Chapter 11 Insurance of Motor Vehicles Against Third Party Risks
Section 158: Production of certain certificates, license and permit in certain cases
a) Any person driving a
motor vehicle in any public place shall, on being so required by a police
officer in uniform authorized in this behalf by the State Government, produce—
- the certificate of insurance;
- the certificate of registration;
- the driving license; and
- in the case of a transport vehicle, also the
certificate of fitness referred to in section 56 and the permit, relating
to the use of the vehicle.
b) If, where owing to
the presence of a motor vehicle in a public place an accident occurs involving
death or bodily injury to another person, the driver of the vehicle does not at
the time produce the certificates, driving license and permit referred to in
sub-section (1) to a police officer, he shall produce the said certificates,
license and permit at the police station at which he makes the report required
by section 134.
c) No person shall be
liable to conviction under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) by reason only of
the failure to produce the certificate of insurance if, within seven days from
the date on which its production was required under sub-section (1), or as the
case may be, from the date of occurrence of the accident, he produces the
certificate at such police station as may have been specified by him to the
police officer who required its production or, as the case may be, to the
police officer at the site of the accident or to the officer-in-charge of the
police station at which he reported the accident:
Provided that except to such extent and with such modifications as
may be prescribed, the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to the
driver of a transport vehicle.
d) The owner of a motor
vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by or on behalf of a
police officer empowered in this behalf by the State Government to give for the
purpose of determining whether the vehicle was or was not being driven in contravention
of section 146 and on any occasion when the driver was required under this
section to produce his certificate of insurance.
e) In this section, the
expression “produce his certificate of insurance” means produce for examination
the relevant certificate of insurance or such other evidence as may be
prescribed that the vehicle was not being driven in contravention of section
146. (6) As soon as any information regarding any accident involving death or
bodily injury to any person is recorded or report under this section is
completed by a police officer, the officer in charge of the police station
shall forward a copy of the same within thirty days from the date of recording
of information or, as the case may be, on completion of such report to the Claims
Tribunal having jurisdiction and a copy thereof to the concerned insurer, and
where a copy is made available to the owner, he shall also within thirty days
of receipt of such report, forward the same to such Claims Tribunal and
Insurer.