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Section 4: Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.

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

(1) No person under the age of eighteen years shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place:

Provided that [a motor cycle with engine capacity not exceeding 50cc] may be driven in a public place by a person after attaining the age of sixteen years.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 18, no person under the age of twenty years shall drive a transport vehicle in any public place.

(3) No learners licence or driving licence shall be issued to any person to drive a vehicle of the class to which he has made an application unless he is eligible to drive that class of vehicle under this section.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Section4
Marginal noteAge limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it7

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. 4, for "a motor cycle without gear" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

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