Chapter VIII — Control Of Traffic

Section 125Obstruction of driver

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)

Text of the section

Obstruction of driver.—No person driving a motor vehicle shall allow any person to stand or sit or to place anything in such a manner or position as to hamper the driver in his control of the vehicle.

Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.

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