Section 3: Necessity for driving licence.

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

(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 [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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Section	3
Marginal note	Necessity for driving licence.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	9

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 54 of 1994. . Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 3 for "a motor cab" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

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