Motor Vehicles Act

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Motor Vehicles Act
Parliament of India
Citation	No 59 OF 1988
Territorial extent	Whole of India, including the State of Jammu and Kashmir
Enacted by	Parliament of India
Enacted	1988
Signed by	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Commenced	1 July 1989
Amended by
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019
Related legislation
Motor Vehicles Act, 1914
Status: In force

The Motor Vehicles Act is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates all aspects of road transport vehicles. The Act provides in detail the legislative provisions regarding licensing of drivers/conductors, registration of motor vehicles, control of motor vehicles through permits, special provisions relating to state transport undertakings, traffic regulation, insurance, liability, offences and penalties, etc. For exercising the legislative provisions of the Act, the Government of India made the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989.^[1]