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

(11) Any scheme framed under sub-section (3) of section 161, as it stood
immediately before the commencement of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment)
Act, 2019, shall be discontinued and all rights and liabilities accruing thereunder
shall be met out of the Fund with effect from the date of commencement of this
Act.
164C. Power of Central Government to make rules
(1) The Central Government may make rules for the purposes of carrying
into effect, the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules
may provide for—
(a) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Chapter including,—
(i) the form of the insurance policy and the particulars it shall contain
as referred to in sub-section (3) of section 147;
(ii) the form for making changes in regard to the fact of transfer in
the certificate of insurance under sub-section (2) of section 157;
(iii) the form in which the accident information report may be
prepared, the particulars it shall contain, the manner and the time
for submitting the report to the Claims Tribunal and the other
agency under section 159;
(iv) the form for furnishing information under section 160; and
(v) the form of the annual statement of accounts for the Motor Vehicle
Accident Fund under sub-section (7) of section 164B;
(b) the making of applications for and the issue of certificates of insurance;
(c) the issue of duplicates to replace certificates of insurance lost, destroyed
or mutilated;
(d) the custody, production, cancellation and surrender of certificates of
insurance;
(e) the records to be maintained by insurers of policies of insurance issued
under this Chapter;
(f) the identification by certificates or otherwise of persons or vehicles
exempted from the provisions of this Chapter;
(g) the furnishing of information respecting policies of insurance by insurers;
(h) adopting the provisions of this Chapter to vehicles brought into India by
persons making only a temporary stay therein or to vehicles registered
in a reciprocating country and operating on any route or within any area
in India by applying those provisions with prescribed modifications;
(i) the requirements which a certificate of insurance is required to comply
with as referred to in clause (b) of section 145;
(j) administration of the Fund established under sub-section (3) of section
146;
(k) the minimum premium and the maximum liability of an insurer under
sub-section (2) of section 147;