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THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 (xxv)

(ii) in sub-section (3), for the words “thirty days”, the words “one year”
shall be substituted; and
(iii) in sub-section (4),—
(a) for the words “thirty days”, the words “one year” shall be
substituted; and
(b) in the second proviso for the words “five years after the driving
license has ceased to be effective, the licensing authority may”,
the words “one year after the driving licence has ceased to be
effective, the licensing authority shall” shall be substituted.
1 11. Amendment of section 19
In section 19 of the principal Act,—
(i) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A) Where a licence has been forwarded to the licensing authority
under sub-section (4) of section 206, the licensing authority, if satisfied
after giving the holder of the driving licence an opportunity of being
heard, may either discharge the holder of a driving licence or, it may for
detailed reasons recorded in writing, make an order disqualifying such
person from holding or obtaining any licence to drive all or any class or
description of vehicles specified in the licence—
(a) for a first offence, for a period of three months;
(b) for a second or subsequent offence, with revocation of the driving
licence of such person:
PROVIDED that where a driving licence is revoked under this section,
the name of the holder of such driving licence may be placed in the public
domain in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.”;
(ii) in sub-section (2),––
(a) after the word, brackets and figure “sub-section (1)”, the words,
brackets, figure and letter “or sub-section (1A)” shall be inserted;
(b) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted,
namely:—
“PROVIDED that the driving licence shall be returned to the
holder at the end of the period of disqualification only if he
successfully completes the driver refresher training course.”;
(iii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted,
namely:—
“(2A) The licence holder whose licence has been suspended shall
undergo the driver refresher training course from a school or
establishment licenced and regulated under section 12 or such other
agency, as may be notified by the Central Government.
(2B) The nature, syllabus and duration of the driver refresher training
course shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government.”;

1. Enforced w.e.f. 1-4-2021 vide SO 1433(E), dt. 31-3-2021.