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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter IISection 7
Section7

Restrictions on the granting of learner’s licenses for certain vehicles

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Summary

To get a learner’s license for a transport vehicle you must already have held a driving license for a light motor vehicle for at least one year. Anyone under 18 may not be granted a learner’s license for a motor cycle without gear unless the person having the care of the applicant gives written consent.

Example

Ravi has held a driving license for a light motor vehicle for 14 months and applies for a learner’s license to drive a transport vehicle; he meets the one-year requirement so he can get the learner’s license. Priya is 17 and wants a learner’s license for a motor cycle without gear; she must produce written consent from the person having her care.

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(1) No person shall be granted a learner’s license to drive a transport vehicle unless he has held a driving license to drive a light motor vehicle for at least one year.

(2) No person under the age of eighteen years shall be granted a learner’s license to drive a motor cycle without gear except with the consent in writing of the person having the care of the person desiring the learner’s license.

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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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