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57.
Procedures and powers of officers at other places:
1) At any place other than a check post or a
barrier, the driver or any other person in-charge of a goods vehicle or boat or
a vessel as the case may be, on demand, by an officer authorized, shall stop the
vehicle or boat, as the case may be, and keep it stationary as long as may
reasonably be necessary, and allow the officer to examine the contents in the
vehicle or boat or vessel and inspect all records relating to the goods carried,
which are in the possession of such driver or other person in charge, who shall,
if so required, give his name and address and the name and address of the owner
of the goods vehicle or vessel.
2)
If on such inspection by such officer it is found that any dealer is
transporting goods in a goods vehicle or vessel not covered by a
waybill in Form 600 or such other document prescribed in Rule 58 issued by the
person who consigned the goods, such officer may take action as provided for in
Rule 56.
3)
*Further on such inspection by such officer it is found that any goods vehicle
or a vessel or a bus carrying passengers and goods is not accompanying with the
copies of Form-650 or Form-651 as the case may be or such vehicles are carrying
the goods other than those mentioned in those forms, such officer may take
action as provided for in Rule-56.
(*
added by GO MS No 2201 dt 29th Dec 2005, w.e.f 1-12-2005.)
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