Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles. - (1) A learner’s licence issued under this Act shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be effective for a period of six months from the date of issue of the licence. (2) A driving licence issued or renewed under this Act shall – (a) in the case of a licence to drive a transport vehicle, be effective for a period of three years : 14 [*] 15 [Provided that in the case of licence to drive a transport vehicle carrying goods of dangerous or hazardous nature be effective for a period of one year and renewal thereof shall be subject to the condition that the driver undergoes one day refresher course of the prescribed syllabus ; and ] (b) in the case of any other licence - (i) if the person obtaining the licence, either originally or on renewal thereof, has not attained the age of 16 [ fifty years ] on the date of issue or, as the case may be, renewal thereof – (A) be effective for a period of twenty years from the date of such issue or renewal ; or (B) until the date on which such person attains the age of 17 [ fifty years ], whichever is earlier ; 18 [ (ii) if the person referred to in sub-clause (i), has attained the age of fifty years on the date of issue or, as the case may be, renewal