INDIA CODE

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [A10-1CB]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 1 July 1989.

Dates: made 14 October 1988; in force 1 July 1989; ceased none recorded. Gazette: Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, 14 October 1988. Band A.

Cite: Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Act 59 of 1988 [A10-1CB]. Machine: A10-1CB.

Clauses (24)

Chapter II. Licensing of Drivers of Motor Vehicles

Chapter IV. Registration of Motor Vehicles

Chapter VIII. Control of Traffic

Chapter XI. Insurance of Motor Vehicles Against Third Party Risks

Chapter XIII. Offences, Penalties and Procedure

Clause 2(9). driver

Clause 2(14). goods carriage

Clause 2(28). motor vehicle

Clause 2(31). permit

Clause 2(35). public service vehicle

Section 3. Necessity for driving licence [S10-31C]

Section 4. Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles [S10-32A]

Section 8. Grant of learner's licence [S10-338]

Section 9. Grant of driving licence [S10-346]

Section 15. Renewal of driving licences [S10-354]

Section 19. Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence [S10-362]

Section 39. Necessity for registration [S10-370]

Section 41. Registration, how to be made [S10-38Y]

Section 50. Transfer of ownership [S10-39W]

Section 122. Leaving vehicle in dangerous position [S10-3AT]

Section 128. Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders [S10-3BR]

Section 129. Wearing of protective headgear [S10-3CP]

Section 130. Duty to produce licence and certificate of registration [S10-3DM]

Section 132. Duty of driver to stop in certain cases [S10-3EJ]

Section 146. Necessity for insurance against third party risk [S10-3FG]

Section 177. General provision for punishment of offences [S10-3GB]

Section 185. Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs [S10-3H9]

Section 194D. Penalty for not wearing protective headgear [S10-3JF]

Section 196. Driving uninsured vehicle [S10-3KD]

Made under

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Acts on (0)

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Acted on by (5)

Amends: Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 [A10-29D], 15 February 2022.

Amends: Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 [A10-29D], 1 September 2019.

Amends: Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 [A10-29D], 1 September 2019.

Amends: Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 [A10-29D], 1 September 2019.

Amends: Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 [A10-29D], 1 September 2019.

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