Motor Vehicles Act Section 82 — Transfer of permit
CHAPTER V CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) states that, except as provided in sub-section (2), a permit cannot be transferred from one person to another without the permission of the transport authority that granted it. Without that permission, the permit does not give any person who receives a vehicle covered by the permit any right to use that vehicle in the way the permit allows.
Sub-section (2) deals with the death of the permit holder. If the holder dies, the person who takes possession of the vehicle covered by the permit may use the permit for three months as if it had been granted to that person. However, this is only allowed if that person informs the transport authority that granted the permit about the holder's death and their intention to use the permit within thirty days of the death. Also, the permit cannot be used after the date on which it would have stopped being effective without renewal in the hands of the deceased holder.
Sub-section (3) allows the transport authority to transfer the permit to the person who takes possession of the vehicles covered by the permit, if that person applies within three months of the holder's death. The transport authority may also accept an application made after this three-month period if it is satisfied that the applicant had a good and sufficient reason for not applying within the specified time.
Official Text
(1) Save as provided in sub-section (2), a permit shall not be transferable from one person to another except with the permission of the transport authority which granted the permit and shall not, without such permission, operate to confer on any person to whom a vehicle covered by the permit is transferred any right to use that vehicle in the manner authorised by the permit.
(2) Where the holder of a permit dies, the person succeeding to the possession of the vehicle covered by the permit may, for a period of three months, use the permit as if it had been granted to himself:
Provided that such person has, within thirty days of the death of the holder, informed the transport authority which granted the permit of the death of the holder and of his own intention to use the permit:
Provided further that no permit shall be so used after the date on which it would have ceased to be effective without renewal in the hands of the deceased holder.
(3) The transport authority may, on application made to it within three months of the death of the holder of a permit, transfer the permit to the person succeeding to the possession of the vehicles covered by the permit:
Provided that the transport authority may entertain an application made after the expiry of the said period of three months if it is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by good and sufficient cause from making an application within the time specified.