Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

Year: 1988

Enactment Date: 1988-10-14

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to motor vehicles.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section 4: Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.
    (1) No person under the age of eighteen years shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place:
     Provided that 1[a motor cycle with engine capacity not exceeding 50cc] may be driven in a public place by a person after attaining the age of sixteen years.
     (2) Subject to the provisions of section 18, no person under the age of twenty years shall drive a transport vehicle in any public place.
     (3) No learners licence or driving licence shall be issued to any person to drive a vehicle of the class to which he has made an application unless he is eligible to drive that class of vehicle under this section.
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 4, for "a motor cycle without gear" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).
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