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date of occurrence of the accident, he produces the certificate at such police station as may have
been specified by him to the police officer who required its production or, as the case may be, to
the police officer at the site of the accident or to the officer-in-charge of the police station at which
he reported the accident:
PROVIDED that except to such extent and with such modifications as may be prescribed,
the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to the driver of a transport vehicle.
(4) The owner of a motor vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by or
on behalf of a police officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government to give for the
purpose of determining whether the vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention of
section 146 and on any occasion when the driver was required under this section to produce his
certificate of insurance.
(5) In this section, the expression “produce his certificate of insurance” means produce for
examination the relevant certificate of insurance or such other evidence as may be prescribed
that the vehicle was not being driven in contravention of section 146.
(6) As soon as any information regarding any accident involving death or bodily injury to
any person is recorded or report under this section is completed by a police officer, the officer in-
charge of the police station shall forward a copy of the same within thirty days from the date of
recording of information or, as the case may be, on completion of such report to the Claims
Tribunal having jurisdiction and a copy thereof to the concerned insurer, and where a copy is
made available to the owner, he shall also within thirty days of receipt of such report, forward the
same to such Claims Tribunal and insurer.
159. Production of certificate of insurance on application for authority to use
vehicle
A State Government may make rules requiring the owner of any motor vehicle when
applying whether by payment of a tax or otherwise for authority to use the vehicle in a public
place to produce such evidence as may be prescribed by those rules to the effect that either—
(a) on the date when the authority to use the vehicle comes into operation there will be
in force the necessary policy of insurance in relation to the use of the vehicle by the
applicant or by other persons on his order or with his permission, or
(b) the vehicle is a vehicle to which section 146 does not apply.
160. Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident
A registering authority or the officer-in-charge of a police station shall, if so required by a
person who alleges that he is entitled to claim compensation in respect of an accident arising out
of the use of a motor vehicle, or if so required by an insurer against whom a claim has been made
in respect of any motor vehicle, furnish to the person or to that insurer, as the case may be, on
payment of the prescribed fee any information at the disposal of the said authority or the said
police officer relating to the identification marks and other particulars of the vehicle and the
name and address of the person who was using the vehicle at the time of the accident or was
injured by it and the property, if any, damaged in such form and within such time as the Central
Government may prescribe.
161. Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident
(1) For the purposes of this section, section 162 and section 163—