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14 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 13

(j) suitability of the premises at which such schools or establishments may be
established or maintained and facilities to be provided therein;
(k) qualifications, both educational and professional (including experience),
which a person imparting instruction in driving a motor vehicle shall
possess;
(l) inspection of such schools and establishments (including the services
rendered by them and the apparatus, equipments and motor vehicles
maintained by them for imparting such instruction);
(m) maintenance of record by such schools or establishments;
(n) financial stability of such schools or establishments;
(o) the driving certificates, if any, to be issued by such schools or establishments
and the form in which such driving certificates shall be issued and the
requirements to be complied with for the purpose of issuing such
certificates;
(p) such other matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section.
(3) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so
to do, it may, by rules made in this behalf, exempt generally, either absolutely or subject
to such conditions as may be specified in the rules, any class of schools or establishments
imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles or matters connected therewith from
the provisions of this section.
(4) A school or establishment imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles
or matters connected therewith immediately before the commencement of this Act
whether under a licence or not, may continue to impart such instruction without a
licence issued under this Act, for a period of one month from such commencement, and
if it has made an application for such licence under this Act within the said period of
one month and such application is in the prescribed form, contains the prescribed
particulars and is accompanied by the prescribed fee, till the disposal of such application
by the licensing authority.
1 [(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision, where any school
or establishment has been accredited by a body notified by the Central Government
under any other law for the time being in force, any person who has successfully
completed a training module at such school or establishment covering a particular type
of motor vehicle shall be eligible to obtain a driving licence for such type of motor
vehicle.
(6) The curriculum of the training module referred to in sub-section (5) and the
remedial driver training course referred to in sub-section (5) of section 9 shall be such
as may be prescribed by the Central Government and that Government may make rules
for the regulation of such schools or establishments.]
13. Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles
A learner’s licence or a driving licence issued under this Act shall be effective
throughout India.
1 Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019.