MVA Section 211A: Use of electronic forms and documents
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 14: MISCELLANEOUS
¶[211A. Use of electronic forms and documents. — (1) Where any provision of this Act or the rules and regulations made thereunder provide for —
(a) the filing of any form, application or any other document with any office, authority, body or agency owned or controlled by the Central Government or the State Government in a particular manner;
(b) the issue or grant of any licence, permit, sanction, approval or endorsement, by whatever name called in a particular manner; or
(c) the receipt or payment of money in a particular manner, then notwithstanding anything contained in such provision, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such filing, issue, grant, receipt or payment, as the case may be, is effected by means of such electronic form as may be prescribed by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be.
(2) The Central Government or the State Government shall, for the purpose of sub-section (1), prescribe—
(a) the manner and format in which such electronic forms and documents shall be filed, created or issued; and
(b) the manner or method of payment of any fee or charges for filing, creation or issue of any electronic document under clause (a).]
Study: explanations and related material
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Other sections in this chapter
- 211. Power to levy fee
- 212. Publication, commencement and laying of rules and notifications
- 213. Appointment of motor vehicles officers
- 214. Effect of appeal and revision on orders passed by original authority
- 215. Road Safety Councils and Committees
- 215A. Power of Central Government and State Government to delegate
- 215B. National Road Safety Board
- 215C. Power of Central Government to make rules
- 215D. Power of State Government to make rules
- 216. Power to remove difficulties
- 217. Repeal and savings
- 217A. Renewal of permits, driving licences and registration granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939