Motor Vehicles Act Section 160 — Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident
CHAPTER IX MOTOR VEHICLES TEMPORARILY LEAVING OR VISITING INDIA
Civil
Summary
A registering authority or the officer in charge of a police station must, if asked by a person who claims to be entitled to compensation for an accident involving a motor vehicle, or if asked by an insurer against whom a claim has been made regarding a motor vehicle, provide that person or insurer with any information they have about the vehicle's identification marks and other details, as well as the name and address of the person who was using the vehicle at the time of the accident or who was injured by it, and any property that was damaged. This information must be given on payment of the prescribed fee, and it must be provided in the form and within the time period that the Central Government prescribes.
Official Text
A registering authority or the officer-in-charge of a police station shall, if so required by a person who alleges that he is entitled to claim compensation in respect of an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle, or if so required by an insurer against whom a claim has been made in respect of any motor vehicle, furnish to that person or to that insurer, as the case may be, on payment of the prescribed fee, any information at the disposal of the said authority or the said police officer relating to the identification marks and other particulars of the vehicle and the name and address of the person who was using the vehicle at the time of the accident or was injured by it and the property, if any, damaged in such form and within such time as the Central Government may prescribe.