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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

Title : Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

State : Central

Year : 1988

.....of speed Section190 - Using vehicle in unsafe condition Section191 - Sale of vehicle in or alteration of vehicle to condition contravening this Act Section192 - Using vehicle without registration Section192A - Using vehicle without permit Section193 - Punishment of agents and canvassers without proper authority Section194 - Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight Section195 - Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances Section196 - Driving uninsured vehicle Section197 - Taking vehicle without authority Section198 - Unauthorised interference with vehicle 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 Section204 - Laboratory test Section205 - Presumption of unfitness to drive Section206 - Power of police officer to impound document Section207 - Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc. Section208 - Summary disposal of cases Section209 - Restriction on conviction Section210 - Courts to send intimation about conviction Chapter 14.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Amending Act 1

Title : Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001

State : Central

Year : 1988

THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 [Act, No. 39 of 2001] [11th September, 2001] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- 1. Short title and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,1appoint. 2. Amendment of section 66 - In section 66 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (3), clause (1) shall be omitted. 3. Amendment of section 67 - In section 67 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i), the proviso shall be omitted. _______________________________ 1. The appointed date is 27.09.2001 vide Notification No. 953 (E) dated 26.09.2001.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 217A

Title : Renewal of Permits, Driving Licences and Registration Granted Under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939

State : Central

Year : 1988

1 [217A. Renewal of permits, driving licences and registration granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Notwithstanding the repeal by sub-section (1) of section 217 of the enactments referred to in that sub-section, any certificate of fitness or registration or licence or permit issued or granted under the said enactments may be renewed under this Act.] ______________________ 1.Inserted by Act 27 of 2000, section 5 (w.e.f. 11.8.2000).

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Preamble 1

Title : Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

State : Central

Year : 1988

THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 [Act, No. 59 of 1988] [14th October, 1988] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to motor vehicles. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Complete Act

State : Central

Year : 1988

.....of either of which or a motor car or tractor or road-roller the unladen weight of any of which, does not exceed 2 [7500] kilograms; 3 [(2lA) "manufacturer" means a person who is engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles;] (22) "maxicab" means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six passengers, but not more than twelve passengers, excluding the driver, for hire or reward; (23) "medium goods vehicle" means any goods carriage other than a light motor vehicle or a heavy goods vehicle: (24) "medium passenger motor vehicle" means any public service vehicle or private service vehicle, or educational institution bus other than a motor cycle, invalid carriage, light motor vehicle or heavy passenger motor vehicle; (25) "motorcab" means any molor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry not more than six passengers excluding the driver for hire or reward; (26) "motor car" means any molor vehicle other than a transport vehicle, omnibus, road-roller, tractor, motor cycle or invalid carriage; (27) "motor cycle" means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle; (28) "motor vehicle" or.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Complete Act

State : Central

Year : 1939

.....cab notwithstanding that the passengers may pay separate fares; 12 [* * * * * * *] 13[(4) "dealer" includes a person who 18 engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles or in building bodies for attachment to chassis;] Clause 2-Sub-clause (a).- At present a State Government may make rules under clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939-to exempt, from the provisions of the Act relating to registration motor vehicles in the possession of dealers and specify the conditions subject to which such exemptions may be granted and the fees payable therefor. This sub-clause seeks to define the expression "dealer" so as to include a person who is engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles or in building bodies for attachment to chassis.-S.O.R. Gaz. of India. 17-8-78, Pt. II 8.2, Ext., p. 1120. (5) "driver" includes, where a separate person acts as steersman of a motor vehicle, that person as well as any other person engaged in the driving of the vehicle; 14[(5A) "driving licence" means the document issued by a competent authority under Chapter II authorising the person specified therein to drive a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any specified.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Chapter 5

Title : Control of Transport Vehicles

State : Central

Year : 1988

.....Gazette, Official notification Government Central conditions such accordance purposes chassis, attachment bodies builds vehicles motor deals manufactures who (g)> QQZZ 2[***] QQZZ (i) to any goods vehicle, the gross vehicle weight of which does not exceed 3,000 kilograms; QQZZ (j) subject to such conditions as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, to any transport vehicle purchased in one State and proceeding to a place, situated in that State or in any other Stale, without carrying any passenger or goods; QQZZ (k) to any transport vehicle which has been temporarily registered under section 43 while proceeding empty to any place for the purpose of registration of the vehicle; QQZZ 3[***] QQZZ (m) to any transport vehicle which, owing to flood, earthquake or any other natural calamity, obstruction on road, or unforeseen circumstances, is required to be diverted through any other route, whether within or outside the State, with a view to enabling it to reach its destination; QQZZ (n) to any transport vehicle used for such purposes as the Central or State Government may, by order, specify; < destination; its reach.....

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 18

Title : Driving Licences to Drive Motor Vehicles, Belonging to the Central Government

State : Central

Year : 1988

(1) Such authority as may be prescribed by the Central Government may issue driving licence valid throughout India to persons who have completed their eighteenth year to drive motor vehicles which are the property or for the time being under the exclusive control, of the Central Government and are used for Government purposes relating to the defence of the country and unconnected with any commercial enterprise. (2) A driving licence issued under this section shall specify the class or description of vehicle which the holder is entitled to drive and the period for which he is so entitled. (3) A driving licence issued under this section shall not entitle the holder to drive any motor vehicle except a motor vehicle referred to in sub-section (1). (4) The authority issuing any driving licence under this section shall at the request of any Slate Government, furnish such information respecting any person to whom a driving licence is issued as that Government may at any time require.

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 63

Title : Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles

State : Central

Year : 1988

(1) Each State Government shall maintain in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government a register to be known as the State Register of Motor Vehicles, in respect of the motor vehicles in that State, containing the following particulars, namely:- (a) registration numbers; (b) years of manufacture; (c) classes and types; (d) names and addresses of registered owners; and (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (2) Each State Government shall supply to the Central Government 1 [if so desired by it] a printed copy of the State Register of Motor Vehicles and shall also inform the Central Government without delay of all additions to and other amendments in such register made from time to time. (3) The State Register of Motor Vehicles shall be maintained in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 54 of 1994, Section 19 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Section 52

Title : Alteration in Motor Vehicle

State : Central

Year : 1988

.....therein. (4) A registering authority other than the original registering authority making any such entry shall communicate the details of the entry to the original registering authority. (5) Subject to the provisions made under sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4), no person holding a vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement shall make any alteration to the vehicle except with the written consent of the registered owner. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, "alteration" means a change in the structure of a vehicle which results in a change in its basic feature.]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 2000, Section 2, for section 52 (w.e.f. 11-8-2000).