Motor Vehicles Act Section 115 — Power to restrict the use of vehicles
CHAPTER VIII CONTROL OF TRAFFIC
Civil
Summary
The State Government, or any authority it has officially authorised, can ban or limit the driving of motor vehicles, or of any specific type or class of motor vehicles, or the use of trailers. This power can be used if the government or authority is satisfied that it is necessary for public safety or convenience, or because of the nature of any road or bridge. The ban or restriction can apply either generally across a specified area or on a specified road, and it can come with exceptions and conditions that are listed in the official notification. When such a ban or restriction is put in place, the government or authority must also arrange for appropriate traffic signs to be placed or erected at suitable locations, as described under section 116.
However, if the ban or restriction is to last for no more than one month, publishing a notification in the Official Gazette is not required. In that case, the government or authority must instead give the prohibition or restriction as much local publicity as the circumstances allow.
Official Text
The State Government or any authority authorised in this behalf by the State Government, if satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of public safety or convenience, or because of the nature of any road or bridge, may by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit or restrict, subject to such exceptions and conditions as may be specified in the notification, the driving of motor vehicles or of any specified class or description of motor vehicles or the use of trailers either generally in a specified area or on a specified road and when any such prohibition or restriction is imposed, shall cause appropriate traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 116 at suitable places:
Provided that where any prohibition or restriction under this section is to remain in force for not more than one month, notification thereof in the Official Gazette shall not be necessary, but such local publicity as the circumstances may permit, shall be given of such prohibition or restriction.