(1) Where a transporter carries from any place in West Bengal in a goods vehicle any consignment of goods and such vehicle is bound for any place outside West Bengal, he shall, in addition to a document of title to the goods, carry with him, in respect of such goods,-
(2) The transporter, while carrying the goods referred to in sub-section (1), shall stop the vehicle at the checkpost, or at any place when so required by the Commissioner, and produce the documents referred to in sub-section (1) along with the document of the title to such goods before the Commissioner, and the Commissioner shall countersign the documents referred to in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be of sub-section (1).
(2A) Where it appears to the Commissioner that-
he shall, for reasons to be recorded in writing, seize such goods under section 70 at any checkpost, or at any place, referred to in sub-section (2).
(5) If the State Government is, at any time, of the opinion that it would be in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification, exempt from such date, for such period, and subject to such conditions, as may be specified therein, any class or classes of transporter carrying any class or classes of goods referred to in sub-section (1) from carrying the way bill in the prescribed form referred to in that sub-section.