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Motor cycle, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being an invalid carriage with less than four wheels, the weight of which unladen does not exceed 410 kilogram, Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 40(1), para 13 at p. 23.

Motor cycle. Road Traffic Act,1930, s. 2 (1) (f): mechanically propelled vehicles (not classified as invalid carriages) with less than four wheels and the weight unladen does not exceed 8 cwt. A driving licence can be obtained at sixteen, but a driving test must be passed and also insurance against third-party risks must be taken out; for offences, etc., see, generally, the Act.

It means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (27)]