Monday, 24 August 2015

Provincial Motor Vehicles (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (Amendment) Act, 2014.

AN
ACT
further to amend the Provincial Motor
Vehicles Ordinance, 1965.

          Preamble.---WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965 (W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965), for the purposes hereinafter appearing;


          It is hereby enacted as follows:

1.       Short title and commencement.---(1) This Act may be called the Provincial Motor Vehicles (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (Amendment) Act, 2014.

          (2)      It shall come into force at once.

2.       Amendment of section 2 of W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965.---In the Provincial Motor Vehicles (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Ordinance, 1965 (W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965), hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance, in section 2,-

(i)       after clause (36), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:

“(36-a)  ‘single axle weight’ means a load of an axle of a goods vehicle transmitted by several wheels attached to that axle to the surface whereon, the wheels rest;”;

(ii)      after clause (38), the following new clause shall be inserted,  namely:

“(38-a)  ‘tandem axle weight’ means load of a twin-axle (two axles centre-to-centre spaces between 40 to 48 inches) of a goods vehicle transmitted by the several wheels attached to that twin-axle assembly to the surface whereon the wheels rest;”; and

(iii)     after clause (42), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely:

“(42-a)  ‘tridem axle weight’ means the load of a tri-axle (three axles, the outer two axles centre-to-centre spaced between 80 to 96 inches) of a goods vehicle transmitted by the several wheels to tri-axle assembly to the surface whereon the wheels rest; and

(42-b)    ‘tyre pressure’ means inflation pressure of tyres of goods vehicles;”.

3.       Amendment of section 76 of W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965.---In the said Ordinance, in section 76, in sub-section (2), after the word “tyres”, the words “and is not exceeding the axle load as mentioned in Fifteenth Schedule” shall be added.

4.       Amendment of section 107 of W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965.---In the said Ordinance, in section 107, for the words “one hundred rupees”, the words “five thousand rupees, but shall not be less than one thousand rupees” and for the words “five hundred rupees” the words “ten thousand rupees” shall respectively be substituted.

5.       Amendment of Twelfth Schedule to W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965.---In the said Ordinance, in the Twelfth Schedule, in Part-I,-

(i)       against serial No. 4, for the existing entries, the following shall be substituted, namely:

“4.
Overloading by public transport vehicles (Goods Carriers).

-
-
1000 for 1% to 5% of overloading.

2500 for 5.1% to 10% of overloading.

5000 for 10.1% to 15% and above of overloading.

1000 for 1% to 5% of overloading.

2500 for 5.1% to 10% of overloading.

5000 for 10.1% to 15%. and above of 15% of overloading shall not be allowed to ply on road.”.


(ii)      after serial No. 53, the following new entries shall be added, in the respective columns, namely:
1.
2.
3.
“54.
Repeating the violation at serial No. 4 above.
-
-
10000/-

10000/-”.




6.       Addition of Fifteenth Schedule to W.P. Ord. No. XIX of 1965.---In the said Ordinance, after Fourteenth Schedule, the following new Schedule shall be added, namely:

“THE FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE
[see sub-section (2) of section 76]

SINGLE, TANDEM, TRIDEM AXLE LOAD AMPGROSS VEHICLEWEIGHT AND TYRE PRESSURE LIMITS

TRUCK TYPES                                                      MAXIMUM GROSS
                                                                                WEIGHT (TONS)

                                                  1.2                                   17.5
                                                  1.22                                  27.5
                                                  1.2-2                                29.5
                                                  1.2-22                               39.5
                                                  1.22-2                               39.5
                                                  1.22-22                             49.5
                                                  1.2-2-2                             41.5
                                                  1.2-2-22                            51.5
                                                  1.22-2-2                            51.5
                                                  1.22-2-22                          61.5
                                                  1.2-222                             48.5
          `                                       1.22-222                           58.5
Axle load limits for Single Axle = 12 tons, Tandem Axle = 22 tons,
Tridem Axle = 31 tons, Front Axle = 5.5 tons
TyrePressures for Rear Axles = 120 psi, Front Axle = 100 psi.”.

                                           BY ORDER OF MR. SPEAKER
                                          PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF KHYBER                                                               PAKHTUNKHWA   
___________________________________________________________                                                 
                                                    (AMANULLAH)
                                                      Secretary
                                                  Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


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