Type of approval certificate and testing agencies
Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 deals with type of approval certificate and testing agencies. No motor vehicle, including a trailer or semi-trailer or modular hydraulic trailer or side car shall be sold or delivered or offered for sale or delivery or used in a public place in India unless a type-approval certificate referred to in sub-section (2) has been issued in respect of such vehicle: P The Act came into force on 01 Jul 1989.
1[110B. Type approval certificate and testing agencies.-- (1) No motor vehicle, including a trailer or semi-trailer or modular hydraulic trailer or side car shall be sold or delivered or offered for sale or delivery or used in a public place in India unless a type-approval certificate referred to in sub-section (2) has been issued in respect of such vehicle:
Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the requirement of type-approval certificate to other vehicles drawn or intended to be drawn by a motor vehicle:
Provided further that such certificate shall not be required for vehicles which are--
(a) intended for export or display or demonstration or exhibition; or
(b) used by a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle components or a research and development centre or a test by agency for testing and validation or for data collection, inside factory premises or in a non-public place; or
(c) exempted by the Central Government.
(2) The manufacturer or importer of motor vehicles including trailers, semi-trailers, modular hydraulic trailers and side cars shall submit the prototype of the vehicle to be manufactured or imported for test to a testing agency for obtaining a type-approval certificate by such agency.
(3) The Central Government shall make rules for the accreditation, registration and regulation of testing agencies.
(4) The testing agencies shall conduct tests on vehicles drawn from the production line of the manufacturer or obtained otherwise to verify the conformity of such vehicles to the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
(5) Where the motor vehicle having a type-approval certificate is recalled under section 110A, the testing agency which granted the certificate to such motor vehicle shall be liable for its accreditation and registration to be cancelled.]
Section 110B, The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988).
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… Any departure, except in exceptional and extraordinary cases, would introduce inconsistency of principle, lack of uniformity and an element of unpredictability for the assessment of compensation. Some judgments of the High Courts have justified a departure from the multiplier method on the ground that Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, insofar as it envisages the compensation to be 'just', the Statutory determination of 'just' compensation would unshackle the exercise from any rigid formula. It must be borne in mind that the multiplies method is the accepted method of ensuring a 'just' compensation which will …
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Questions about Section 110B
What does Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act deal with?
Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act is headed "Type of approval certificate and testing agencies". [110B. Type approval certificate and testing agencies.-- (1) No motor vehicle, including a trailer or semi-trailer or modular hydraulic trailer or side car shall be sold or delivered or offered for sale or delivery or used in a public place in India unless a type-approval certificate referred to in
How do I find court cases under Section 110B 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: MV Act 110B, section 110B MV Act, section 110B 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 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 110A (Recall of motor vehicles), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there is one: most recently 5th G.S.R 173(E) dated 11.03.2021 Committee D (2021).
When did Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act come into force?
Section 110B of the Motor Vehicles Act, cited as MV Act 110B, came into force on 01 Jul 1989, having been enacted on 14 Oct 1988. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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- 51. Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc1199 words
- 150. Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments and awards against persons insured in respect of third party risks1102 words
- 96. Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter995 words
- 72. Grant of stage carriage permits868 words
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