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6 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 2

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[(42A) “testing agency” means any entity designated as a testing agency under
section 110B;]
(43) “tourist vehicle” means a contract carriage constructed or adapted and
equipped and maintained in accordance with such specifications as may
be prescribed in this behalf;
(44) “tractor” means a motor vehicle which is not itself constructed to carry
any load (other than equipment used for the purpose of propulsion); but
excludes a road-roller;
(45) “traffic signs” includes all signals, warning sign posts, direction posts,
markings on the road or other devices for the information, guidance or
direction of drivers of motor vehicles;
(46) “trailer” means any vehicle, other than a semi-trailer and a side-car, drawn
or intended to be drawn by a motor vehicle;
(47) “transport vehicle” means a public service vehicle, a goods carriage, an
educational institution bus or a private service vehicle;
(48) “unladen weight” means the weight of a vehicle or trailer including all
equipments ordinarily used with the vehicle or trailer when working, but
excluding the weight of a driver or attendant; and where alternative parts
or bodies are used the unladen weight of the vehicle means the weight of
the vehicle with the heaviest such alternative part or body;
(49) “weight” means the total weight transmitted for the time being by the
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wheels of a vehicle to the surface on which the vehicle rests [or moves].
COMMENTS
Section 2(7)
“Contract carriage” as defined under s. 2(7) of the Act is exhaustive and takes within its fold
vehicle of any kind as is permitted to ply as contract carriage without taking into consideration its
size and seating capacity. The definition also includes maxicab and motor cab notwithstanding
the fact that passengers are charged with separate fares.—Brijendra Kumar Chaudhary v. State
Transport Authority AIR 1991 All 300
Section 2(10)
‘Driving licence’ has been defined in section 2(10) to mean the person specified therein to
drive, otherwise than as a learner, a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any specified class or
description.—Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Angad Kol 2009 (76) AIC 140 (SC)
Section 2(11)
The use of “educational institution bus” must be exclusively for the conveyance of the
students and the staff of such institution.—Sri Gajanan Motor Transport Co. Ltd. v. State of
Karnataka AIR 1991 Kan 40
Section 2(14)
“Goods carriage” has been defined in section 2(14) to mean 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.—Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Angad Kol 2009
(76) AIC 140 (SC)
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.