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

  (j) “registering authority” means a State Transport Authority or a Regional Transport Authority 
constituted under section 68 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); 

  (k) “registration” means the registration granted or renewed under sub-section (5) of section 4. 



[^1]. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 

 

3. **Persons not to engage in business of common carrier without registration.**—(1) No person 
shall engage in the business of a common carrier, after the commencement of this Act, unless he has been 
granted a certificate of registration. 

(2) Any  person  who  is  engaged,  whether  wholly  or  partly,  in  the  business  of  a  common  carrier, 
immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall,— 

  (a) apply for a registration within ninety days from the date of such commencement; 

  (b) cease to engage in such business on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date 
of such  commencement  unless  he  has  applied  for  registration  and  the  certificate  of  registration  has 
been granted by the registering authority. 

4. **Application for grant or renewal of registration.**—(1) Any person, who is engaged or intends to 
engage  in  the  business  of  a  common  carrier,  shall  apply  for  the  grant  or  renewal  of  a  certificate  of 
registration for carrying on the business of common carrier to the registering authority. 

(2) An application under sub-section (1) shall be made, to the registering authority having jurisdiction 
in the area in which the applicant resides or has his principal place of business stating that the application 
is for the main office, in such form and manner and accompanied by such fees payable to the registering 
authority as may be prescribed. 

(3) An application for grant or renewal of certificate of registration for the main office shall contain 
the details of branch office, if any, to be operated outside the jurisdiction of the State or Union territory in 
which the main office is to be registered in such form and manner as may be prescribed: 

Provided  that  an  application  for  the  purpose  to  open  or  close  a  branch  office  shall  be  made  to  the 
registering authority having jurisdiction over the main office. 

(4) A registering authority shall, before granting or renewing a certificate of registration, satisfy itself 
that the applicant fulfills such conditions as may be prescribed. 

(5) The registering authority may, on receipt of an application under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) 
and after satisfying itself that the applicant fulfills the requirements of sub-section (4), grant the certificate 
of registration or renew it, as the case may be, for carrying on the business of a common carrier, in such 
form and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed: 

Provided that no application for the grant or renewal of a certificate of registration shall be refused by 
the registering authority unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard and the reasons 
for such refusal are given in writing by the registering authority within sixty days from the date of receipt 
of such application: 

Provided  further  that  if  such  refusal  has  not  been  communicated  within  sixty  days  of  the  date  of 
application, the registering authority shall grant or renew certificate of registration within a further period 
of thirty days. 

(6) A certificate of registration granted or renewed under sub-section (5) shall contain the details of 
branch offices to be operated in various States and Union territories, and shall be valid for a period of ten 
years from the date of such grant or renewal, as the case may be: 

Provided that in the case of registration in respect of branch offices referred to in sub-section (3), the 
validity of such registration shall be restricted to the validity of the registration granted in respect of the 
main office. 

(7) The holder of a certificate of registration shall— 

  (a) maintain a register in such form and manner as may be prescribed; 

  (b) for shifting the main office mentioned in the certificate of registration submit an application to 
the registering authority which granted the certificate of registration: 

Provided  that  such  registering  authority  shall  grant  or  refuse  permission  for  shifting  the  main 
office  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  such  application  and  that  no  application  for 
shifting the main office shall be refused unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being 
heard and reasons for such refusal are given in writing by the registering authority: 

Provided  further  that  in  case  the  registering  authority  has  not  either  granted  or  refused  the 
permission within thirty days it shall be deemed that the permission for shifting has been granted; 

  (c) submit to the registering authority under whose jurisdiction the main office is located and the 
Transport Research Wing of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government dealing with road 
transport  and  highways  such  information  and  return  as  may  be  prescribed  within  one  hundred  and 
twenty days after the thirty-first day of March every year; 

  (d) display  at  a  prominent  place  in  its  or  its  main  office  and  each  branch  office,  if  any,  a 
certificate  of  registration  in  original  or  certified  copy  thereof  attested  by  the  concerned  registering 
authority, a notary or a Gazetted Officer of the Central or State Government. 

(8) A common carrier shall not load the motor vehicle beyond the gross vehicle weight mentioned in 
the registration certificate whose registration number is mentioned in the goods forwarding note or goods 
receipt,  and  the  common  carrier  shall  not  allow  such  vehicle  to  be  loaded  beyond  the  gross  vehicle 
weight. 

5. **Suspension or cancellation of registration.**—(1) If the registering authority is satisfied that the 
holder of certificate of registration has failed to comply with any of the provisions of sub-section (7) of 
section 4, it may give a notice by registered post or through electronic media or by any verifiable means 
to the holder of certificate of registration to rectify within a period of thirty days and in case such a holder 
fails to do so, it may revoke the certificate of registration on completion of enquiry. 

(2) If a complaint is received by the registering authority against a common carrier from a consignor 
in respect of,— 

  (i) non-issuance of receipt of goods; 

  (ii)  non-disclosure  of  the  whereabouts  of  the  goods  in  transit  when  asked  by  the  consignor  or 
consignee; or 

  (iii) detention of goods for delivery without valid reasons; or 

  (iv) demand for unreasonable additional charges at the time of delivery, which were neither 
disclosed nor agreed upon between the consignor and the consignee earlier; or 

  (v) non-payment of charges agreed and payable to truck-owners, 

it may give a notice by registered post or through electronic media or by any other verifiable means to the 
holder  of  certificate  of  registration  to  rectify  the  same  within  a  period  of  thirty  days  and  in  case  such 
holder fails to do so, it may revoke certificate of registration for a period as may be prescribed under the 
rules on completion of that enquiry. 

(3) If  the  registering  authority  or  any  other  authority  so  authorised  under  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act, 
1988 (59 of 1988) has received proof of violation of provision of sub-section (8) ofsection 4, it shall be 
competent  to  impose  the  penalty  prescribed  under  section  194  of the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  on  the 
common  carrier,  notwithstanding  the  fact that  such  penalty  have  been  already  imposed  on  and  realised 
from the driver or the owner of the goods vehicle or the consignor, as the case may be. 

(4) Any action for revocation of certificate of registration shall not be taken under sub-sections (1) 
and (2) unless the  holder of  the  certificate  of  registration  is  given  an  opportunity  of  being  heard  in  the 
enquiry and reasons for such action are given in writing by the registering authority. 

(5) The registering authority in whose jurisdiction the main office of the common carrier is located 
shall be competent to take action under sub-sections (1) and (2) and any other registering authority who 
has noticed the violations or has received complaints under the said sub-sections, shall report such matter 
to the registering authority having jurisdiction over the main office. 

(6) When the  certificate  of  registration  is  revoked,  the  holder  of  the  certificate  of  registration  shall 
surrender  the  certificate  of  registration  to  the  registering  authority  within  a  period  of  thirty  days  and  it 
would  be  incumbent  on  the  holder  of  the  certificate  of  registration  to  complete  the  delivery  and 
transactions in respect of the consignments already accepted by the common carrier from any consignor 
prior to the revocation of the certificate of registration. 

(7)  The  holder  of  a  certificate  of  registration  may,  at  any  time,  surrender  the  certificate  to  the 
registering authority which granted the registration and on such surrender the registering authority shall, 
after obtaining declaration from the holder of the certificate of registration that no liability is outstanding 
against him and that he shall discharge such liability, if held liable, revoke the certificate of registration: 

Provided that if the surrender is in respect of a branch office, the endorsement in respect of the branch 
office  shall  be  deleted  from  the  certificate  of  registration  and  such  deletion  shall  be  notified  by  the 
registering  authority  having  jurisdiction  over  the  main  office  to  such  other  authorities  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

6. **Appeal.**—(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the registering authority  refusing  to  grant  or 
renew  a  certificate  of  registration  or  suspending  or  revoking  a  registration  under  this  Act,  may,  within 
sixty days from the date of such order, appeal to the State Transport Appellate Tribunal constituted under 
sub-section (2) of section 89 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988). 

(2) An  appeal  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be  preferred  in  duplicate  in  the  form  of  a  memorandum 
setting forth the grounds of objection to the order of the registering authority and shall be accompanied by 
such fee as may be prescribed. 

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), the provisions of sub-sections (1) 
and (2) of section 89 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), as in force immediately before the 
commencement  of  this  Act,  with  regard to  appeal,  shall, as  far  as  may,  apply  to  every  appeal  as if  the 
provisions aforesaid were enacted by this Act subject to the modification that any reference therein to the 
“permit” shall be construed as a reference to the “registration”. 

7. **Submission of annual return.**—The State Transport Authority in respect of each State or Union 
territory  shall  submit  annually  to  the  Ministry  or  Department  of  the  Central  Government  dealing  with 
road transport and highways a consolidated annual return giving the details of the goods carried by the 
common  carriers  in  that  State  or  the  Union  territory,  as  the  case  may  be,  on  the  basis  of  the  returns 
received from the holders of the registration as specified under clause (c) of sub-section (7) of section 4. 

8. **Goods forwarding note.**—(1)  Every  consignor  shall  execute  a  goods  forwarding  note,  in  such 
form  and  manner  as  may  be  prescribed,  which  shall  include  a  declaration  about  the  value  of  the 
consignment and goods of dangerous or hazardous nature. 

(2) The consignor shall be responsible for the correctness of the particulars furnished by him in the 
goods forwarding note. 

(3) The consignor shall indemnify the common carrier against any damage suffered by him by reason 
of incorrectness or incompleteness of the particulars on the goods forwarding note. 

9. **Goods receipt.**—(1) A common carrier shall,— 

(a) in case where the goods are to be loaded by the consignor, on the completion of such loading; 

or 

(b) in any other case, on the acceptance of the goods by him, issue a goods receipt in such form 
and manner as may be prescribed. 

(2) The goods receipt shall be issued in triplicate and the original shall be given to the consignor. 

(3) The goods receipt shall be prima facie evidence of the weight or measure and other particulars of 
the goods and the number of packages stated therein. 

(4) The  goods receipt  shall  include  an  undertaking  by  the common  carrier  about  the liability  under 
section 10 or section 11. 

10. **Liability of common carrier.**—(1) The liability of the common carrier for loss of, or damage to 
any consignment, shall be limited to such amount as may be prescribed having regard to the value, freight 
and nature of goods, documents or articles of the consignment, unless the consignor or any person duly 
authorised in that behalf have expressly undertaken to pay higher risk rate fixed by the common carrier 
under section 11. 

(2) The liability  of  the  common  carrier in  case  of any  delay  up to such  period  as  may  be  mutually 
agreed upon by and between the consignor and the common carrier and specifically provided in the goods 
forwarding note including the consequential loss or damage to such consignment shall be limited to the 
amount of freight charges where such loss, damage or delay took place while the consignment was under 
the charge of such carrier: 

Provided that beyond the period so agreed upon in the goods forwarding note, compensation shall be 
payable in accordance with sub-section (1) or section 11: 

Provided further that the common carrier shall not be liable if such carrier proves that such loss of, or 
damage to, the consignment or delay in delivery thereof, had not taken place due to his fault or neglect or 
that of his servants or agents thereof. 

11. **Rates of charge to be fixed by common carrier for carriage of consignment at a higher risk 
rate.**—Every common carrier may require payment for the higher risk undertaken by him in carrying a 
particular consignment at such rate of charge as he may fix and correspondingly, his liability would be in 
accordance with the terms as may be agreed upon with the consignor: 

Provided that to entitle such carrier to claim payment at a rate higher than his ordinary rate of charge, 
he should have exhibited a printed or written notice, in English and the vernacular language of the State, 
of the higher rate of charge in the place or premises where he carries on the business of common carrier. 

12. **Conditions limiting exonerating the liability of the common carrier.**—(1)  Every  common 
carrier shall be liable to the consignor for the loss or damage to any consignment in accordance with the 
goods  forwarding  note,  where  such  loss  or  damage  has  arisen  on  account  of  any  criminal  act  of  the 
common carrier, or any of his servants or agents. 

(2)  In  any  suit  brought  against  the  common  carrier  for  the  loss,  damage  or  non-delivery  of 
consignment,  it  shall  not  be  necessary  for  the  plaintiff  to  prove  that  such loss, damage  or  non-delivery 
was owing to the negligence or criminal act of the common carrier, or any of his servants or agents. 

(3) Where any consignment has been detained for examination or scrutiny by a competent authority 
and upon such examination or scrutiny it is found that certain prohibited goods or goods on which due tax 
was  not  paid  or  insufficiently  paid  have  been  entrusted  to  the  common  carrier  by  the  consignor  which 
have not been described in the goods forwarding note, the cost of such examination or scrutiny shall be 
borne by the consignor and the common carrier shall not be liable for any loss, damage or deterioration 
caused by such detention of the consignment for examination or scrutiny: 

Provided that the  onus  of proving  that  such incorrect  description  of  goods in the  goods  forwarding 
note was received from the consignor shall be on the common carrier. 

*Explanation.*—For the purposes of this section, “competent authority” means any person or authority 
who  is  empowered  to  examine  or  scrutinise  goods  by  or  under  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force  to 
secure compliance of provisions of that law. 

13. **Provision for carriage of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life.**—(1)  No 
goods  of  dangerous  or  hazardous  nature  to  human  life  shall  be  carried  by  a  common  carrier  except  in 
accordance with such procedure and after complying with such safeguards as may be prescribed. 

(2) The Central  Government  may,  by  rules  made  in  this  behalf,  specify  the  goods  of  dangerous  or 
hazardous nature to human life and the label or class of labels to be carried in, or displayed on, the motor 
vehicle or such goods in the course of transportation. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every common 
carrier shall scrutinise and ensure before starting transportation of any consignment containing goods of 
dangerous or hazardous nature to human life that the consignment is covered by, one or more insurance 
policies under a contract of insurance in respect of such goods providing relief in case of death or injury 
to a person or damage to any property or the consignment, if an accident takes place. 

14. **Power of Central Government to prohibit carriage of certain class of goods.**—The  Central 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, in public interest, the goods or class or 
classes of goods which shall not be carried by a common carrier. 

15. **Right of common carrier in case of consignee’s default.**—(1) If the consignee fails to take 
delivery of any consignment of goods within a period of thirty days from the date of notice given by the 
common carrier, such consignment may be deemed as unclaimed: 

Provided  that  in  case  of  perishable  consignment,  the  period  of  thirty  days  shall  not  apply  and  the 
consignment shall be deemed unclaimed after a period of twenty-four hours of service of notice or any 
lesser period as may be mutually agreed to by and between the common carrier and the consignor. 

(2) In the case of an unclaimed consignment under sub-section (1), the common carrier may,— 

  (a) if such consignment is perishable in nature, have the right to sell the consignment; or 

  (b) if such consignment is not perishable in nature, cause a notice to be served upon the consignee 
or upon the consignor if the consignee is not available, requiring him to remove the goods within a 
period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice and in case of failure to comply with the 
notice, the common carrier shall have the right to sell such consignment without any further notice to 
the consignee or the consignor, as the case may be. 

(3) The common carrier shall, out of the sale proceeds received under sub-section (2), retain a sum 
equal  to  the  freight,  storage  and  other  charges  due  including  expenses  incurred  for  the  sale,  and  the 
surplus, if any, from such sale proceeds shall be returned to the consignee or the consignor, as the case 
may be. 

(4) Unless  otherwise  agreed  upon  between  the  common  carrier  and  consignor,  the  common  carrier 
shall be entitled to detain or dispose off the consignment in part or full to recover his dues in the event of 
the consignee failing to make payment of the freight and other charges payable to the common carrier at 
the time of taking delivery. 

16. **Notice for institution of a suit.**—No suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against a 
common  carrier  for  any  loss  of,  or  damage  to,  the  consignment,  unless  notice  in  writing  of  the  loss  or 
damage to the consignment has been served on the common carrier before the institution of the suit or 
other  legal  proceeding  and  within  one  hundred  and  eighty  days  from  the  date  of  booking  of  the 
consignment by the consignor. 

17. **General responsibility of common carrier.**—Save as otherwise provided in this Act, a common 
carrier shall be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage or deterioration in transit or non-delivery of 
any consignment entrusted to him for carriage, arising from any cause except the following, namely:— 

  (a) act of God; 

  (b) act of war or public enemy; 

  (c) riots and civil commotion; 

  (d) arrest, restraint or seizure under legal process; 

  (e) order or restriction or prohibition imposed by the Central Government or a State Government 
or by an officer or authority subordinate to the Central Government or a State Government authorised 
by it in this behalf: 

Provided that the common carrier shall not be relieved of its responsibility for the loss, destruction, 
damage, deterioration or non-delivery of the consignment if the common carrier could have avoided such 
loss,  destruction,  damage  or  deterioration  or  non-delivery  had  the  common  carrier  exercised  due 
deligence and care in the carriage of the consignment. 

18. **Punishment for contravention in relation to non-registration, carrying goods of dangerous 
or hazardous nature, or prohibited goods.**—(1)  Whoever  contravenes  the  provisions  of  section  3, 
section  13  or  a  notification  issued  under  section  14  shall  be  punishable  for  the  first  offence  with  fine 
which may extend to five thousand rupees, and for the second or subsequent offence with fine which may 
extend to ten thousand rupees. 

(2) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person who, at the time 
the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the 
business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be 
liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: 

Provided  that  nothing  contained  in  this  sub-section  shall  render  any  such  person  liable  to  any 
punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised 
all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Act has been 
committed  by  a  company  and  it  is  proved  that  the  offence  has  been  committed  with  the  consent  or 
connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other 
officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be proceeded against and 
punished accordingly. 

*Explanation.*—For the purpose of this section,— 

  (a) “company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; 
and 

  (b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm. 

19. **Composition of offences.**—(1) Any offence committed under section 18, may either  before  or 
after  the  institution  of  the  prosecution,  be  compounded  by  such  officers  or  authorities  and  for  such 
amount as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. 

(2) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), the offender shall be discharged 
and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence. 

20. **Power to make rules.**—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may 
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

  (a) the  form  and  manner  of  making  an  application  for  grant  or  renewal  of  a  certificate  of 
registration  for  main  office  or  branch  office  and  the  fee  thereof  under  sub-sections  (2)  and  (3)  of 
section 4; 

  (b) the  other  conditions  of  eligibility  which  are  required  to  be  fulfilled  by  an  applicant  under 
clause (d) of sub-section (4) of section 4; 

  (c) the  form  in  which  and  the  conditions  subject  to  which  certificate  of  registration  or  renewal 
may be granted under sub-section (5) of section 4; 

  (d) the form and manner of maintaining a register under clause (a) of sub-section (7) of section 4; 

  (e) the information and return which may be furnished to the registering authority and the 
transport research wing under clause (c) of sub-section (7) of section 4; 

  (f) fee for submitting the memorandum of appeal under sub-section (2) of section 6; 

  (g) the form  and  manner  in  which a  goods forwarding  note  shall  be executed  by  the  consignor 
under sub-section (1) of section 8; 

  (h) the form and manner in which a common carrier shall issue goods receipt under sub-section 
(1) of section 9; 

  (i) liability of the common carrier for loss of, or damage to any consignment undersub-section (1) 
of section 10; 

  (j) the  procedure  and  safeguards  to  be  complied  with  for  carrying  goods  of  dangerous  or 
hazardous nature under sub-section (1) of section 13; 

  (k) the specification of the goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life and the label or 
class of labels to be carried or displayed in or on the motor vehicle or on such goods in the course of 
their transportation under sub-section (2) of section 13; and 

  (l) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. 

(3) Every rule made under this section and every notification issued under section 14 shall be laid, as 
soon as may be after it is made or issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a 
total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, 
and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the  successive  sessions 
aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or the notification, or both Houses 
agree  that  the  rule  or  the  notification  should  not  be  made  or  issued,  the  rule  or  the  notification  shall 
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that 
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done 
under that rule or notification. 

21. **Power to remove difficulties.**—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by general or special order published in the Official Gazette, make 
such  provisions,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  as  appear  to  it  to  be  necessary  or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the 
date of commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before 
each House of Parliament. 

22. **Repeal and saving.**—(1) The Carriers Act, 1865(3 of 1865) is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Carriers Act, 1865 (3 of 1865) anything done or any action 
taken under the said Act shall, in so far as such thing or action is not inconsistent with the provisions of 
this  Act,  be  deemed  to  have  been  done  or  taken  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  shall  continue  in 
force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. 

(3) The mention of particular matters in this section shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general 
application of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) with regard to the effect of repeals.