The Motor Vehicles Act

In force 217 sections Haryana

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Haryana's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which is the record this site keeps current.

Act 59 of 1988

Preamble

THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 2A. e-cart and e-rickshaw. CHAPTER II LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES 3. Necessity for driving licence. 4. Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles. e 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. Indir cet 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. CHAPTER III LICENSING OF CONDUCTORS OF STAGE CARRIAGES 29. Necessity for conductor's licence. SECTIONS 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. CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES 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. CHAPTER V CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES 66. Necessity for permits. 67. Power to State Government to control road transport. SECTIONS 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

Sections

Type to filter. 217 sections.

Amending Acts

4 Acts amending this enactment, passed by Parliament of India. The text above is the consolidated text as published.

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 201959 of 2019
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 200159 of 2001
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 200059 of 2000
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 199459 of 1994

Rules made under this Act

1 set of Rules. India Code publishes Rules as a record and a document rather than as text, so these are indexed here and not reproduced. All Rules.

Haryana Road Safety Fund Rules, 20182018

Provenance. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/f09db275-80d6-4bd5-924c-03ac08727bdc.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/e36db003-a500-4cf2-aaa3-05b529659cd2/content).

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