आधिकारिक दस्तावेज़ / Official document
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A1988-59.pdf
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- Jurisdiction
- Central
- Enactment date
- 1988-10-14
- Sections available
- 257
Commencement information from the source
01-07-1989
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1Short title, extent and commencement.→2Definitions.→2Ae-cart and e-rickshaw.→2BPromotion of innovation→3Necessity for driving licence.→4Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.→5Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4.→6Restrictions on the holding of driving licences.→7Restrictions on the granting of learner's licences for certain vehicles.→8Grant of learner's licence.→9Grant of driving licence.→10Form and contents of licences to drive.→11Additions to driving licence.→12Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles.→13Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles.→14Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles.→15Renewal of driving licences.→16Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability.→17Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom.→18Driving Licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government.→19Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence.→20Power of Court to disqualify.→21Suspension of driving licence in certain cases.→22Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction.→23Effect of disqualification order.→24Endorsement.→25Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement.→25ANational Register of Driving Licences.→26Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences.→27Power of Central Government to make rules.→28Power of State Government to make rules.→29Necessity for conductor's licence.→30Grant of conductor's licence.→31Disqualifications for the grant of conductor's licence.→32Revocation of a conductor's licence on grounds of disease or disability.→33Orders refusing, etc, conductor's licences and appeals therefrom.→34Power of licensing authority to disqualify.→35Power of Court to disqualify.→36Certain provisions of Chapter II to apply to conductor's licence.→37Savings.→38Power of State Government to make rules.→39Necessity for registration.→40Registration, where to be made.→41Registration, how to be made.→42Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc.→43Temporary registration.→44Production of vehicle at the time of registration.→45Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration.→46Effectiveness in India of registration.→47Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State.→48No objection certificate.→49Change of residence or place of business.→50Transfer of ownership.→51Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc.→52Alteration in motor vehicle.→53Suspension of registration.→54Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53.→55Cancellation of registration.→56Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles.→57Appeals.→58Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles.→59Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle.→60Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government.→61Application of Chapter to trailers.→62Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority.→62AProhibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles.→62BNational Register of Motor Vehicles.→63Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles.→64Power of Central Government to make rules.→65Power of State Government to make rules.→66Necessity for permits.→66ANational Transportation Policy.→66BNo bar against permit holders to apply and hold licences under schemes.→67Power to State Government to control road transport.→68Transport Authorities.→69General provision as to applications for permits.→70Application for stage carriage permit.→71Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit.→72Grant of stage carriage permits.→73Application for contract carriage permit.→74Grant of contract carriage permit.→75Scheme for renting of motor cabs.→76Application for private service vehicle permit.→77Application for goods carriage permit.→78Consideration of application for goods carriage permit.→79Grant of goods carriage permit.→80Procedure in applying for and granting permits.→81Duration and renewal of permits.→82Transfer of permit.→83Replacement of vehicles.→84General conditions attaching to all permits.→85General form of permits.→86Cancellation and suspension of permits.→87Temporary permits.→88Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted.→88APower of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods.→89Appeals.→90Revision.→91Restriction of hours of work of drivers.→92Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability.→93Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence.→94Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts.→95Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages.→96Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter.→97Definition.→98Chapter to override Chapter V and other laws.→99Preparation and publication of proposal regarding road transport service of a State transport undertaking.→100Objection to the proposal.→101Operation of additional services by a State transport undertaking in certain circumstances.→102Cancellation or modification of scheme.→103Issue of permits to State transport undertakings.→104Restriction on grant of permits in respect of a notified area or notified route.→105Principles and method of determining compensation and payment thereof.→106Disposal of article found in vehicles.→107Power of State Government to make rules.→108Certain powers of State Government exercisable by the Central Government.→109General provision regarding construction and maintenance of vehicles.→110Power of Central Government to make rules.→110ARecall of motor vehicles.→110BType of approval certificate and testing agencies.→111Power of State Government to make rules.→112Limits of speed.→113Limits of weight and limitations on use.→114Power to have vehicle weighed.→115Power to restrict the use of vehicles.→116Power to erect traffic signs.→117Parking places and halting stations.→118Driving regulations.→119Duty to obey traffic signs.→120Vehicles with left hand control.→121Signals and signalling devices.→122Leaving vehicle in dangerous position.→123Riding on running board, etc.→124Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket.→125Obstruction of driver.→126Stationary vehicles.→127Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place.→128Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders.→129Wearing of protective headgear.→130Duty to produce licence and certificate of registration.→131Duty of the driver to take certain precautions at unguarded railway level crossing.→132Duty of driver to stop in certain cases.→133Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information.→134Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to a person.→134AProtection of Good Samaritans.→135Schemes to be framed for the investigation of accident cases and wayside amenities, etc.→136Inspection of vehicle involved in accident.→136AElectronic monitoring and enforcement of road safety.→137Power of Central Government to make rules.→138Power of State Government to make rules.→139Power of Central Government to make rules.→140Omitted.→141Omitted.→142Omitted.→143Omitted.→144Omitted.→145Definitions.→146Necessity for insurance against third party risk.→147Requirements of policies and limits of liability.→148Validity of policies of insurance issued in reciprocating countries.→149Settlement by insurance company and procedure therefor.→150Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments and awards against persons insured in respect of third party risks→151Rights of third party against insurers on insolvency of insured→152Duty to give information as to insurance.→153Settlement between insurers and insured persons.→154Saving in respect of sections 151, 152 and 153.→155Effect of death on certain causes of action.→156Effect of certificate of insurance.→157Transfer of certificate of insurance.→158Production of certain certificates, licence and permit in certain cases.→159Information to be given regarding accident.→160Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident.→161Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident.→162Scheme for golden hour.→163Refund in certain cases of compensation paid under section 161.→164Payment of compensation in case of death or grevious hurt, etc.→164AScheme for interim relief for claimants→164BMotor Vehicle Accident Fund→164CPower of Central Government to make rules.→164DPower of State Government to make rules.→165Claims Tribunals.→166Application for compensation.→167Option regarding claims for compensation in certain cases.→168Award of the Claims Tribunal.→169Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunals.→170Impleading insurer in certain cases.→171Award of interest where any claim is allowed.→172Award of compensatory costs in certain cases.→173Appeals.→174Recovery of money from insurer as arrear of land revenue.→175Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts.→176Power of State Government to make rules.→177General provision for punishment of offences.→177APenalty for contravention of regulations under section 118.→178Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc.→179Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information.→180Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles.→181Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4.→182Offences relating to licences.→182APunishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components.→182BPunishment for contravention of section 62A.→183Driving at excessive speed, etc.→184Driving dangerously.→185Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs.→186Driving when mentally or phycically unfit to drive.→187Punishment for offences relating to accident.→188Punishment for abetment of certain offences.→189Racing and trials of speed.→190Using vehicle in unsafe condition.→191Omitted.→192Using vehicle without registration.→192AUsing vehicle without permit.→192BOffences relating to registration.→193Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority.→194Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight.→194ACarriage of excess passengers.→194BUse of safety belts and the seating of children.→194CPenalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders.→194DPenalty for not wearing protective headgear→194EFailure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles.→194FUse of horns and silence zones.→195Omitted.→196Driving uninsured vehicle.→197Taking vehicle without authority.→198Unauthorised interference with vehicle.→198AFailure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance.→199Offences by companies.→199AOffences by juveniles.→199BRevision of fines.→200Composition of certain offences.→201Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic.→202Power to arrest without warrant.→203Breath tests.→204Laboratory test.→205Presumption of unfitness to drive.→206Power of police officer to impound document.→207Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc.→208Summary disposal of cases.→209Restriction on conviction.→210Courts to send intimation about conviction.→210APower of State Government to increase penalties.→210BPenalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority→210CPower of Central Government to make rules.→210DPower of State Government to make rules.→211Power to levy fee.→211AUse of electronic forms and documents.→212Publication, commencement and laying of rules and notifications.→213Appointment of motor vehicles officers.→214Effect of appeal and revision on orders passed by original authority.→215Road Safety Councils and Committees.→215APower of Central Government and State Government to delegate.→215BNational Road Safety Board→215CPower of Central Government to make rules.→215DPower of State Government to make rules.→216Power to remove difficulties.→217Repeal and savings.→217ARenewal of permits, driving licences and registration granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.→
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