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Related Section(s)(1) Any person who is not for the time being disqualified for holding or
obtaining a driving licence may apply to 1[any licensing authority in the State]--
(i) in which he ordinarily resides or carries on business, or (ii) in which the school or establishment referred to in section 12 from where he is receiving or has received instruction in driving a motor vehicle is situated, for the issue to him of a driving licence. (2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and shall be accompanied by such fee and such documents as may be prescribed by the Central Government. 2[(3) If the applicant passes such test as may be prescribed by the Central Government, he shall be issued the driving licence: Provided that no such test shall be necessary where the applicant produces proof to show that-- (a) (i) the applicant has previously held a driving licence to drive such class of vehicle and that the period between thed ate of expiry of that licence and the date of the application does not exceed five years, or (ii) the applicant holds or has previously held a driving licence to drive such class of vehicle issued under section 18, or (iii) the applicant holds a driving licence to drive such class of vehicle issued by a competent authority of any country outside India, subject to the condition that the applicant complies with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 8, (b) the applicant is not suffering from any disability which is likely to cause the driving by him to be a source of danger to the public; and the licensing authority may, for that purpose, require the applicant to produce a medical certificate in the same form and in the same manner as is referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8: 3[Provided further that a driving licence for driving an adapted vehicle may be issued to the applicant, if the licensing authority is satisfied that he is fit to drive such motor vehicle.]] (4) Where the application is for a licence to drive a transport vehicle, no such authorisation shall be granted to any applicant unless he possesses 4*** a driving certificate issued by a school or establishment referred to in section 12. 5[(5) Where the applicant does not pass the test; he may be permitted to re-appear for the test after a period of seven days: Provided that where the applicant does not pass the test even after three appearances, he shall not be qualified to re-appear for such test before the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date of last such test 6[and such applicant shall be required to complete a remedial driver training course from any school or establishment under section 12].] (6) The test of competence to drive shall be carried out in a vehicle of the type to which the application refers: Provided that a person who passed a test in driving a motor cycle with gear shall be deemed also to have passed a test in driving a motor cycle without gear. (7) When any application has been duly made to the appropriate licensing authority and the applicant has satisfied such authority of his competence to drive, the licensing authority shall issue the applicant a driving licence unless the applicant is for the time being disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence: Provided that a licensing authority may issue a driving licence to drive a motor cycle or a light motor vehicle notwithstanding that it is not the appropriate licensing authority, if the licensing authority is satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for the applicant’s inability to apply to the appropriate licensing authority: Provided further that the licensing authority shall not issue a new driving licence to the applicant, if he had previously held a driving licence, unless it is satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for his inability to obtain a duplicate copy of his former licence. (8) If the licensing authority is satisfied, after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, that he-- (a) is a habitual criminal or a habitual drunkard; or (b) is a habitual addict to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance within the meaning of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985); or (c) is a person whose licence to drive any motor vehicle has, at any time earlier, been revoked, it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, make an order refusing to issue a driving licence to such person and any person aggrieved by an order made by a licensing authority under this sub-section may, within thirty days of the receipt of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority. (9) Any driving licence for driving a motor cycle in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, after such commencement, bedeemed to be effective for driving a motor cycle with or without gear. 7[(10) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the driving licence to drive e-cart or e-rickshaw shall be issued in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed.]
1. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for "the licensing authority having jurisdiction in the area" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
2. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 7, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 3. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 5, for the second proviso (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 4. The words "such minimum educational qualification as may be prescribed by the Central Government and" omitted by s. 5, ibid (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 5. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 7, for sub-section (5) (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 6. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 5, (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 7. Ins. by Act 3 of 2015, s. 4 (w.e.f. 7-1-2015). (1) The power to make
rules under this Act is subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publication.
(2) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall unless some later date is appointed, come into force on the date of such publication. (3) Every rule made by any State Government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made before the State Legislature. (4) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act, every scheme made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 75 and sub-section (1) of section 163 and every notification issued by the Central Government under sub-section (4) of section 41, sub-section (1) of section 58, sub-section (1) of section 59, the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 112, 1[section 118] 2[sub-section (4) of section 163A] 3[section 164, section 177A] and sub-section (4) of section 213 shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule, scheme or notification or both Houses agree that the rule or scheme should not be made or the notification should not be issued, the rule, scheme or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule, scheme or notification. 1[(5) Every notification issued by the State Government under section 210A shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, the House agrees or both Houses agree, as the case may be, in making any modification in the notification or the House agrees or both Houses agree, as the case may be, that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.]
1. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 91 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
2. Ins. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 62 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 3. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 91 (w.e.f. 1-10-2020). The Central Government may make rules--
1[(a) specifications relating to e-cart and e-rickshaw under sub-section (2) of section 2A;] 2[(aa)] regarding conditions referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3; (b) providing for the form in which the application for learner’s licence 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; 3[(da) the form and manner in which a licensing authority may issue a learner’s licence under sub-section (6) of section 8; (db) the manner in which a licensing authority may verify the identity of the applicant under the third proviso to sub-section (6) of section 8;] (e) providing for the form in which the application for driving licence 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; 2[(ff) the manner and the conditions subject to which the driving licence may be issued under sub-section (10) of section 9;] (g) specifying the minimum educational qualifications of persons to whom licences 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 licences 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; 3[(ja) the curriculum of training modules and the regulation of schools and establishments under sub-section (6) of section 12; (jb) the conditions for the renewal of licence to drive transport vehicles carrying goods of dangerous or hazardous nature and other motor vehicles under clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 14; (jc) the manner in which a licensing authority may verify the identity of the applicant under the third proviso to sub-section (2) of 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 licences under sub-section (1) 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 licences, and for the grant and renewal of driving licences and licences for the purpose of regulating the schools or establishment for imparting instructions in driving motor vehicles; (n) specifying the acts for the purposes of clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 19; 4[(na) the manner of placing in the public domain of the name of the licence holder as referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 19; (nb) providing for the nature, syllabus and duration of the driver refresher training course as referred to in sub-section (2B) of section 19;] (o) specifying the offences under this Act for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 24; 4[(oa) all or any of the matters referred to in section 25A;] (p) to provide for all or any of the matters referred to in 5*** section 26; (q) any other matter which is, or has to be, prescribed by the Central Government.
1. Ins. by Act 3 of 2015, s. 5 (w.e.f. 7-1-2015).
2. Clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) thereof by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-1-2015).
3. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
4. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
5. The words, brackets and figure "sub-section (1) of" omitted by s. 14, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place
unless he holds an effective driving licence issued to him authorising him to drive the vehicle; and no
person shall so drive a transport vehicle [other than 1[a motor cab or motor cycle] hired for his own use or
rented under any scheme made under sub-section (2) of section 75] unless his driving licence specifically
entitles him so to do.
(2) The conditions subject to which sub-section (1) shall not apply to a person receiving instructions in driving a motor vehicle shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 3 for "a motor cab" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).
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