THE STAGE CARRIAGES (CANCELLATION OF PERMITS 
OF ABSENTEES) REGULATION, 1969 
[MARTIAL LAW REGULATION NO. 56] 
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TEXT 
THE STAGE CARRIAGES (CANCELLATION OF PERMITS OF 
ABSENTEES) REGULATION, 1969 
[MARTIAL LAW REGULATION NO. 56] 
[October 27, 
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[1969]] 
1. This Regulation shall come into force at once and shall take effect 
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being 
in force, and shall apply to the whole of Pakistan. 
2. In this regulation, unless there is anything repug nant in the subject or 
context,– 
(a) “absentee” means a person who holds a permi t to ply a stage carriage 
of which he is not the actual owner; 
(b) “actual owner” means a person or a body of persons having proprietary 
rights in a stage carriage acquired by way of purchase, gift, inheritance, 
or under a hire -purchase agreement, or as a resu lt of the settlement of 
a lawful claim; 
(c) “person” includes an individual, a firm, an association of persons, a 
body of individuals, whether incorporated or not , a company and any 
other judicial person. 
3. (1) Any permit to pl y a stage carriage issued in favour  of an absentee shall 
cease to be valid and shall stand cancelled  forthwith and subject to sub -paragraph 
(2), no stage carriage shall be plied on the authority of any such permit. 
(2) Notwithstanding the cancellation of a permit under sub -paragraph (1) 
stage carriage in respect of which the permit was issued may  ply for period of 20 
days following the cancellation, on the same routes and terms and conditions as 
were applicable immediately before the cancellation. 
4. Any person who is in possession of a perm it which stands cancelled under 
paragraph 3 shall, within 15 days of such cancellation surrender the permit to the 
authority by which it was issued. 
5. Whoever plies a stage carriage in contravention of Paragraph 3 or retain s a 
permit in contravention of p aragraph 4 shall be punishable with rigorous 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or fine or both. 
6. For the purpose of ascertaining the actual owner of stage carriage, the entry 
in the Certificate of Registration shall not be conclusive proof of ownership. 
7. The Provincial Government, may make rules to provide for,– 
(a) the procedure for determining actual ownership of a stage carriage; 
                                                           
1Misprinted in the Gazette as “1968”. 
(b) the procedure for issuance of permits to the actual owners of stage 
carriages
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(c) such other matters as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose s 
of this Regulation. 
                                                           
2Misprinted in the Gazette as “full-stop”.