Chapter II — Licensing Of Drivers Of Motor Vehicles
Section 27 — Power of Central Government to make rules
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Power of Central Government to make rules.—The Central Government may make rules— 2[(a) specifications relating to e-cart and e-rickshaw under sub-section (2) of section 2A;] 3[(aa)] regarding conditions referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3; (b) providing for the form in which the application for learner’s licence may be made, the information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in sub-section (2) of section 8; (c) providing for the form of medical certificate referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8; (d) providing for the particulars for the test referred to in sub-section (5) of section 8; (e) providing for the form in which the application for driving licence may be made, the information it shall contain and the documents to be submitted with the application referred to in sub-section (2) of section 9; (f) providing for the particulars regarding test of competence to drive, referred to in sub-section (3) of section 9; 2[(ff) the manner and the conditions subject to which the driving licence may be issued under sub-section (10) of section 9;] (g) specifying the minimum educational qualifications of persons to whom licences to drive transport vehicles may be issued under this Act and the time within which such qualifications are to be acquired by such persons; (h) providing for the form and contents of the licences referred to in sub-section (1) of section 10; (i) providing for the form and contents of the application referred to in sub-section (1) of section 11 and documents to be submitted with the application and the fee to be charged; (j) providing for the conditions subject to which section 9 shall apply to an application made under section 11;
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
Amended by the 2019 Amendment Act
In section 27 of the principal Act,— (i) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(da) the form and manner in which a licensing authority may issue a learner’s licence under sub-section (6) of section 8; (db) the manner in which a licensing authority may verify the identity of the applicant under the third proviso to sub-section (6) of section 8;”; (ii) after clause (j), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(ja) the curriculum of training modules and the regulation of schools and establishments under sub-section (6) of section 12; (jb) the conditions for the renewal of licence to drive transport vehicles carrying goods of dangerous or hazardous nature and other motor vehicles under clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 14; (jc) the manner in which a licensing authority may verify the identity of the applicant under the third proviso to sub-section (2) of section 11;”; (iii) after clause (n), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(na) the manner of placing in the public domain of the name of the licence holder as referred to in sub-section (1A) of section 19; (nb) providing for the nature, syllabus and duration of the driver refresher training course as referred to in sub-section (2B) of section 19;”; (iv) after clause (o), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(oa) all or any of the matters referred to in section 25A;”; (v) in clause (p), the words, brackets and figure “sub-section (1) of” shall be omitted. 15.
This is the amending instruction from the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 32 of 2019), quoted verbatim. Read it together with the text above — the consolidated version is the section as it reads once these changes are applied.
Before you rely on this. The base text above is the Act as consolidated by the India Code, which predates the 2019 amendment; any 2019 change is shown separately rather than merged in. Later amendments may also apply. For anything official, read the current text on the e-Gazette or the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways site.
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