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SECTION 137 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 103

(a) an indepth study on causes and analysis of motor vehicle accidents;
(b) wayside amenities on highways;
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(c) traffic aid posts on highways; [xxx]
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(d) truck parking complexes along [highways; and]
3 [(e) any other amenities in the interests of the safety and the convenience of
the public.]
(2) Every scheme made under this section by any State Government shall be laid,
as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.
3 [(3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make
one or more schemes to conduct in-depth studies on the causes and analysis of road
accidents.]
136. Inspection of vehicle involved in accident
When any accident occurs in which a motor vehicle is involved, any person
authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, on production if so required of
his authority, inspect the vehicle and for that purpose may enter at any reasonable
time any premises where the vehicle may be, and may remove the vehicle for
examination:
PROVIDED that the place to which the vehicle is so removed shall be intimated to
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the owner of the vehicle and the vehicle shall be returned [after completion of the
formalities to the owner, driver or the person in charge of the vehicle within twenty-
four hours].
5 [136A. Electronic monitoring and enforcement of road safety
(1) The State Government shall ensure electronic monitoring and enforcement of
road safety in the manner provided under sub-section (2) on national highways, State
highways, roads or in any urban city within a State which has a population upto such
limits as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(2) The Central Government shall make rules for the electronic monitoring and
enforcement of road safety including speed cameras, closed-circuit television cameras,
speed guns, body wearable cameras and such other technology.
Explanation : For the purpose of this section, the expression “body wearable camera”
means a mobile audio and video capture device worn on the body or uniform of a
person authorised by the State Government.]
137. Power of Central Government to make rules
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. Word “and” omitted 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.
2. Substituted for “highways”, ibid.
3 Inserted, ibid.
4 Substituted for “without unnecessary delay” by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.
5 Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 15-7-2021 vide
SO 2806(E), dt. 12-7-2021.