Page 5 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

CONTENTS

THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement ................................................................... 1
2. Definitions...................................................................................................................1
2A. E-cart and e-rickshaw ............................................................................................... 7
2B. Promotion of innovation .......................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER II
LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
3. Necessity for driving licence.................................................................................... 7
4. Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles ..................................... 8
5. Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of
sections 3 and 4 ........................................................................................................... 8
6. Restrictions on the holding of driving licences ....................................................... 8
7. Restrictions on the granting of learner’s licences for certain vehicles ................. 8
8. Grant of learner’s licence ........................................................................................... 9
9. Grant of driving licence ........................................................................................... 10
10. Form and contents of licences to drive .................................................................. 12
11. Additions to driving licence .................................................................................... 13
12. Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting
instruction in driving of motor vehicles ................................................................ 13
13. Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles ................................ 14
14. Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles ........................................................ 15
15. Renewal of driving licences ..................................................................................... 16
16. Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability..................... 17
17. Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom............... 17
18. Driving licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central
Government ............................................................................................................... 17
19. Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving
licence or revoke such licence ................................................................................. 18
20. Power of court to disqualify .................................................................................... 19
21. Suspension of driving licence in certain cases ...................................................... 20
22. Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction .............................. 21