Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(1) A State Government may make rules regulating the construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles and trailers with respect to all matters other than the matters specified in sub-section (1) of section 110. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules may be made under this section governing all or any of the following matters either generally in respect of motor vehicles or trailers or in respect of motor vehicles or trailers of a particular class or description or in particular circumstances, namely : - (a) seating arrangements in public service vehicles and the protection of passengers against the weather : (b) prohibiting or restricting the use of audible signals at certain times or in certain places : (c) prohibiting the carrying of appliances likely to cause annoyance or danger : (d) the periodical testing and inspection of vehicles by prescribed authorities 66 67[ and fees to be charged for such test ;] (e) the particulars other than registration marks to be exhibited by vehicles and the manner in which they shall be exhibited; and (f) the use of trailers with motor vehicles ; 67. Cl.(g) omitted, lbid (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). Prior to its omission, Cl. (g) read as under :- “(g) the placement of audio-visual or radio or tape-recorder type of devices in the vehicle.” fixed for any motor vehicle or class or description of motor vehicles by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette. (2) The State Government of any authority authorised in this behalf by the state Government may , if satisfied that it is necessary to restrict the speed of motor vehicles in the interest of public safety or convenience or because of the nature of any road or bridge, by notification in the Official Gazette, & by causing appropriate traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 116 at suitable places, fix such maximum speed limits or minimum speed 67 [***] Corresponding Law - Section 111 corresponds to section 70 of the Motor Vehicles Act , 1939. Objects and Reasons. - Clause 111 empowers the State Government to make rules in respect of matters other than those conferred on the Central Government regulating the construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles.