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4 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 2

(22) “maxicab” means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more
than six passengers, but not more than twelve passengers, excluding the
driver, for hire or reward;
(23) “medium goods vehicle” means any goods carriage other than a light motor
vehicle or a heavy goods vehicle;
(24) “medium passenger motor vehicle” means any public service vehicle or
private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor
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cycle, [adapted vehicle], light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor
vehicle;
(25) “motorcab” means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry not
more than six passengers excluding the driver for hire or reward;
(26) “motor-car” means any motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle,
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omnibus, road-roller, tractor, motor cycle or [adapted vehicle];
(27) “motor-cycle” means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any
detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle;
(28) “motor vehicle” or “vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle
adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted
thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which
a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle
running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only
in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than
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four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding [twenty-five cubic
centimetres];
(29) “omnibus” means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more
than six persons excluding the driver;
(30) “owner” means a person in whose name a motor vehicle stands registered,
and where such person is a minor, the guardian of such minor, and in
relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase
agreement, or an agreement of lease or an agreement of hypothecation,
the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
(31) “permit” means a permit issued by a State or Regional Transport Authority
or an authority prescribed in this behalf under this Act authorising the use
of a motor vehicle as a transport vehicle;
(32) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(33) “private service vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to
carry more than six persons excluding the driver and ordinarily used by
or on behalf of the owner of such vehicle for the purpose of carrying persons
for, or in connection with, his trade or business otherwise than for hire or
reward but does not include a motor vehicle used for public purposes;

1. Substituted for “invalid carriage” 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 “thirty-five cubic centimetres” by Act 54 of 1944, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.