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The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

§182Offences relating to licences

(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 [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 punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine 1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 60, for “two hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 2. Subs. by s. 61, ibid., for “five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 3. Subs. by s. 62, ibid., for “which may extend to one thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 4. Subs. by s. 63, ibid., for “which may extend to five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). 5. Subs. by s. 64, ibid., for “which may extend to five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019). which may extend to [ten thousand rupees], or with both, and any conductor’s licence so obtained by him shall be of no effect.

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Official text: India Code (official)

Official India Code text: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), English PDF (bitstream 123456789/1798/1/aA1988-59.pdf, 3,740,289 bytes, sha256 be5bac90…) fetched directly from indiacode.nic.in (Akamai edge, DNS via dns.google) on 2026-07-30. The same handle also carries a Hindi edition (Hh198859.pdf) — the English 'aA'-prefixed file is the one ingested. Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest inline parser. Automated parse; footnotes/amendment history and the Schedules excluded; spot-verified; full clause-level proofread pending.

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