Central · Act 59 of 1988

Section 137 — Power of Central Government to make rules.

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

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The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--

(a) the occasions on which signals shall be made by drivers of motor vehicles and such signals under section 121;

1[(aa) providing for the standards of protective headgear and measures for the safety of children below the age of four years riding under section 129;]

(b) the manner in which the licences and certificates may be produced to the police officer under section 130.

1[(c) providing for limits of urban city by the State Governments under sub-section (1) of section 136A; and

(d) providing for electronic monitoring and enforcement under sub-section (2) of section 136A.]



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1. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 48 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019)

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