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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter IISection 27
Section27

Power of Central Government to make rules

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Summary

Central Government can make detailed rules about licences and related procedures: the forms and documents for learner's and driving licences, medical certificates, test particulars, fees, minimum qualifications, authorities, specified offences and other prescribed matters. These rules apply whenever the Act refers to matters to be prescribed and they set the procedure and standards to be followed.

Example

Priya applies for a learner's license at the local RTO. The Central Government's rules will specify the exact application form, which documents and medical certificate she must submit, the test particulars and the fee to be paid, and the format of the license she will receive.

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The Central Government may make rules—

  • (a) regarding conditions referred to in such-section (2) of section 3;

  • (b) providing for the form in which the application for learner’s license may be made, the information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in sub-section (2) of section 8;

  • (c) providing for the form of medical certificate referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8;

  • (d) providing for the particulars for the test referred to in sub-section (5) of section 8;

  • (e) providing for the form in which the application for driving license may be made, the information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in sub-section (2) of section 9;

  • (f) providing for the particulars regarding test of competence to drive, referred to in sub-section (3) of section 9;

  • (g) specifying the minimum educational qualifications of persons to whom licenses to drive transport vehicles may be issued under this Act and the time within which such qualifications are to be acquired by such persons;

  • (h) providing for the form and contents of the licenses referred to in sub-section (1) of section 10;

  • (i) providing for the form and contents of the application referred to in sub-section (1) of section 11 and documents to be submitted with the application and the fee to be charged;

  • (j) providing for the conditions subject to which section 9 shall apply to an application made under section 11;

  • (k) providing for the form and contents of the application referred to in sub-section (1) of section 15 and the documents to accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 15;

  • (l) providing for the authority to grant licenses under sub-section (I) of section 18;

  • (m) specifying the fees payable under sub-section (2) of section 8, sub-section (2) of section 9 and sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 15 for the grant of learner’s licenses, and for the grant and renewal of driving licenses and licenses for the purpose of regulating the schools or establishments for imparting instructions in driving motor vehicles;

  • (n) specifying the acts for the purposes of clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 19;

  • (o) specifying the offences under this Act for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 24;

  • (p) to provide for all or any of the matters referred to in sub-section (1) of section 26;

  • (q) any other matter which is, or has to be, prescribed by the Central Government.

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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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