Chapter VIII — Control Of Traffic
Section 122 — Leaving vehicle in dangerous position
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Leaving vehicle in dangerous position.—No person in charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle or any trailer to be abandoned or to remain at rest on any public place in such a position or in such a condition or in such circumstances as to cause or likely to cause danger, obstruction or undue inconvenience to other users of the public place or to the passengers.
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
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