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 167: Option regarding claims for compensation in certain cases.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), where the death of, or bodily injury to, any person gives rise to a claim for compensation under this Act and also under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, the person entitled to compensation may without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter X claim such compensation under either of those Acts but not under both.
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