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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 3

Title: Necessity for Driving Licence

State: Central

Year: 1988

(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place unless he holds an effective driving licence issued to him authorising him to drive the vehicle; and no person shall so drive a transport vehicle other than1[a motor cab or motor cycle] hired for his own use or rented under any scheme made under subsection (2) of section 75] unless his driving licence specifically entitles him so to do. (2) The conditions subject to which sub-section (1) shall not apply to a person receiving instructions in driving a motor vehicle shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 54 of 1994, Section 3, for "a motor cab" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 9

Title: Grant of Driving Licence

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....issued by a competent authority of any country outside India, subject to the condition that the applicant complies with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 8, (b) the applicant is not suffering from any disability which is likely to cause the driving by him to be a source of danger to the public; and the licensing authority may, for that purpose, require the applicant to produce a medical certificate in the same form and in the same manner as is referred to in subsection (3) of section 8: Provided further that where the application is for a driving licence to drive a motor vehicle (not being a transport vehicle), the licensing authority may exempt the applicant from the test of competence to drive a vehicle prescribed under this sub-section, if the applicant possesses a driving certificate issued by any institution recognised in this behalf by the State Government.] (4) Where the application is for a licence to drive a transport vehicle, no such authorisation shall be granted to any applicant unless he possesses such minimum educational qualification as may be prescribed by the Central Government and a driving certificate issued by a school or establishment.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 25

Title: Transfer of Endorsement and Issue of Driving Licence Free from Endorsement

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....be transferred to any new or duplicate driving licence obtained by the holder thereof until the holder becomes entitled under the provisions of this section to have a driving licence issued to him free from endorsement. (2) Where a driving licence is required to be endorsed and the driving licence is not in the possession of the court or authority by which the endorsement is to be made, then- (a) if the person in respect of whom the endorsement is to be made is at the time the holder of a driving licence, he shall produce the driving licence to the court or authority within five days, or such longer time as the court or authority may fix; or (b) if, not being then the holder of a driving licence, he subsequently obtains a driving licence, he shall within five days after obtaining the driving licence produce it to the court or authority, and if the driving licence is not produced within the time specified, it shall, on the expiration of such time, be of no effect until it is produced for the purpose of endorsement. (3) A person whose driving licence has been endorsed shall, if during a continuous period of three years after such endorsement no further endorsement has been.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 19

Title: Power of Licensing Authority to Disqualify from Holding a Driving Licence or Revoke Such Licence

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....the disqualification upon it and send it to the licensing authority by which it was issued; or (c) in the case of revocation of any licence, endorse the revocation upon it and if it is not the authority which issued the same, intimate the fact of revocation to the authority which issued that licence: Provided that where the driving licence of a person authorises him to drive more than one class or description of motor vehicles and the order, made under sub-section (1), disqualifies him from driving any specified class or description of motor vehicles, the licensing authority shall endorse the disqualification upon the driving licence and return the same to the holder. (3) Any person aggrieved by an order made by a licensing authority under subsection (1) may, within thirty days of the receipt of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority, and such appellate authority shall give notice to the licensing authority and hear either party if so required by that party and may pass such order as it thinks fit and an order passed by any such appellate authority shall be final.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 22

Title: Suspension or Cancellation of Driving Licence on Conviction

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....and in the case of a suspended licence, return the licence to the holder thereof after the expiry of the period of suspension on an application made by him for such return: Provided that no such licence shall be returned unless the holder thereof has, after the expiry of the period of suspension, undergone and passed, to the satisfaction of the licensing authority by which the licence was issued or last renewed, a fresh test of competence to drive referred to in sub-section (3) of section 9 and produced a medical certificate in the same form and in the same manner as is referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8. (4) If a licence to drive a particular class or description of motor vehicles is cancelled or suspended under this section, the person holding such a licence, shall be debarred from holding, or obtaining, any licence to drive such particular class or description of motor vehicles so long as the cancellation or suspension of the driving licence remains in force.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 21

Title: Suspension of Driving Licence in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....licence held by a person becomes suspended, the police officer, by whom the case referred to in sub-section (1) is registered, shall bring such suspension to the notice of the court competent to take cognizance of such offence, and thereupon, such court shall take possession of the driving licence, endorse the suspension thereon and intimate the fact of such endorsement to the licensing authority by which the licence was granted or last renewed. (3) Where the person referred to in sub-section (1) is acquitted or discharged, the court shall cancel the endorsement on such driving licence with regard to the suspension thereof. (4) If a driving licence in relation to a particular class or description of motor vehicles is suspended under sub-section (1), the person holding such licence shall be debarred from holding or obtaining any licence to drive such particular class or description of motor vehicles so long as the suspension of the driving licence remains in force.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 11

Title: Additions to Driving Licence

State: Central

Year: 1988

(1) Any person holding a driving licence to drive any class or description of motor vehicles, who is not for the time being disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence to drive any other class or description of motor vehicles, may apply to the licensing authority having jurisdiction in the area in which he resides or carries on his business in such form and accompanied by such, documents and with such fees as may be prescribed by the Central Government for the addition of such other class or description of motor vehicles to the licence. (2) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Central Government, the provisions of section 9 shall apply to an application under this section as if the said application was for the grant of a licence under that section to drive the class or description of motor vehicles which the applicant desires to be added to his licence.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 16

Title: Revocation of Driving Licence on Grounds of Disease or Disability

State: Central

Year: 1988

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sections, any licensing authority may at any time revoke a driving licence or may require, as a condition of continuing to hold such driving licence, the holder thereof to produce a medical certificate in the same form and in the same manner as is referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8 if the licensing authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the holder of the driving licence is, by virtue of any disease or disability, unfit to drive a motor vehicle and where the authority revoking a driving licence is not the authority which issued the same, it shall intimate the fact of revocation to the authority which issued that licence.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1939

.....that Chapter so takes effect in that State, Chapter VII of the Travancore-Cochin Motor Vehicles Act, 1125, shall have effect in that State as if enacted in this Act.] SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS - In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- 6(1) "Area", in relation to any provision of this Act, means such area as the State Government may, having regard to the requirements of that provision specify by Notification in the official Gazette. (1A) "articulated vehicle" means a tractor to which a trailer is attached in such a manner that a part of the trailer is super-imposed on, and a part of the weight of the trailer is borne by, the tractor;] "The 'Committee are of the opinion that the explanation In Form E of the First dule terms "area" and "route", which occur dule; should be brought to the section by to the various sections of the principal Act which the various expressions have been and In the clauses of the Bill, should be de defined. The Committee have accordingly fined. The Committee also feel that the de- Inserted suitable definitions of these terms In finition of 'articulated vehicle' as given in the clause."-J.C. R.-Gaz of India. 25-11- 1968,.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

..... (6) "conductor's licence" means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter III authorising the person specified therein to act as a conductor; (7) "contract carriage" means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum- (a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or (b) from one point to another, and in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes- (i) a maxicab; and (ii) a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers; (8) "dealer" includes a person who is engaged- (a) 1 [ x x x] (b) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (c) in the repair of motor vehicles; or (d) in the business of hypothecation, leasing or hire-purchase of motor vehicle; (9).....