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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.

Cross-references

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

This section refers to

1. s. 184 Driving dangerously
2. s. 185 Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs
3. s. 186 Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive

Questions about Section 188

What does Section 188 of the Motor Vehicles Act deal with?

Section 188 of the Motor Vehicles Act is headed "Punishment for abetment of certain offences". Whoever abets the commission of an offence under section 184, section 185 or section 186 shall be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence.

How do I find court cases under Section 188 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 188, section 188 Motor Vehicles Act, section 188 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 188 of the Motor Vehicles Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 184 (Driving dangerously), section 185 (Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs), section 186 (Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive), 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

• 51. Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc1658 words
• 217. Repeal and savings1639 words
• 88. Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted1606 words
• 149. 1094 words
• 96. Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter980 words
• 2. Definitions947 words

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