§2 — Definitions

In this Act, unless context otherwise requires,— [(1) “adapted vehicle” means a motor vehicle either specially designed and constructed, or to which alterations have been made under sub-section (2) of section 52, for the use of a person suffering from any physical defect or disability, and used solely by or for such person; (1A) “aggregator” means a digital intermediary or market place for a passenger to connect with a driver for the purpose of transportation; (1B) “area”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means such area as the State Government may, having regard to the requirements of that provision, specify by notification in the Official Gazette;] (2) “articulated vehicle” means a motor vehicle to which a semitrailer is attached; (3) “axle weight” means in relation to an axle of a vehicle the total weight transmitted by the several wheels attached to that axle to the surface on which the vehicle rests; (4) “certificate of registration” means the certificate issued by a competent authority to the effect that a motor vehicle has been duly registered in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV; [(4A) “community service” means an unpaid work which a person is required to perform as a punishment for an offence committed under this Act;] (5) “conductor”, in relation to a stage carriage, means a person engaged in collecting fares from passengers, regulating their entrance into, or exit from, the stage carriage and performing such other functions as may be prescribed; (6) “conductor’s licence” means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter III authorising the person specified therein to act as a conductor; (7) “contract carriage” means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum— (a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or (b) from one point to another, 1. 1st July, 1989, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 368(E), dated 22nd May, 1989, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Pt. II, sec. 3 (ii). 2. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 2, for cl. (1) (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).