 bill no 95  of  2016 the motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri shrirang appa barne, mp a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint5amendment of section 402 in section 40 of the motor vehicles act, 1988, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—"provided that not more than one motor vehicle of same category shall be registered with the same address of residence or place of business where the vehicle is normally kept" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsin the recent years it has been observed that road traffic especially in the metropolitan cities has increased manifold the number of vehicles being registered is increasing day by day and it would not be a surprise if it is stated that eighty per cent of the vehicles of the country are registered in metropolitan and large cities the increase in vehicles not only cause high pollution levels but also increase the consumption of fuel resulting in a considerable outgo of money abroad due to import of fuel it has also been seen that there are more than one vehicles of same category per family registered at same address it is a fact that the road network of any city cannot be expanded any further and, therefore, increase in number of vehicles has resulted in heavy traffic on the roads leading to traffic jams and congestion in parking spacethe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988 with a view to provide that not more than one motor vehicle of same category shall be registered at the same residence or the place of business where the vehicle is normally kepthence this bill annexure extract from the motor vehicles act, 1988 (act no 59 of 1988)      registration, where to be made40 subject to the provisions of section 42, section 43 and section 60, every owner of motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to be registered by a registering authority in whose jurisdiction he has the residence or place of business where the vehicle is normally kept      ———— a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—03l(s3)—25-04-2016