Section 59 — Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle.

59. Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle.—(1) The Central Government may, having regard 

to the public safety, convenience and objects of this Act, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify 

the life of a motor vehicle reckoned from the date of its manufacture, after the expiry of which the motor 

vehicle shall not be deemed to comply with the requirements of this Act and the rules made thereunder: 

Provided that the Central Government may specify different ages for different classes or different 

types of motor vehicles. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Central Government may, having 

regard to the purpose of a motor vehicle, such as, display or use for the purposes of a demonstration in 

any exhibition, use for the purposes of technical research or taking part in a vintage car rally, by 

notification in the Official Gazette, exempt, by a general or special order, subject to such conditions as 

may be specified in such notification, any class or type of motor vehicle from the operation of  

sub-section (1) for the purpose to be stated in the notification. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 56, no prescribed authority or authorised testing 

station shall grant a certificate of fitness to a motor vehicle in contravention of the provisions of any 

notification issued under sub-section (1).