The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
1. Short
title, extent and commencement,
- This Act may be
called the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
- It extends to the whole of India.
- It shall come
into force on such date1* as the Central
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and
different dates may be appointed for different State and any reference in
this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to
a State, be construed as a reference to the coming into
force of this Act in that State.