Chapter V – Control of Transport Vehicles
🚨 Section 93 – Offences by Conductors and Staff
(Conductors और अन्य staff द्वारा किए गए उल्लंघन)
📜 Section 93 का उद्देश्य
Section 93 यह सुनिश्चित करता है कि:
✔️ Public Service Vehicles (Stage Carriage, Contract Carriage, Omnibus) के conductors, ticket checkers और अन्य staff भी नियमों का पालन करें।
✔️ Passenger safety, fare collection और legal compliance सुनिश्चित हो।
मतलब: सिर्फ driver या owner ही नहीं, बल्कि vehicle staff भी accountable हों।
🔶 Section 93 – मुख्य प्रावधान
📌 1️⃣ Applicability
- Stage Carriage vehicles
- Contract Carriage vehicles
- Omnibus vehicles
📌 2️⃣ Offences / Violations
- Overcharging passengers
- Fare evasion / fraud
- Misbehavior with passengers
- Allowing overloading / unsafe practices
- Violation of permit conditions
📌 3️⃣ Liability
- Conductor / staff liable for offences committed by them
- Owner / operator liable if they knowingly allowed violation
📌 4️⃣ Penalties / Punishments
- Fine / penalty imposed on conductor / staff
- Vehicle permit suspension / cancellation if owner negligent
- Repeated violation → legal prosecution
📌 5️⃣ 2019 Amendment के बाद बदलाव
- e-ticketing और digital fare collection
- Online monitoring of staff conduct
- Stricter enforcement for passenger safety violations
⚖️ Section 93 का कानूनी महत्व
- Passenger rights और safety ensure
- Public transport में accountability
- Owner और staff दोनों को responsible बनाया गया
- Overloading, fare fraud और unsafe practices पर रोक