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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter IISection 10
Section10

Form and contents of licenses to drive

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Summary

Every learner's license and driving license must follow the form and contain the information the Central Government prescribes, with an exception for certain special licences. Each licence must state which class or classes of motor vehicle the holder is entitled to drive, for example motor cycle without gear, motor cycle with gear, light motor vehicle, transport vehicle, road-roller or invalid carriage.

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Ravi applies for a driving license and passes the test. His driving license must be in the prescribed form and will specifically state which vehicle classes he may drive, for example only motor cycle with gear and light motor vehicle if those are the classes granted.

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(1) Every learner’s license and driving license, except a driving license issued under section 18, shall be in such form and shall contain such information as may be prescribed by the Central Government.

(2) A learner’s license or, as the case may be, driving license shall also be expressed as entitling the holder to drive a motor vehicle of one or more of the following classes, namely—

  • (a) motor cycle without gear;

  • (b) motor cycle with gear;

  • (c) invalid carriage;

  • (d) light motor vehicle;

  • (e) transport vehicle;

  • (f) —

  • (g) —

  • (h) —

  • (i) road-roller;

  • (j) motor vehicle of a specified description.

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II

Chapter II

Licensing of Drivers of Motor Vehicles

In this chapter

  • 3Necessity for driving license
  • 4Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles
  • 5Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4
  • 6Restrictions on the holding of driving licenses
  • 7Restrictions on the granting of learner’s licenses for certain vehicles
  • 8Grant of learner’s license
  • 9Grant of driving license
  • 10Form and contents of licenses to drive
  • 11Additions to driving license
  • 12Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles
  • 13Extent of effectiveness of licenses, to drive motor vehicles
  • 14Currency of licenses to drive motor vehicles
  • 15Renewal of driving licenses
  • 16Revocation of driving license on grounds of disease or disability
  • 17Orders refusing or revoking driving licenses and appeals therefrom
  • 18Driving licenses to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government
  • 19Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving license or revoke such license
  • 20Power of Court to disqualify
  • 21Suspension of driving license in certain cases
  • 22Suspension or cancellation of driving license on conviction
  • 23Effect of disqualification order
  • 24Endorsement
  • 25Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving license free from endorsement
  • 26Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences
  • 27Power of Central Government to make rules
  • 28Power of State Government to make rules
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