Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Public Service Vehicles and Franchises
63. Application for franchise
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Contemporaneously with or any time subsequent to the making of an order under section 48, the Licensing Authority may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by declaration published in the Gazette declare —
Licensing Authority
“Licensing Authority” means the Motor Transport Licensing Authority established under section 49;
the franchise or franchises in respect of which applications may be made to the Licensing Authority, and the time within which such applications shall be made;
the premium, royalty, fee or other consideration which will become payable under the terms of any such franchise; and
such of the terms and conditions under which it is proposed that the franchise shall be granted as to which the Licensing
Authority considers information to the public should be given.
The Licensing Authority may either in such declaration or, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed therefor in such other manner as it deems appropriate, stipulate the form and manner in which any application is to be made and the particulars and information to be supplied in connection therewith.
Terms defined in s 2
franchise
Defined · s 2“franchise” includes — (a) the grant either of an exclusive right to maintain a public service of road transport within a regulated area or part thereof, or the right to operate, within a regulated area or part thereof, a public service of road transport by a vehicle or vehicles for which a public service vehicle licence is required which is not available to all persons holding licences of the same class: Provided that a right granted is deemed to be a franchise for the purpose of this part of this definition notwithstanding that it does not exclude the Government or persons to whom an exemption has been granted and notwithstanding that it may cease to be exclusive by virtue of the exercise by the Licensing Authority of the powers conferred by this Act or by any franchise issued hereunder; and (b) whether or not paragraph (a) applies, the grant of the right under section 64 to operate within a regulated area or part thereof a stage carriage of any class or description of public service vehicle to which section 64 from time to time applies;
Licensing Authority
Defined · s 2“Licensing Authority” means the Motor Transport Licensing Authority established under section 49;
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