Motor Vehicles Act Section 24 — Endorsement
CHAPTER II LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) requires the court or authority that disqualifies a person from driving to record the details of that disqualification order on the person's driving licence, if they hold one. It also requires recording the details of any conviction that led to the disqualification. If a disqualification order is later cancelled or varied under sub-section (3) of section 23, those changes must also be recorded on the licence in the same way.
Sub-section (2) states that when a court convicts a person of an offence under this Act that the Central Government has prescribed, the court must record the details of that conviction on the person's driving licence, whether or not the court also makes a disqualification order. This recording is mandatory for such prescribed offences.
Sub-section (3) requires any person accused of an offence prescribed under sub-section (2) to bring their driving licence to court when they attend, provided the licence is in their possession.
Sub-section (4) provides that if a person is convicted of any offence under this Act and sentenced to imprisonment for more than three months, the court that gives the sentence must record the fact of that sentence on the person's driving licence. The prosecuting authority must then inform the authority that originally granted or last renewed the licence about this recording.
Sub-section (5) requires that when a court records or causes to be recorded an endorsement on a driving licence, that court must send the details of the endorsement to the licensing authority that granted or last renewed the licence.
Sub-section (6) deals with appeals. If an appellate court changes or sets aside a conviction or order that was previously recorded on a driving licence, the appellate court must inform the licensing authority that granted or last renewed the licence. That authority must then amend or cause to be amended the endorsement on the licence accordingly.
Official Text
(1) The Court or authority making an order of disqualification shall endorse or cause to be endorsed upon the driving licence if any, held by the person disqualified, particulars of the order of disqualification and of any conviction of an offence in respect of which an order of disqualification is made; and particulars of any cancellation or variation of an order of disqualification made under sub-section (3) of section 23 shall be similarly so endorsed.
(2) A Court by which any person is convicted of an offence under this Act as may be prescribed by the Central Government, having regard to the objects of this Act, shall, whether or not a disqualification order is made in respect of such conviction, endorse or cause to be endorsed particulars of such conviction on any driving licence held by the person convicted.
(3) Any person accused of an offence prescribed under sub-section (2) shall when attending the Court bring with him his driving licence if it is in his possession.
(4) Where any person is convicted of any offence under this Act and sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding three months the Court awarding the sentence shall endorse the fact of such sentence upon the driving licence of the person concerned and the prosecuting authority shall intimate the fact of such endorsement to the authority by which the driving licence was granted or last renewed.
(5) When the driving licence is endorsed or caused to be endorsed by any Court, such Court shall send the particulars of the endorsement to the licensing authority by which the driving licence was granted or last renewed.
(6) Where on an appeal against any conviction or order of a Court, which has been endorsed on a driving licence, the appellate court varies or sets aside the conviction or order, the appellate court shall inform the licensing authority by which the driving licence was granted or last renewed and such authority shall amend or cause to be amended the endorsement.