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The Motor Vehicles Act

Saving in respect of sections 150, 151 and 152

In force Act 59 of 1988 As on 18 Oct 2026

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Act 59 of 1988

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.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act deals with saving in respect of sections 150, 151 and 152. For the purposes of sections 150, 151 and 152 a reference to "liabilities to third parties" in relation to a person insured under any policy of insurance shall not include a reference to any liability of that person in the capacity of insurer under some other policy of insurance.

(1) For the purposes of sections 150, 151 and 152 a reference to "liabilities to third parties" in relation to a person insured under any policy of insurance shall not include a reference to any liability of that person in the capacity of insurer under some other policy of insurance.

(2) The provisions of sections 150, 151 and 152 shall not apply where a company is wound up voluntarily merely for the purposes of reconstruction or of an amalgamation with another company.

Section 153, The Motor Vehicles Act (Act 59 of 1988).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 150 Rights of third parties against insurers on insolvency of the insured
  2. s. 151 Duty to give information as to insurance
  3. s. 152 Settlement between insurers and insured persons

Questions about Section 153

What does Section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act deal with?

Section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act is headed "Saving in respect of sections 150, 151 and 152". For the purposes of sections 150, 151 and 152 a reference to "liabilities to third parties" in relation to a person insured under any policy of insurance shall not include a reference to any liability of that person in the capacity of insurer under some other policy of insurance.

How do I find court cases under Section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Motor Vehicles Act 153, section 153 Motor Vehicles Act, section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 153 of the Motor Vehicles Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 150 (Rights of third parties against insurers on insolvency of the insured), section 151 (Duty to give information as to insurance), section 152 (Settlement between insurers and insured persons), so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the Motor Vehicles Act enacted?

Motor Vehicles Act was enacted in 1988 as Act 59 of 1988. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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