Act Text
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Various Committees, like, National Transport Policy Committee, National Police Commission, Road Safety Committee, Low
Section3 - A Working Group was, therefore, constituted in January, 1984 to review all the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act,
Section4 - The Supreme Court in M. K. Kunhimohammed v. P. A. Ahmedkutty
Section5 - The proposed legislation has been prepared in the light of the above background. Some of the more important provisions
Section6 - The Bill also seeks to provide for more deterrent punishment in Section 7 - the cases of certain offences
Section7 - The Notes on clauses explain the provisions of the Bill
Section8 - Substituted for “a motor cycle without gear” by Act 54 of 1994, S. 4
Section9 - Sub-S
Section10 - Added by Act 54 of 1994, S. 6
Section11 - Sub-S
Section12 - Sub-S
Section13 - Substituted for sub-Cls
Section14 - Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles
Section15 - Inserted, ibid
Section16 - Substituted, ibid, for “forty years”
Section17 - Substituted, ibid, for “forty years”
Section18 - Sub-Cl
Section19 - Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence
Section20 - Power of Court to disqualify
Section21 - Suspension of driving licence in certain cases
Section22 - Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction
Section23 - Effect of disqualification order
Section24 - Endorsement
Section25 - Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement
Section26 - Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences
Section27 - Power of Central Government to make rules. - The Central Government may make rules
Section28 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section29 - Necessity for conductor's licence
Section30 - Grant of conductor's licence
Section31 - Disqualifications for the grant of conductor's licence
Section32 - Revocation of a conductor's licence on grounds of disease or disability. - A conductor's licence may at any time be
Section33 - Orders refusing, etc. conductor's licences and appeals therefrom
Section34 - Power of licensing authority to disqualify
Section35 - Power of Court to disqualify
Section36 - Certain provisions of Chapter II to apply to conductor's licence. - The provisions of sub-section
Section37 - Savings. - If any licence to act as a conductor of a stage carriage
Section38 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section39 - Necessity for registration .- No person shall drive any motor vehicle and no owner of a motor vehicle shall cause or
Section40 - Registration, where to be made. - Subject to the provisions of section
Section41 - Registration, how to be made
Section42 - Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc
Section43 - Temporary registration
Section44 - Production of vehicle at the time of registration. - the registering
Section45 - Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration. - The registering authority may, by order,
Section46 - Effectiveness is India of registration. - Subject to the provisions of section 47, a motor vehicle registered in
Section47 - Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State
Section48 - No objection certificate
Section49 - Change of residence or place of business
Section50 - Transfer of ownership
Section51 - Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire purchase agreement, etc
Section52 - Substituted for “Regional Transport Authority” by Act 54 of 1994, S. 25
Section53 - Suspension of registration
Section54 - Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53. - Where the suspension of registration of a vehicle under
Section55 - Cancellation of registration
Section56 - Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles
Section57 - Appeals. - 34[
Section58 - Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles
Section59 - Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle
Section60 - Registration
Section61 - Application of Chapter to trailers
Section62 - Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicle to be furnished by the police to the State Transport
Section63 - Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles
Section64 - Power of the Central Government to make rules. - The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the
Section65 - Power of the State Government to make rules
Section66 - Necessity for permits
Section67 - Powers to State Government to control road transport
Section68 - Transport Authorities
Section69 - General provision as to applications for permits
Section70 - Application for stage carriage permit
Section71 - Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering
Section72 - Grant of stage carriage permit
Section73 - Application for contract carriage permit - An application for a
Section74 - Grant of contract carriage permit
Section75 - Scheme for renting of motorcabs
Section76 - Application for private service vehicle permit
Section77 - Application for goods carriage permit :- An application for a permit to use a motor vehicle for the carriage of goods
Section78 - Consideration of application for goods carriage permit
Section79 - Grant of goods carriage permit
Section80 - Procedure in applying for and granting permits
Section81 - Duration and renewal of permits
Section82 - Transfer of permit
Section83 - Replacement of vehicles. - The holder of a permit may, with the permission of the authority by which the permit was
Section84 - General conditions attaching to all permits. - The following shall be conditions of every permit
Section85 - General form of permits. - Every permit issued under this Act shall be complete in itself and shall contain all the
Section86 - Cancellation and suspension of permits
Section87 - Temporary permits
Section88 - Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted
Section89 - Appeals
Section90 - Revision
Section91 - Restriction hours of work of drivers. - 60[
Section92 - Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability. - Any contract for the conveyance of a passenger in a stage carriage or
Section93 - Agent or canvasser to obtain licence
Section94 - Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts. - No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any question relating to the
Section95 - Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages
Section96 - Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter
Section97 - Definition. - In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “road transport service” means a service of motor
Section98 - Added by Act. 54 of 1994, S. 52
Section99 - Preparation and publication of proposal regarding road transport
Section100 - Objection to the proposal
Section101 - Operation of additional services by a State transport undertaking in certain circumstances. - Notwithstanding anything
Section102 - Cancellation or modification of scheme
Section103 - Issue of permits to State transport undertakings
Section104 - Restriction on grant of permits in respect of a notified area or
Section105 - Principles and method of determining compensation and payment thereof
Section107 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section108 - Certain powers of State Government exercisable by the Central Government. - The powers conferred on the State
Section109 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section110 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section112 - Limits of speed
Section113 - Limits of weight and limitations on use
Section114 - Power to have vehicle weighed
Section115 - Power to restrict the use of vehicles. - The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State
Section116 - Power to erect traffic signs
Section117 - Parking places and halting stations. - The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State
Section118 - Driving regulations. - The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations* for the
Section119 - Duty to obey traffic signs
Section120 - Vehicles with left hand control. - No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor
Section121 - Signals and signalling devices. - The driver of a motor vehicle
Section122 - Leaving vehicle in dangerous position - No person in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle or any
Section123 - Riding on running board, etc
Section124 - Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket. - No person shall enter or remain in any stage carriage for the
Section125 - Obstruction of driver. - No person driving a motor vehicle shall allow any person to stand or sit or to place anything
Section126 - Stationary Vehicles. - No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle
Section127 - Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place. - 73[
Section128 - Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders
Section129 - Wearing of protective headgear. - Every person driving or
Section130 - Duty to produce licence and certificate of registration
Section131 - Duty
Section132 - Duty of driver to stop in certain cases
Section133 - Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information- The owner of a motor vehicle, the driver or conductor of which is
Section134 - Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to a person. - When any person is injured or any property of a third
Section135 - Schemes to be framed for the investigation of accident cases and wayside amenities, etc
Section136 - Inspection of vehicle involved in accident. - When any accident occurs in which a motor vehicle is involved, any person
Section137 - Power of Central Government to make rules. - The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the
Section138 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section139 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section140 - Liability to pay compensation in certain cases on the principle of no fault. —
Section141 - Provisions as to other right to claim compensation for death or permanent disablement
Section142 - Permanent disablement. - For the purposes of this Chapter, permanent disablement of a person shall be deemed to have
Section143 - Applicability of Chapter to certain claims under Act 8 of 1923. - The provisions of this Chapter shall also apply in
Section144 - Overriding effect. - The provisions of this Chapter shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other
Section145 - Definitions. - In this Chapter,
Section146 - Necessity for insurance against third party risk
Section147 - Requirement of policies and limits of liability
Section148 - Validity of polices of insurance issued in reciprocating
Section149 - Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments and awards against persons insured in respect of third party risks
Section150 - Rights of third parties against insurers on insolvency of the insured
Section151 - Duty to give information as to insurance
Section152 - Settlement between insurers and insured persons
Section153 - Saving in respect of section 150,151 and 152
Section154 - Insolvency of insured persons not to affect liability of insured or claims by third parties. - Where a certificate of
Section155 - Effect of death on certain causes of action. - Notwithstanding anything contained in section 306 of the Indian
Section156 - Effect of certificate of insurance. - When an insurer has issued a certificate of insurance in respect of a contract of
Section157 - Trasnfer of certificate of insurance
Section158 - Production of certain certificates, licence and permit in certain cases. —
Section159 - Production of certificate of insurance
Section160 - Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident. - A registering authority or the officer-in-charge of a
Section161 - Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident
Section162 - Refund in certain cases of compensation paid under section 161
Section163 - (2)
Section164 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section165 - Claims Tribunals
Section166 - Application
Section167 - Option regarding claims for compensation in certain cases. - Notwithstanding anything contained in the Workmen's
Section168 - Corresponding Law. - Section 149 corresponds to section 96 of the Motor Vehicles Act,
Section169 - Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunals
Section170 - Impleading insurer in certain cases. - Where in the course of any inquiry, the Claims Tribunal is satisfied that
Section171 - Award of interest where any claim is allowed. - Where any Claims Tribunal allows a claim for compensation made under
Section172 - Award of compensatory costs in certain cases
Section173 - Appeals
Section174 - Recovery of money from insurer as arrear of land revenue. - Where any amount is due from any person under an award, the
Section175 - Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts. - Where any Claims
Section176 - Power of State Government to make rules. - A State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect
Section177 - (13)
Section178 - Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply
Section179 - Disobedience
Section180 - Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles. - Whoever, being the owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle,
Section181 - Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4. - Whoever drives a motor vehicle in contravention of
Section182 - Offences relating to licences
Section183 - Driving at excessive speed, etc
Section184 - Driving dangerously - Whoever drives a motor vehicle at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having
Section185 - Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs. - Whoever, while driving, or attempting to
Section186 - Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive- Whoever
Section187 - Punishment for offeence relating to accident. - Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of clause
Section188 - Punishment for abetment of certain offences. - Whoever abets the commission of an offence under section 184 or section
Section189 - Racing and trials of speed. - Whoever without the written consent of the State Government permits or takes part in a
Section190 - Using vehicle in unsafe condition
Section191 - Sale of vehicle in or alteration of vehicle to condition contravening this Act. - Whoever being an importer of or
Section193 - Punishment
Section194 - Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight. - 7[
Section195 - Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances
Section196 - Driving uninsured vehicle- Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven in
Section197 - Taking vehicle without authority
Section198 - Unauthorised interference with vehicle. - Whoever otherwise than with lawful authority or reasonable excuse enters or
Section199 - Offences by companies
Section200 - Composition of certain offences
Section201 - Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic
Section202 - Power to arrest without warrant
Section203 - Breath tests. - 11
Section204 - Laboratory test
Section205 - Presumption of unfitness to drive - In any proceeding for an
Section206 - Power of police officer to impound document
Section207 - Power
Section208 - Summary disposal of cases
Section209 - Restriction on conviction - No person prosecuted for an offence punishable under section 183 or section 184 shall be
Section210 - Courts to send intimation about conviction. - Every Court by which any person holding a driving licence is convicted of
Section211 - Power to levy fee. - Any rule which the Central Government or the
Section212 - Publication, commencement
Section213 - Appointment of motor vehicles officers
Section214 - Effect of appeal and revision on orders passed by original authority
Section215 - Road Safety Councils and Committees
Section216 - Power to remove difficulties
Section217 - Repeal and savings
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