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 92: Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability.
    Any contract for the conveyance of a passenger in a 1[transport vehicle, in respect of which a permit or licence] has been issued under this Chapter, shall, so far as it purports to negative or restrict the liability of any person in respect of any claim made against that person in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, the passenger while being carried in, entering or alighting from the vehicle, or purports to impose any conditions with respect to the enforcement of any such liability, be void.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 35, for "stage carriage or contract carriage, in respect of which a permit" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
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