Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 :

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates all aspects of road transport vehicles. The Act came into force from 1 July 1989. It replaced the Motor Vehicles Act, 1938 which earlier replaced the first such enactment Motor Vehicles Act, 1914. The Act provides in detail the legislative provisions regarding licensing of drivers and conductors, registration of motor vehicles, control of motor vehicles through permits, special provisions relating to state transport undertakings, traffic regulations, insurance, liability, offences and penalties etc. Further, in order to exercise the legislative provisions of the Act, the Government of India made the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.