 bill no 37 of 2015 the motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2015 a bill further to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles (amendment) act, 2015 (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th  day of  january, 2015short title and commencement52 in the motor vehicles act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after section 2, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—59 of 1988insertion of new section 2a e-cart and e-rickshaw"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-rickshaw10(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"amendment of section 7153 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"amendment of section 94 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"55 in the principal act, in section 27,—amendment of 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;";10(ii) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(ff) the manner and the conditions subject to which the driving licence may be issued under sub-section (10) of section 9;"6 (1) the motor vehicles (amendment) ordinance, 2015, is hereby repealedrepeal and savingord 2 of 201515(2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act, as amended by this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsunder the motor vehicles act, 1988 (mv act), no person can be granted a learner's license to drive a transport vehicle unless he has held the driving license for a period of at least one year e-rickshaws and e-carts are being defined to have three wheels and limited power of 4000 watts further, the specification for speed and dimension can be regulated through the rules which can be made under the motor vehicles act, 1988 these vehicles may be allowed to be driven by drivers who have been found eligible to drive e-rickshaws and e-carts through tests2 as most of the e-rickshaw and e-cart drivers do not have any licence, the extant provision will debar them from operating e-rickshaws/e-carts for  a  year in order to remove this difficulty and facilitate plying of e-rickshaw and e-cart,  the  central government proposes to amend sub-section (1) of section 7 of the motor vehicles act, 1988 which will give relaxation to e-rickshaw and e-cart drivers only in addition, the definition of e-rickshaw and e-cart is also proposed to be included under the said act3 accordingly, a proviso is  included in sub-section (1) of section 7 for relaxation for granting learner's licences for e-cart and e-rickshaw the proposal will relax the conditions for issue of learner's licence for driving a transport vehicle with three wheels and net power not more than 4000 watts4 sub-section (1) of section  2a is proposed to be inserted after section 2 of  mv actthis aims to bring the e-cart and e-rickshaw under the ambit of mv act it will provide employment to innumerable people who have upgraded from the manually pulled rickshaws to the electric powered three-wheeled vehicles5 it is also proposed to insert sub-section (10) in section 9 of mv act, prescribing the manner in which, and conditions subject to  which driving licences to drive e-rackshaw or e-cart shall be issued6 the motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2014 was passed in the lok sabha on18th december, 2014 it was pending in the rajya sabha based on the said bill, an ordinance, namely, the motor vehicles (amendment) ordinance, 2015 (2 of 2015) was promulgated by the president on 7th january, 20157 the bill seeks to replace the said ordinancenew delhi;                              nitin  gadkarithe 20th february,  2015 annexure extracts from the motor vehicles act, 1988 (59 of 1988)7  (1) no person shall be granted a learners' licence to drive a transport vehicle unless he has held a driving licence to drive a light motor vehicle for at least one yearrestrictions on the granting of learners' licence for certain vehicles27  the central government may make rules—(a) regarding conditions referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3;power of central government to make rules———— a bill further to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988————(shri nitin jairam gadkari, minister of road transport and highways)gmgipmrnd—4741ls(s3)—25-02-2015