Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
78. Consideration of application for goods carriage permit :- A Regional Transport Authority shall, in considering an application for a goods carriage permit, have regard to the following matters, namely;- (a) the nature of the good to be carried with special reference to their dangerous or hazardous nature to human life; (b) the nature of the chemicals or explosives to be carried with special reference to the safety to human life. Corresponding law.- Section 78 corresponds to section 55 of the motor vehicles act, 1939. Objects and reasons.- Clause 78 deals with procedure for the grant of goods of carriage permit