Acts, Chapters, and Sections


An Act to provide for the issue of passports and travel documents, to regulate the departure from India of citizens of India and other persons and for matters incidental or ancillary thereto.
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An Act to regulate securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest and to provide for a Central database of security interests created on property rights, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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An Act to protect the rights of married Muslim women and to prohibit divorce by pronouncing talaq by their husbands and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to motor vehicles.
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Chapter 2 - Licensing Of Drivers Of Motor Vehicles
3 - Necessity for driving licence.
4 - Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles.
5 - Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4.
6 - Restrictions on the holding of driving licences.
7 - Restrictions on the granting of learner's licences for certain vehicles.
8 - Grant of learner's licence.
9 - Grant of driving licence.
10 - Form and contents of licences to drive.
11 - Additions to driving licence.
12 - Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles
13 - Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles.
14 - Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles.
15 - Renewal of driving licences.
16 - Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability.
17 - Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom.
18 - Driving Licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government.
19 - Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence.
20 - Power of Court to disqualify.
21 - Suspension of driving licence in certain cases.
22 - Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction.
23 - Effect of disqualification order.
24 - Endorsement.
25 - Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement.
25A - National Register of Driving Licences.
26 - Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences.
27 - Power of Central Government to make rules.
28 - Power of State Government to make rules.
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Chapter 4 - Registration of Motor Vehicles
39 - Necessity for registration.
40 - Registration, where to be made.
41 - Registration, how to be made.
42 - Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc.
43 - Temporary registration.
44 - Production of vehicle at the time of registration.
45 - Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration.
46 - Effectiveness in India of registration.
47 - Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State.
48 - No objection certificate.
49 - Change of residence or place of business.
50 - Transfer of ownership.
51 - Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc.
52 - Alteration in motor vehicle.
53 - Suspension of registration.
54 - Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53.
55 - Cancellation of registration.
56 - Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles.
57 - Appeals.
58 - Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles.
59 - Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle.
60 - Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government.
61 - Application of Chapter to trailers.
62 - Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority.
62A - Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles.
62B - National Register of Motor Vehicles.
63 - Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles.
64 - Power of Central Government to make rules.
65 - Power of State Government to make rules.
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Chapter 5 - Control Of Transport Vehicles
66 - Necessity for permits.
66A - National Transportation Policy.
66B - No bar against permit holders to apply and hold licences under schemes.
67 - Power to State Government to control road transport.
68 - Transport Authorities.
69 - General provision as to applications for permits.
70 - Application for stage carriage permit.
71 - Procedure of Regional Transport Authority in considering application for stage carriage permit.
72 - Grant of stage carriage permits.
73 - Application for contract carriage permit.
74 - Grant of contract carriage permit.
75 - Scheme for renting of motor cabs.
76 - Application for private service vehicle permit.
77 - Application for goods carriage permit.
78 - Consideration of application for goods carriage permit.
79 - Grant of goods carriage permit.
80 - Procedure in applying for and granting permits.
81 - Duration and renewal of permits.
82 - Transfer of permit.
83 - Replacement of vehicles.
84 - General conditions attaching to all permits.
85 - General form of permits.
86 - Cancellation and suspension of permits.
87 - Temporary permits.
88 - Validation of permits for use outside region in which granted.
88A - Power of Central Government to make schemes for national, multimodal and inter-State transport of passengers and goods.
89 - Appeals.
90 - Revision.
91 - Restriction of hours of work of drivers.
92 - Voidance of contracts restrictive of liability.
93 - Agent or canvasser or aggregator to obtain licence.
94 - Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
95 - Power of State Government to make rules as to stage carriages and contract carriages.
96 - Power of State Government to make rules for the purposes of this Chapter.
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Chapter 9 - Motor Vehicles Temporarily Leaving Or Visiting India
Chapter 10 - Liability Without Fault In Certain Cases [Omitted.]
Chapter 13 - Offences, Penalties And Procedure
178 - Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc.
179 - Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information.
180 - Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles.
181 - Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4.
182 - Offences relating to licences.
182A - Punishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components.
182B - Punishment for contravention of section 62A.
183 - Driving at excessive speed, etc.
184 - Driving dangerously.
185 - Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs.
186 - Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive.
187 - Punishment for offences relating to accident.
188 - Punishment for abetment of certain offences.
189 - Racing and trials of speed.
190 - Using vehicle in unsafe condition.
191 - Omitted.
192 - Using vehicle without registration.
192A - Using vehicle without permit.
192B - Offences relating to registration.
193 - Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority.
194 - Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight.
194A - Carriage of excess passengers.
194B - Use of safety belts and the seating of children.
194C - Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders.
194D - Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
194E - Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles.
194F - Use of horns and silence zones.
195 - Omitted.
196 - Driving uninsured vehicle.
197 - Taking vehicle without authority.
198 - Unauthorised interference with vehicle.
198A - Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance.
199 - Offences by companies.
199A - Offences by juveniles.
199B - Revision of fines.
200 - Composition of certain offences.
201 - Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic.
202 - Power to arrest without warrant.
203 - Breath tests.
204 - Laboratory test.
205 - Presumption of unfitness to drive.
206 - Power of police officer to impound document.
207 - Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc.
208 - Summary disposal of cases.
209 - Restriction on conviction.
210 - Courts to send intimation about conviction.
210A - Power of State Government to increase penalties.
210B - Penalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority
210C - Power of Central Government to make rules.
210D - Power of State Government to make rules.
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An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Chapter 4 - Verification And Stamping Of Weight Or Measure
Chapter 5 - Offences And Penalties
25 - Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure.
26 - Penalty for alteration of weight and measure.
27 - Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure.
28 - Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards.
29 - Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units.
30 - Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure.
31 - Penalty for non-production of documents, etc.
32 - Penalty for failure to get model approved.
33 - Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure.
34 - Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure.
35 - Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number.
36 - Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages.
37 - Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre.
38 - Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure.
39 - Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure.
40 - Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer.
41 - Penalty for giving false information or false return.
42 - Vexatious search.
43 - Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules.
44 - Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc.
45 - Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence.
46 - Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence.
47 - Penalty for tampering with licence.
48 - Compounding of offences.
49 - Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted.
50 - Appeals.
51 - Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply.
52 - Power of the Central Government to make rules.
53 - Power of State Government to make rules.
54 - Delegation of Powers.
55 - Act not to apply in certain cases.
56 - Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed.
57 - Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985.
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An Act to Constitute a Reserve Bank of India.
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Chapter 3 - Central Banking Functions
20 - Obligation of the Bank to transact Government business.
20A - [Omitted.].
21 - Bank to have the right to transact Government business in India.
21A - Bank to transact Government business of States on agreement.
21B - Effect of agreements made between the Bank and certain States before the 1st November, 1956.
22 - Right to issue bank notes.
23 - Issue Department.
24 - Denominations of notes.
25 - Form of bank notes.
26 - Legal tender character of notes.
26A - Certain bank notes to cease to be legal tender.
27 - Re-issue notes.
28 - Recovery of notes lost, stolen, mutilated or imperfect.
28A - Issue of special bank notes and special one rupee notes in certain cases.
29 - Bank exempt from stamp duty on bank notes.
30 - Powers of Central Government to supersede Central Board.
31 - Issue of demand bills and notes.
32 - [Omitted.].
33 - Assets of the Issue Department.
34 - Liabilities of Issue Department.
35 - [Omitted.].
36 - [Omitted.].
37 - Suspension of assets requirements as to foreign securities.
38 - Obligations of Government and the Bank in respect of rupee coin.
39 - Obligation to supply different forms of currency.
40 - Transactions in foreign exchange.
41A - [Omitted.].
42 - Cash reserves of scheduled banks to be kept with the Bank.
43 - Publication of consolidated statement by the Bank.
43A - Protection of action taken in good faith.
44 - [Omitted.].
45 - Appointment of agents.
22A - Non-applicability of certain provisions to digital form of bank notes
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Chapter 3B - Provisions Relating To Non-Banking Institutions Receiving Deposits And Financial Institutions
Chapter 3E - Joint Mechanism
An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith.
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An Act to regulate the payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons.
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