Section 27 — Power of Central Government to make rules.

27. Power of Central Government to make rules.—The Central Government may make rules— 

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[(a) specifications relating to e-cart and e-rickshaw under sub-section (2) of section 2A;] 

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[(aa)] regarding conditions referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3; 

(b) providing for the form in which the application for learner’s licence may be made, the 

information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in  

sub-section (2) of section 8; 

(c) providing for the form of medical certificate referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8; 

(d) providing for the particulars for the test referred to in sub-section (5) of section 8; 

(e) providing for the form in which the application for driving licence may be made, the 

information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in  

sub-section (2) of section 9; 

(f) providing for the particulars regarding test of competence to drive, referred to in sub-section 

(3) of section 9; 

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[(ff) the manner and the conditions subject to which the driving licence may be issued under  

sub-section (10) of section 9;] 

(g) specifying the minimum educational qualifications of persons to whom licences to drive 

transport vehicles may be issued under this Act and the time within which such qualifications are to 

be acquired by such persons; 

(h) providing for the form and contents of the licences referred to in sub-section (1) of section 10; 

(i) providing for the form and contents of the application referred to in sub-section (1) of  

section 11 and documents to be submitted with the application and the fee to be charged; 

(j) providing for the conditions subject to which section 9 shall apply to an application made 

under section 11; 

                                                           
1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 10, for “printed copy” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 

2. Ins. by Act 3 of 2015, s. 5 (w.e.f. 7-1-2015). 

3. Clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) thereof by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2015). 



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(k) providing for the form and contents of the application referred to in sub-section (1) of section 

15 and the documents to accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 15; 

(l) providing for the authority to grant licences under sub-section (1) of section 18; 

(m) specifying the fees payable under sub-section (2) of section 8, sub-section (2) of section 9 and 

sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 15 for the grant of learner’s licences, and for the grant and renewal 

of driving licences and licences for the purpose of regulating the schools or establishment for 

imparting instructions in driving motor vehicles; 

(n) specifying the acts for the purposes of clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 19; 

(o) specifying the offences under this Act for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 24; 

(p) to provide for all or any of the matters referred to in sub-section (1) of section 26; 

(q) any other matter which is, or has to be, prescribed by the Central Government.