COMMERCIAL (HACKNEY CARRIAGE) VEHICLE PERMIT AND OTHER (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) EDICT 1998

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COMMERCIAL (HACKNEY CARRIAGE) VEHICLE PERMIT AND OTHER (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) EDICT 1998

LAWS OF NASARAWA STATE

 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. [Registration to mandatory]
4. [Prescribed fees for registration: Third Schedule]
5. [Offences and penalties]
6. [Register of commercial vehicles in the State]
7. Penalty
8. [Fees payable and offence for non-payment]

SCHEDULE

 

COMMERCIAL (HACKNEY CARRIAGE) VEHICLE PERMIT AND OTHER (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) EDICT 1998

NASARAWA STATE OF NIGERIA

EDICT NO. 2 OF 1998

 

Date of Commencement        1st January 1998

 

Enactment

The Military Administrator of Nasarawa State of Nigeria hereby makes the following Edict:

A Law to provide for the Registration, Identification and Licensing of all Categories of Commercial Vehicles Operating in Nasarawa State

 

Title and commencement

1. This Edict may be cited as Commercial (Hackney Carriage) Vehicle Permit and Other (Miscellaneous Provisions) Edict and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1998.

 

Interpretation

2. In this Edict, unless the context requires:-

“Board” means Nasarawa State Board of Internal Revenue.

“Heavy Goods Vehicles” means vehicles that may include but not limited to trailers, luxury buses, tankers, plants, bulldozers, pay loaders, scrappers etc.

“Highway” includes any roadway to which the public have access.

“Impound” means to take and confine in a Police Station or any place designated for confining vehicles that contravene the Edict.

“Light Goods Vehicles” means vehicles that may include, but not limited to pick-up, taxis, buses and others of that category.

 

[Registration to mandatory]

3.(1) Subject to the provision of the Road Traffic Edict and any subsequent legislation made there under, no person shall operate a commercial vehicle, plant or equipment on any high way in the State, unless he is registered under this Edict in the manner prescribed in the First Schedule and have affixed to it an identification mark in the manner prescribed in the Second Schedule.

 

[Prescribed fees for registration: Third Schedule]

4. There shall be paid for each registration or subsequent registration, the Fees prescribed in the Third Schedule and is renewable at the expiration of one year after registration.

 

[Offences and penalties]

5. Any person who contravenes the provisions of Section (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding N10,000.00 or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

 

[Register of commercial vehicles in the State]

6. The State Motor Licensing Authority shall keep a register on the forms prescribed in the First Schedule of every commercial vehicle in the State.

 

Penalty

7. (1) Where any commercial vehicle had been registered in accordance with the Road Traffic Edict and Regulations outside the State or in conformity with Section 3 of this Edict, the owner or driver shall at the expiration of such registration renew same in any State of the Federation.

(2)     Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of Sub-section (1) of this Section shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding N10,000.00.

 

[Fees payable and offence for non-payment]

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of the Road Traffic Edict and any subsequent legislation made there under, there shall be paid for traffic offences, accident inspection, garage fees, towing fees and other miscellaneous charges, the fees prescribed in the Fourth and Fifth Schedules to this Edict.

(2)     Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of Sub-section of this Section shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding N3,000.00 or to imprisonment not exceeding two months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

 

 

FIRST SCHEDULE – COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION

Identification No:………………………………………………………..

Date:……………………………………………………………………..

Name of Owner:………………………………………………………..

Present Address of Owner:……………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………..

Make and Type of Vehicle:…………………………………………..

Place and Date of Registration:………………………………………

Nasarawa Commercial Vehicle Registration Number:……………

Previous Registration Number/if (any):……………………………..

Registration period from ……………….. 19 ………..to …………..

Amount paid N:…………………………………………………………

Receipt Number:………………………………………………………

 

Revenue collector signature/stamp

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

TABLE ‘A’

Identification mark for Articulated Tankers Vehicles (ARTV)

TABLE ‘B’

Identification mark for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV)

TABLE ‘C’

Identification mark for Pick-up Vans (PUV)

TABLE ‘D’

Identification mark for Taxi Cabs (TC)

TABLE ‘E’

Identification mark for Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV)

TABLE ‘F’

Identification mark for Motorcycles (MC)

TABLE ‘G’

Identification mark for Private Car Hire Service (PCHS)

 

 

THIRD SCHEDULE

TABLE A

HACKNEY CARRIAGE REGISTRATION FEES

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Articulated Tanker Vehicle	2,050
2.	Heavy Goods Vehicles, Caterpillar, Luxury Buses and Heavy Trucks Articulated	1,050
3.	Taxi Cabs	550
4.	Light Commercial Vehicles	750
5.	Pick-up Vans	850
6.	Motorcycles	550
7.	Private Car Hire Service	750

 

 

 

TABLE B

HACKNEY CARRIAGE YEARLY RENEWAL FEES

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Articulated Tanker Vehicles	2,000
2.	Heavy Goods Vehicles, Caterpillar, Luxury Buses and Heavy Trucks Articulated	1,000
3.	Taxi Cabs	500
4.	Light Commercial Vehicles	700
5.	Pick-up Vans	800
6.	Motorcycles	500
7.	Private Car Hire Service	700

 

 

TABLE C

HACKNEY CARRIAGE/VEHICLE MISCELLANEOUS FEES

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Hackney Carriage Tag	50
2.	Stage Carriage Tag	75
3.	Commercial Vehicle Tag	150
4.	Articulated Vehicle Tag	200
5.	Drivers Badge/Identification Card	200
6.	Conductor Badge/Identification Card	200

 

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FOURTH SCHEDULE

TRAFFIC OFFENCES, ACCIDENT INSPECTION, GARAGE FEES, TOWING AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES

S/N	NAME OF VEHICLE	ACCIDENT INSPECTION (N)	GARAGE FEES (N)	TOWING FEES (N)
1.	Articulated Vehicle (Trailers)	750	400	1,500 within 2km
2.	Lorries	500	400	1,500 within 2km
3.	Luxury Buses	750	500	1,500 within 2km
4.	Buses	400	300	300 with 2km
5.	Pick-up Vans	400	400	300
6.	Taxi Cabs/Private Car Hire	350	300	300
7.	Private Vehicles	300	300	300
8.	Commercial Motorcycle/Private	250	200	500

 

 

FIFTH SCHEDULE

TABLE A

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Motor Vehicle	500
2.	Motorcycle	200

 

TABLE B

MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS LICENCE

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Dealers Permit/Licence	10,000
2.	Registration for Motor Vehicle	500
3.	Motorcycle Dealer	2,500
4.	Motorcycle Dealer Registration	200

 

TABLE C

VEHICLE LICENCE

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Below 1.6 litres	200
2.	1.6.2 litres	350
3.	2.1.3 litres	500
4.	3.1 litres and above	650
5.	Tippers and Lorries	750
6.	Tankers and Trailers	1,720
7.	16 tyre Trailers (Articulated)	2,700
8.	Tractors and Bulldozers	1,000
9.	Motorcycles (commercial)	200
10.	Motorcycles (private)	100

 

TABLE D

REGISTRATION FEES

S/N	CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Motorcycle	200
2.	Vehicle less than 1m	500
3.	Vehicle above 1m	2,500

 

TABLE E

DRIVING LICENCE

S/N	TYPE OF LICENCE	FEES (N)
1.	Learners Permit/6 months	50
2.	Driving Licence/2 years	400
3.	Driving Licence Forms	100
	REPLACEMENT: All particulars to be replaced at full cost

 

TABLE F

ROAD WORTHINESS

S/N	TYPES OF VEHICLES	FEES (N)
1.	Cars and Mini Buses	200
2.	Luxurious Buses	400
3.	Lorries, Tippers and Articulated Vehicles	750

 

Date at Lafia this 21 day of January, 1998

 

WING COMMANDER ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM

MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR

NASARAWA STATE

 

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