 the motor vehicles (amend- ment) bill, 1959(as introd11ci!d in lee sabra on 3rd 1>ecembbr, 1959)  (as introduced in los: sabha)a bill further to amend the motor vehicles act, 1939 be it enacted by parliament in the tenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles (amendment) short title act, 1959 ind commencement 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 in the motor vehicles act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as amendment the principal act), for sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 1, the of cction i following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-10  (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir: provided that chapter viii shall take effect in the state of kerala only from such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint; and until that is chapter so takes effect in that state, chapter vii of the travancore-cochin motor vehicles act, 1125, shall have effect in that state as if enacted in this act" 20 3 on the commencement of this act,-repeals and (a) chapter vii of the travancore-cochin m:otor vehicles savings act, 1125, shall cease to have effect in the territories transferred to the state of madras by section 4 of the states reorganisation act, 1956, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such commencement; and (b) chapter viii of the principal act shall cease to have effect in the territories transferred to the state of kerala under section 5 of the states reorganisation act, 1956, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such commencement the motor vehicles act, 1939, except chapter viii which relates to compulsory insurance of motor vehicles against third party risks, came into force on the 1st july, 1939, in what were then known as the provinces of india chapter viii of the act was brought into force in the said provinces on the 1st july, 1946 the act was extended to the former part b states under the part b statel (laws) act, 1951, with effect from let april, 1951 chapter viii of the act was extended to theee states except the state of travancore-cochin on the 29th october 1956 that chapter was not extended to the state of travancore-cochin because under chapter vii of the travancore-cochin motor vehicles act 1125, the government of that state had a monopoly for doing the business of insurance of motor vehiclel agaimt third party risks it is not proposed to alter that position 2 under the states reorganisation act, 1956, a new state of kerala was formed under this act, a part of the territory of the former state of travancore-cochin was transferred to the state of madras, while a part of the territory of the state of madras was added to the new state of kerala under section 119 of this act, chapter viii of the motor vehicles act 1939 continues to be in force in the territory of the state of madras which was added to the new state of kerala, while chapter vii of the travancore-cochin motor vehicles act 1125, applies to that part of the territory of the former state of travancore-cochin which was transferred to the state of madru the result is that there are two letl of lawl on the lame ubject in force in different parts of the states of kerala and madras it il considered delirable that each of these two states ihould have a uniform law on the subject throughout it territory thil legillation is intended to achieve that object new dslhij raj bahadur the 26th novem'ber, lp59  extracts from the motor vehicles act, 1939 (4 of 1939) - • - chapter i preliminary1 (1) this act may be called the motor vehicles act, 1939 short title extent snd (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and ~ kashmir (3) chapter viii shall not have effect in the territories which, immediately before the 1st november, 1956, were comprised in the state of travancore-cochin to which this act extends until the central government, by notification in the official gazette, so directs, and notwithstanding the repeal by section 6 of the part b states (laws) act, 1951, of any law in force in those territories corresponding to the motor vehicles act, 1939, the corresponding law, in so far as it requires or relates to the insurance of motor vehicles against third party risks, shall, until chapter viii takes effect in that state, have effect us if enacted in this act a bill further to amend the motor vehicles act, 1939 (sim raj bahadur, mtnz'ster of state in the mimstry of transport and commumcations) 