CHAPTER II LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

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

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

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

Provided that ¹[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 learner’s 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.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for “a motor cycle without gear” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

Questions on this section

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1. Subject to Section 18, the minimum age for driving a transport vehicle in a public place under Section 4(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is:

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