State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MOTOR VEHICLES TAXATION ACT, 1997

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Motor Vehicles Taxation Reforms Act, 2003, s.30(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

4. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act or the rules made thereunder, no motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle, shall be used in any public place in Uttar Pradesh unless a one-time tax at the rate applicable in respect of such motor vehicle, as specified in part ‘B’ of the First Schedule has been paid in respect thereof: [Provided that where a one-time tax that in respect of any such Motor vehicle has been paid before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2000 and such Tax has not been refunded under sub-section (5) of section 12, no tax under this sub-section shall be payable in respect thereof after such commencement : Provided further that in respect of an old Motor Vehicle instead of a one-time tax, annual tax applicable to such motor vehicle, as specified in Part ‘C’ of the First Schedule may be paid.]1 (2) Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act no transport vehicle shall be used in any public place in Uttar Pradesh unless a tax at the rate applicable to such motor vehicle, as specified in part ‘D’ of the first schedule has been paid in respect thereof. (3) Where any motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle, in respect whereof onetime tax has been paid, is operated as a transport vehicle, the tax payable under this Act on such transport vehicle shall be payable. [(4) The State Government may, by notification, increase by not more than fifty per cent, the rates of tax, specified in Part ‘B’, Part ‘C’ or Part ‘D’ of the First Schedule.]2