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CHAPTER XIII OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 182: Offences relating to licences

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

(1) Whoever, being disqualified under this Act for holding or obtaining a driving licence drives a motor vehicle in a public place or in any other place, or applies for or obtains a driving licence or, not being entitled to have a driving licence issued to him free of endorsement, applies for or obtains a driving licence without disclosing the endorsement made on a driving licence previously held by him shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine 1[of ten thousand rupees] or with both, and any driving licence so obtained by him shall be of no effect.

(2) Whoever, being disqualified under this Act for holding or obtaining a conductor’s licence, acts as a conductor of a stage carriage in a public place or applies for or obtains a conductor’s licence or, not being entitled to have a conductor’s licence issued to him free of endorsement, applies for or obtains a conductor’s licence without disclosing the endorsements made on a conductor’s licence previously held by him, shall be 2[liable to penalty of ten thousand rupees], and any conductor’s licence so obtained by him shall be of no effect.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 64, ibid., for “which may extend to five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch. for certain words (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).

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