 bill no 189 of 2014 the motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2014 a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles (amendment) act, 20142 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 2a5e-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 73 in the principal act, in section 7, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:15"provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to an e-cart ore-rickshaw"amendment of section 94 in the principal act, in section 9, after sub-section (9), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—5"(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"5 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:—10"(a) specifications relating to e-cart and e-rickshaw under sub-section (2)of section 2a;" (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;" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsunder the motor vehicles act, 1988 (the m v act), no person can be granted a learner's licence to drive a transport vehicle unless he has held the driving licence for a period of at least one year e-rickshaws and e-carts are being defined to have three wheels and limited power up to 4000 watts further, the specification for speed and dimension can be regulated through the rules which can be made under the mv act 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-rickshaws and e-carts drivers do not have any licence, the extant provision will debar them from operating e-rickshaws or e-carts for a year in order to remove this difficulty and facilitate plying of e-rickshaws and e-carts, 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 proposed to be included in sub-section (1) of section 7 for relaxation for granting learner's licenses for e-carts and e-rickshaws the proposal will relax the conditions for issue of learner's licence for driving transport vehicle with three wheels and with net power not more than 4000 watts4 sub-section (1) of section 2a is proposed to be inserted after section 2 of the mv act this aims to bring the e-cart and e-rickshaw under the ambit of the mv act it will provide employment to innumerable people who have upgraded from the manually pulled rickshaws to be 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 licenses to drive e-rickshaws or e-cart shall be issued6 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;nitin  jairam  gadkarithe 12 december, 2014 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 2 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules in respect of specifications relating to the manufacture, construction, adaption, eqipment and maintenance of the e-carts and e-rickshaws2 clause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules providing for the manner in which, and conditions subject to which, driving licence to drive-carts and e-rickshaws to be issued3 the matters in respect of which the rules may be made pertain to matters of procedure and administrative details for which it is not practicable to make any provision in the bill itself the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character annexure extracts from the motor vehicles act, 1988 (59 of 1988)7  (1) no person shall be granted a learner's 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 learner's licences for certain vehicles27  the central government may make rules—power of central government to make rules lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the motor vehicles act, 1988————(shri nitin jairam gadkari, minister of road transport, highways and shipping) the motor vehicles (amendment) bill, 2014  [to be/as introduced in lok sabha]1  page 1,  line 2, -   for  "1 (1) this act" read  "1 this act"  2  page 3,  in the last line of para 4, -   for  "to be electric powered" read  "to the electric powered"  3  page 3,  in line 2 of para 5, -   for  "licenses" read  "licences"  4  page 4,  line 3, -   for  "adaption, eqipment" read  "adaptation, equipment"  new delhi;  december 15, 2014 ______ agrahayana 24, 1936 (saka) 