(1) If any public motor vehicle which has obtained a route permit pursuant to this Act is not capable of being plied for  a period of four months or more because of being out of order due to an accident or otherwise, the owner of that motor vehicle shall have to make an application setting out that matter, accompanied by the route permit, to the
competent authority for the suspension of such a route permit.
(2) Upon receipt of an application as referred to in Sub-section (1), the competent authority may, if he or she deems appropriate after making necessary enquiry into the matter, suspend the route permit of such a public
motor vehicle for the period during which such a motor vehicle cannot be plied.
(2A) ⊗ If the public motor vehicles are not operated on the routes specified in the route permits, thereby obstructing the transport service in a manner to cause adverse impacts on the public life, the Government of Nepal
may suspend the route permits of such motor vehicles for a period not exceeding one month.
(3) The renewal fees for the period of suspension of route permit pursuant to Sub-section (2) shall be remitted.