The Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, 4 of 1939 (Rep., Act 59 of 1988) · VII — .

Section 94. _

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

94. (1) No person shall use except as a passenger or ~eceaaity insuranZ for cause or allow any other person to use a motor vehicle in a p ~ ~ a public place, unless there is `in` force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person or that other person, as the case may be, a policy of insurance complying with the requirements of this Chapter. ~ ~ ~ En:ph,mtion.-A person driving a motor vehicle merely as a paid employee, while there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle no such 'policy as is required by L11i.r sub-section, ohall not be deemed tmo ant, in contraveiltion of the sub-section unless he knows or has reason to believe that there is no such policy in force. (2) This section shall not apply to any vehicle owned by or on behalf of the Central Government or a Provincial Government or a local authority notified in this behalf by the Provincial Gov~I'II~L~~KL~;, or B Stato-ownod railway, a t any time when the vehicle is driven by a servant of the owner in the course of his employment, or is otherwise subject to the control of the owner.

Source: India Code