Section List

59/1988 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ▶

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 Number	Title	Actions
1	Short title, extent and commencement.
2	Definitions.
2A	e-cart and e-rickshaw.
3	Necessity for driving licence.
4	Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.
5	Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4.
6	Restrictions on the holding of driving licences.
7	Restrictions on the granting of learner's licences for certain vehicles.
8	Grant of learner's licence.
9	Grant of driving licence.
10	Form and contents of licences to drive.
11	Additions to driving licence.
12	Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles.
13	Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles.
14	Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles.
15	Renewal of driving licences.
16	Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability.
17	Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom.
18	Driving Licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government.
19	Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence.
20	Power of Court to disqualify.
21	Suspension of driving licence in certain cases.
22	Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction.
23	Effect of disqualification order.
24	Endorsement.
25	Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement.
26	Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences.
27	Power of Central Government to make rules.
28	Power of State Government to make rules.
29	Necessity for conductor's licence.
30	Grant of conductor's licence.
31	Disqualifications for the grant of conductor's licence.
32	Revocation of a conductor's licence on grounds of disease or disability.
33	Orders refusing, etc, conductor's licences and appeals therefrom.
34	Power of licensing authority to disqualify.
35	Power of Court to disqualify.
36	Certain provisions of Chapter II to apply to conductor's licence.
37	Savings.
38	Power of State Government to make rules.
39	Necessity for registration.
40	Registration, where to be made.
41	Registration, how to be made.
42	Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc.
43	Temporary registration.
44	Production of vehicle at the time of registration.
45	Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration.
46	Effectiveness in India of registration.
47	Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State.
48	No objection certificate.
49	Change of residence or place of business.
50	Transfer of ownership.
51	Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc.
52	Alteration in motor vehicle.
53	Suspension of registration.
54	Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53.
55	Cancellation of registration.
56	Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles.
57	Appeals.
58	Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles.
59	Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle.
60	Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government.
61	Application of Chapter to trailers.
62	Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority.
63	Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles.
64	Power of Central Government to make rules.
65	Power of State Government to make rules.
66	Necessity for permits.
67	Power to State Government to control road transport.
68	Transport Authorities.
69	General provision as to applications for permits.
70	Application for stage carriage permit.
71	Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit.
72	Grant of stage carriage permits.
73	Application for contract carriage permit.
74	Grant of contract carriage permit.
75	Scheme for renting of motor cabs.
76	Application for private service vehicle permit.
77	Application for goods carriage permit.
78	Consideration of application for goods carriage permit.
79	Grant of goods carriage permit.
80	Procedure in applying for and granting permits.
81	Duration and renewal of permits.
82	Transfer of permit.
83	Replacement of vehicles.
84	General conditions attaching to all permits.
85	General form of permits.
86	Cancellation and suspension of permits.
87	Temporary permits.
88	Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted.
89	Appeals.
90	Revision.
91	Restriction of hours of work of drivers.
92	Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability.
93	Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence.
94	Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
95	Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages.
96	Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter.
97	Definition.
98	Chapter to override Chapter V and other laws.
99	Preparation and publication of proposal regarding road transport service of a State transport undertaking.
100	Objection to the proposal.
101	Operation of additional services by a State transport undertaking in certain circumstances.
102	Cancellation or modification of scheme.
103	Issue of permits to State transport undertakings.
104	Restriction on grant of permits in respect of a notified area or notified route.
105	Principles and method of determining compensation and payment thereof.
106	Disposal of article found in vehicles.
107	Power of State Government to make rules.
108	Certain powers of State Government exercisable by the Central Government.
109	General provision regarding construction and maintenance of vehicles.
110	Power of Central Government to make rules.
111	Power of State Government to make rules.
112	Limits of speed.
113	Limits of weight and limitations on use.
114	Power to have vehicle weighed.
115	Power to restrict the use of vehicles.
116	Power to erect traffic signs.
117	Parking places and halting stations.
118	Driving regulations.
119	Duty to obey traffic signs.
120	Vehicles with left hand control.
121	Signals and signalling devices.
122	Leaving vehicle in dangerous position.
123	Riding on running board, etc.
124	Prohibition against travelling without pass or ticket.
125	Obstruction of driver.
126	Stationary vehicles.
127	Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place.
128	Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders.
129	Wearing of protective headgear.
130	Duty to produce licence and certificate of registration.
131	Duty of the driver to take certain precautions at unguarded railway level crossing.
132	Duty of driver to stop in certain cases.
133	Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information.
134	Duty of driver in case of accident and injury to a person.
135	Schemes to be framed for the investigation of accident cases and wayside amenities, etc.
136	Inspection of vehicle involved in accident.
137	Power of Central Government to make rules.
138	Power of State Government to make rules.
139	Power of Central Government to make rules.
140	Omitted.
141	Omitted.
142	Omitted.
143	Omitted.
144	Omitted.
145	Definitions.
146	Necessity for insurance against third party risk.
147	Requirements of policies and limits of liability.
148	Validity of policies of insurance issued in reciprocating countries.
149	Settlement by insurance company and procedure therefor.
150	Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments and awards against persons insured in respect of third party risks
151	Rights of third party against insurers on insolvency of insured
152	Duty to give information as to insurance.
153	Settlement between insurers and insured persons.
154	Saving in respect of sections 151, 152 and 153.
155	Effect of death on certain causes of action.
156	Effect of certificate of insurance.
157	Transfer of certificate of insurance.
158	Production of certain certificates, licence and permit in certain cases.
159	Information to be given regarding accident.
160	Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident.
161	Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident.
162	Scheme for golden hour.
163	Refund in certain cases of compensation paid under section 161.
164	Payment of compensation in case of death or grevious hurt, etc.
165	Claims Tribunals.
166	Application for compensation.
167	Option regarding claims for compensation in certain cases.
168	Award of the Claims Tribunal.
169	Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunals.
170	Impleading insurer in certain cases.
171	Award of interest where any claim is allowed.
172	Award of compensatory costs in certain cases.
173	Appeals.
174	Recovery of money from insurer as arrear of land revenue.
175	Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
176	Power of State Government to make rules.
177	General provision for punishment of offences.
178	Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc.
179	Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information.
180	Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles.
181	Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4.
182	Offences relating to licences.
182A	Punishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components.
183	Driving at excessive speed, etc.
184	Driving dangerously.
185	Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs.
186	Driving when mentally or phycically unfit to drive.
187	Punishment for offences relating to accident.
188	Punishment for abetment of certain offences.
189	Racing and trials of speed.
190	Using vehicle in unsafe condition.
191	Omitted.
192	Using vehicle without registration.
192A	Using vehicle without permit.
193	Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority.
194	Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight.
195	Omitted.
196	Driving uninsured vehicle.
197	Taking vehicle without authority.
198	Unauthorised interference with vehicle.
199	Offences by companies.
200	Composition of certain offences.
201	Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic.
202	Power to arrest without warrant.
203	Breath tests.
204	Laboratory test.
205	Presumption of unfitness to drive.
206	Power of police officer to impound document.
207	Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc.
208	Summary disposal of cases.
209	Restriction on conviction.
210	Courts to send intimation about conviction.
211	Power to levy fee.
212	Publication, commencement and laying of rules and notifications.
213	Appointment of motor vehicles officers.
214	Effect of appeal and revision on orders passed by original authority.
215	Road Safety Councils and Committees.
216	Power to remove difficulties.
217	Repeal and savings.
217A	Renewal of permits, driving licences and registration granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.
2B	Promotion of innovation
66A	National Transportation Policy.
66B	No bar against permit holders to apply and hold licences under schemes.
88A	Power of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods.
177A	Penalty for contravention of regulations under section 118.
182B	Punishment for contravention of section 62A.
194A	Carriage of excess passengers.
194B	Use of safety belts and the seating of children.
194C	Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders.
194D	Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
194E	Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles.
194F	Use of horns and silence zones.
198A	Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance.
199A	Offences by juveniles.
199B	Revision of fines.
210A	Power of State Government to increase penalties.
210B	Penalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority
210C	Power of Central Government to make rules.
210D	Power of State Government to make rules.
215A	Power of Central Government and State Government to delegate.
215B	National Road Safety Board
215C	Power of Central Government to make rules.
215D	Power of State Government to make rules.
25A	National Register of Driving Licences.
62A	Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles.
62B	National Register of Motor Vehicles.
110A	Recall of motor vehicles.
110B	Type of approval certificate and testing agencies.
134A	Protection of Good Samaritans.
136A	Electronic monitoring and enforcement of road safety.
164B	Motor Vehicle Accident Fund
164C	Power of Central Government to make rules.
164D	Power of State Government to make rules.
164A	Scheme for interim relief for claimants
192B	Offences relating to registration.
211A	Use of electronic forms and documents.