Section 119: Duty to obey traffic signs.

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988Central Act · Act 59 of 1988

(1) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle in conformity with any indication given by mandatory traffic sign and in conformity with the driving regulations made by the Central Government, and shall comply with all directions given to him by any police officer for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic in any public place.

(2) In this section "mandatory traffic sign" means a traffic sign included in Part A of the Schedule, or any traffic sign of similar form (that is to say, consisting of or including a circular disc diplaying a device, word or figure and having a red ground or border) placed or erected for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic under sub-section (1) of section 116.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Section	119
Marginal note	Duty to obey traffic signs.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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