(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, the competent authority may, without
affecting the operation of transport service by a public motor vehicle on a route, so issue a route permit authorizing the use of that public motor vehicle also on those routes which are contiguous to that route.
(2) In issuing a multiple route permit authorizing the operation of the transport service on more than one route pursuant to Sub-section (1), the owner or manager of the public motor vehicle shall have to pay the routes
fees chargeable for each of such routes.