Page 17 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

SECTION 2 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 3

(11) “educational institution bus” means an omnibus, which is owned by a
college, school or other educational institution and used solely for the
purpose of transporting students or staff of the educational institution in
connection with any of its activities;
(12) “fares” includes sums payable for a season ticket or in respect of the hire
of a contract carriage;
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[(12A) “golden hour” means the time period lasting one hour following a traumatic
injury during which there is highest likelihood of preventing death by
providing prompt medical care;]
(13) “goods” includes live-stock, and anything (other than equipment ordinarily
used with the vehicle) carried by a vehicle except living persons, but does
not include luggage or personal effects carried in a motor car or in a trailer
attached to a motor car or the personal luggage of passengers travelling in
the vehicle;
(14) “goods carriage” means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use
solely for the carriage of goods, or any motor vehicle not so constructed or
adapted when used for the carriage of goods;
(15) “gross vehicle weight” means in respect of any vehicle the total weight of
the vehicle and load certified and registered by the registering authority
as permissible for that vehicle;
(16) “heavy goods vehicle” means any goods carriage the gross vehicle weight
of which, or a tractor or a road-roller the unladen weight of either of which,
exceeds 12,000 kilograms;
(17) “heavy passenger motor vehicle” means any public service vehicle or
private service vehicle or educational institution bus or omnibus the gross
vehicle weight of any of which, or a motor car the unladen weight of which,
exceeds 12,000 kilograms;
2 [(18) “invalid carriage” means a motor vehicle specially designed and constructed, and
not merely adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or
disability, and used solely by or for such a person;]
(19) “learner’s licence” means the licence issued by a competent authority under
Chapter II authorising the person specified therein to drive as a learner, a
motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any specified class or description;
(20) “licensing authority” means an authority empowered to issue licences
under Chapter II or, as the case may be, Chapter III;
(21) “light motor vehicle” means a transport vehicle or omnibus the gross
vehicle weight of either of which or a motor car or tractor or road-roller
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the unladen weight of any of which, does not exceed [7500] kilograms;
4 [(21A) “manufacturer” means a person who is engaged in the manufacture of
motor vehicles;]

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.
2. Omitted, ibid.
3 Substituted for “6000" by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.
4 Inserted, ibid.