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•Promulgated by the President in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India.

•An Ordinance further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

•WHEREAS the Motor V ehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 has been passed by the

•House of the People and is pending in the Council of States;

•AND W HEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that

•circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action to give effect

•to the provisions of the said Bill;

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•OW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the

•Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance:—

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1.( 1) This Ordinance may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment)

•Ordinance, 2015.

(2)It shall come into force at once.

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•MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

•(Legislative Department)

•New Delhi, the 7th January, 2015/Pausa 17, 1936 ( Saka)

•THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2015

NO.2 OF 2015

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2.In the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after

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•section 2, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

•“2A (1) Save as otherwise provided in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 7

•and sub-section (10) of section 9, the provisions of this Act shall apply to e-cart and

•e-rickshaw.

(2)For the purposes of this section, “e-cart or e-rickshaw” means a special

•purpose battery powered vehicle of power not exceeding 4000 watts having three

•wheels for carrying goods or passengers, as the case may be, for hire or reward,

•manufactured, constructed or adapted, equipped and maintained in accordance with

•such specifications, as may be prescribed in this behalf.”.

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3.In the principal Act, in section 7, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be

•inserted, namely:—

•“Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to an e-cart or

•e-rickshaw.”.

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4.In the principal Act, in section 9, after sub-section (9), the following sub-section

•shall be inserted, namely:—

•“(10) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the driving licence to

•drive e-cart or e-rickshaw shall be issued in such manner and subject to such conditions

•as may be prescribed.”.

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5.In this principal Act, in section 27,—

(i)clause (a) shall be renumbered as clause (aa) thereof and before clause (aa)

•as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

•“(a) specifications relating to e-cart and e-rickshaw under sub-section (2)

•of section 2A;”;

•(ii) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

•“(ff) the manner and the conditions subject to which the driving license

•may be issued under sub-section (10) of section 9;”.

•PRANAB MUKHERJEE,

President.

•————

DR.SANJAY SINGH,

Secy.to the Government of India.

•Insertion of

•new section

2A.

•E-card and

•e-rickshaw.

•Amendment

•of section 7.

•Amendment

•of section 9.

•Amendment

•of section 27.

•59 of 1988.