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115. Power to restrict the use of vehicles
The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State
Government, if satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of public safety or convenience,
or because of the nature of any road or bridge, may by notification in the Official Gazette,
prohibit or restrict, subject to such exceptions and conditions as may be specified in the
notification, the driving of motor vehicles or of any specified class or description of
motor vehicles or the use of trailers either generally in a specified area or on a specified
road and when any such prohibition or restriction is imposed, shall cause appropriate
traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 116 at suitable places:
PROVIDED that where any prohibition or restriction under this section is to remain
in force for not more than one month, notification thereof in the Official Gazette shall
not be necessary, but such local publicity as the circumstance may permit, shall be
given of such prohibition or restriction.
116. Power to erect traffic signs
(1)(a) The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the
State Government may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed or erected
in any public place for the purpose of bringing to public notice any speed
limits fixed under sub-section (2) of section 112 or any prohibitions or
restrictions imposed under section 115 or generally for the purpose of
regulating motor vehicle traffic.
(b) A State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette or by the erection
at suitable places of the appropriate traffic signs referred to in Part A of
the Schedule, designate certain roads as main roads for the purpose of the
driving regulations made by the Central Government.
1 [(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the National
Highways Authority of India constituted under the National Highways Authority of
India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), or any other agency authorised by the Central Government,
may cause or permit traffic signs, as provided in the First Schedule, to be placed or
erected or removed on national highways for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle
traffic and may order the removal of any sign or advertisement which in its opinion is
so placed as to obscure any traffic sign from view or is so similar in appearance to a
traffic sign as to mislead or is likely to distract the attention or concentration of the
driver:
PROVIDED that for the purposes of this sub-section, the National Highways
Authority of India or any other agency authorised by the Central Government may
seek assistance from the authorities of the State Government and the said State
Government shall provide such assistance.]
(2) Traffic signs placed or erected under sub-section (1) for any purpose for which
provision is made in the Schedule shall be of the size, colour and type and shall have
the meaning set forth in the Schedule, but the State Government or any authority
empowered in this behalf by the State Government may make or authorise the addition
to any sign set forth in the said Schedule, or transcriptions of the words, letters or figures

1 Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO
3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.