Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
126. Whoever takes and drives away any motor Teking vehicle without having either the consent of the owner vehicle without thereof or other lawful authority shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with h e which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both :
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|:onvicted<br>he accus-<br>~d lawful,<br>1e owner<br>given his|any identibation mark carried on a motor vehicle o r<br>any licence, permit, cert%cate of registration, certificate<br>of insurance or other document produced to him by tho<br>driver or person in charge of a mot,or vehicle is a false<br>document within the meaning of section464of the|||
||Indian Penal Code, seize the mark or document and call|Indian Penal Code, seize the mark or document and call||
|authority|upon the driver or owner of the vehicle to account for||~|
|tationary|his possession of or the presence in the vehicle of such|his possession of or the presence in the vehicle of such||
|7part of|mark or document.|||
|inishable|(2)Any police officer authorisedinthis behalf by the|this behalf by the||
|pees.|Provincial Government may, if he has reasontobelieve|believe||
|y arrest<br>his view<br>!tion117'|that the driver of a motor vehicle who is charged with<br>any offence under this Act may abscond or otherwise<br>avoid the service of a summons, seize any licence held<br>by such driver and forward it to the Court taking|that the driver of a motor vehicle who is charged with<br>any offence under this Act may abscond or otherwise<br>avoid the service of a summons, seize any licence held<br>by such driver and forward it to the Court taking||
|i<br>nnection1|cognizance of the offence.|||
|shall bf|(3)A police officer seizing a licence under sub-|A police officer seizing a licence under sub-||
|sgistered<br>arrestOF|section(2)shallgive to the person surrelldering tho<br>licence a temporary acknowledgment therefor and such|shallgive to the person surrelldering tho<br>licence a temporary acknowledgment therefor and such||
|t|acknowledgment shall authorise the holder to drivo|acknowledgment shall authorise the holder to drivo||
||until the licence has been returned to him or the Court|until the licence has been returned to him or the Court||
||ha.s otherwise ordered.|||
|i<br>the prp--|130.(1)A Court taking cognizance of an offence summary<br>diapoealOE<br>under this Act may, unless the offence is an offenceeases.|||
|daddrdss|specified in Part A of the Fifth Schedule, state upon the|specified in Part A of the Fifth Schedule, state upon the||
|:addrjm.|summons to be served on the accused person that he-|||
|o believe|(a)may appear by pleader and notinperson, or|||
||(6)may by a specifieddatepriartothe hearing of|||
||the charge plead guilty to the charge by re-|the charge plead guilty to the charge by re-||
||gistered letter and remittothe Court such|the Court such||
||sum not exceeding twenty-five rupees as the|sum not exceeding twenty-five rupees as the||
||Court may specify.|||
||(2)Where the offence dealt with in accordance with|||
||sub-section(I)is an offence specified in PartBof the|of the||
||Fifth Schedule, the accused person shall,ifhopleads|||
||guilty to the charge, forward his licence to the Court|||
||with the letter containing his plea in order that the con-|||
|lie beh&lf|viction may be endorsed on the licence.|||
|~roviL-|(3)Where an accused person pleads guilty and remits|||
|ieve t h j t|the sum specified and has complied with the provisions|||
|-?\|of<br>98|||
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OF 1939.1
-Motor Vehicles.
.(2) All rules made under this Act shall be publishnd in the official :azette, and shdl, unless some later date is appointed, come intd force on the date of such publication.
(3) All rules made under this Act by the Central Government or by any Provincial Government shall be laid fop not less than fourteen days before the Central or Provincial Legislature, as the case may be, as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to such modifications as the Legislature may make 81 during the session in which they are so laid.
l U l o f l o l 4 . `134.` (1) The Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1915, is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1914, rules made by any Provincial Government under sub-section (2) of sectiorl 11 of that Act rand rules made by the G s e d e ~ d j n Council under ~ e c t i o Z h 6 r u l e ~ . i * f o ~ ~ ~ h s ~ c ~ ~ ~ shall subject to the provi~ G m b - d l o n ---..-.-, (3) , .A*& contlnue to be in force f- o+@ingom the commencement of this Act, unless before the expiry of that period they are cancelled by a Provincial Government or by the Central Government, as the case may be, by notscation in the official Gazette.
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(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Indian Motor Vehicies Act, 19114, rdzs iiidc 3r pnrpsrting t . ~ hn made by a Provincial Government under sub-section (2) of section 11 of that Act, requiringor relating to the insuranc%$<of motor vehicles, being rules in force at the commencement of this Act, shall, until Chapter VIII of this Act takes effect in the province, have effect as if enacted in this Act.
vm of 1914.
(4) Nothing contained in this Act shall, until the expiry of a period of nine months from the commencement of this Act, operate to invalidate any provisions relating to the taxation of motor vehiclas contained in any Provincial enactment or rules made thereuder in force at the commencement of this Act.
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Motor Vehicles. (a) DO you suffeifrom colour blindness or night blindness 4 blindness 4 4 (e) Do you suffer from a defect of hearing 4 (fj Do you suffer from any other disease or disability likely to oauso your driving oi a motor vehicle to be a source bf danger to the public 4
(a) DO you suffeifrom colour blindness or night blindness 4 blindness 4 4
If so, give particulars. `1` declare that to the best of my information and belief the partiaulare %iveh in Section I1 and the declaration made insection I11 hereof are true. NOTE.--A~ applicant who answers "Yes" to .questions (b) and (c) in the deolaration and "No" to the other questions may claim to be subjected to a hest as to his competency to drive vehicles of a specified type or types.
Signature or Thumb Invprea& of applicant. C & . m of teat of ability to drive. The applicant has --a passed the test epeozed in the Third Sohedule to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939.[The teat was conducted on a ][* ] on (date)
Duplicate 8ignaGure or Thumb Inapreaeim of applicant.
* Here enter desoription of vehicle.
FORM `B.`
[Bee section 11 (Z).] for revewa.? of d&ving licence. me on the.. ..............................
Form of application for revewa.? of d&ving licence. I hereby apply for a renewal of the licence under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, which was issued to me on the.. .............................. by.. ............................... .(state title of licensing authority). I hereby dealare that I am not subject to any diseaee or disability likely ta nn11nn m v rlrivina nf a mntnr onhinla t.n h a a annrna n f rlon~rar +A +hn
Date.. ............... .19
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hfotor Vshiclea.
FORM E. [See section 24 (I).]
pow `of` Application `for` the Regialrath `of` a M o m vehicle.
,1. ~ ~name, name of father, and ciddress of person 1 1 `be` registered as registered owner. .................................
6.~Yearofmanufactwc ..............................................
- 6.~Yearofmanufactwc ..............................................
- .6. Number of cylinders. ..............................................
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9. Chtlssis number
.................................................. 30, En&o number .................................................--
- 30, En&o number .................................................-- ,11. Seating capacity (including driver). .................................
'13. Particulars of previous registration and registered number (if any). ..................................... Additional particulars to be completed only in the case of transport vehicles other than motor cabs-
Source: India Code