Page 29 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

SECTION 14 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 15

14. Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles
(1) A learner’s licence issued under this Act shall, subject to the other provisions
of this Act, be effective for a period of six months from the date of issue of the licence.
(2) A driving licence issued or renewed under this Act shall—
(a) in the case of a licence to drive a transport vehicle, be effective for a period
2
1
of [five years]: [x x x]
3 [PROVIDED that in the case of licence to drive a transport vehicle carrying goods
4
of dangerous or hazardous nature be effective for a period of [three years and renewal
thereof shall be subject to such conditions as the Central Government may prescribe;
and]
5 [(b) in the case of any other licence, subject to such conditions as the Central
Government may prescribe, if the person obtaining the licence, either
originally or on renewal thereof,—
(i) has not attained the age of thirty years on the date of issue or, renewal
thereof, be effective until the date on which such person attains the
age of forty years; or
(ii) has attained the age of thirty years but has not attained the age of fifty
years on the date of issue or, renewal thereof, be effective for a period
of ten years from the date of such issue or renewal; or
(iii) has attained the age of fifty years but has not attained the age of fifty-
five years on the date of issue or, renewal thereof, be effective until
the date on which such person attains the age of sixty years; or
(iv) has attained the age of fifty-five years on the date of issue or as the
case may be, renewal thereof, be effective for a period of five years
from the date of such issue or renewal.]
6 [PROVIDED that every driving licence shall, notwithstanding its expiry under this
sub-section continue to be effective for a period of thirty days from such expiry.]

1. Substituted for “three years” 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 Word “and” omitted by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.
3 Inserted, ibid.
4. Substituted for “one year and renewal thereof shall be subject to the condition that the driver
undergoes one day refresher course of the prescribed syllabus; and” 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.
5. Substituted, ibid. Prior to substitution, clause (b) read as under:
“(b) in the case of any other licence—
(i) if the person obtaining the licence either originally or on renewal thereof, has not attained the
age of fifty years on the date of issue or, as the case may be, renewal thereof—
(A) be effective for a period of twenty years from the date of such issue or renewal; or
(B) until the date on which such person attains the age of fifty years, whichever is earlier;
(ii) if the person referred to in sub-clause (i), has attained the age of fifty years on the date of issue
or, as the case may be, renewal thereof, be effective, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed,
for a period of five years from the date of such issue or renewal:”
6. Omitted, ibid.