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THE MOTOR VEHICLES

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019

(Act 32 of 2019, dt. 9-8-2019]

An Act further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:——
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1 1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for
different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the
commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force
of that provision.
2 2. Amendment of section 2
In the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Act), in section 2,—
(i) for clause (1), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—
‘(1) “adapted vehicle” means a motor vehicle either specially designed
and constructed, or to which alterations have been made under
sub-section (2) of section 52, for the use of a person suffering from
any physical defect or disability, and used solely by or for such
person;
(1A) “aggregator” means a digital intermediary or market place for a
passenger to connect with a driver for the purpose of
transportation;
(1B) “area”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means such area
as the State Government may, having regard to the requirements
of that provision, specify by notification in the Official Gazette;’;
(ii) after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(4A) “community service” means an unpaid work which a person is
required to perform as a punishment for an offence committed
under this Act;’;
(iii) after clause (9), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(9A) “driver refresher training course” means the course referred to
in sub-section (2A) of section 19;’;
1. Enforced w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO 3147(E), dt. 30-8-2019.
2. Enforced w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO 3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.