# The Motor Vehicles Act, Section 3: Necessity for driving licence

- Act: The Motor Vehicles Act (Act 59 of 1988)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/motor-vehicles-act/section/3/

## Text

(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place unless he holds an effective driving licence issued to him authorising him to drive the vehicle; and no person shall so drive a transport vehicle [other than 3[a motor cab or motor cycle] hired for his own use or rented under any scheme made under sub-section (2) of section 75] unless his driving licence specifically entitles him so to do. (2) The conditions subject to which sub-section (1) shall not apply to a person receiving instructions in driving a motor vehicle shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. 1. Ins. by Act 54 of 1988, s. 2 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 2. Ins. by Act 3 of 2015, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2015).

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