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Duty to obey traffic signs. – (1) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall drive the vehicle in conformity with any indication given by mandatory traffic sign and in conformity with the driving regulations made by the Central Government, and shall comply with all directions given to him by any police officer for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic in any public place. (2) In this section “mandatory traffic sign” means a traffic sign included in Part A of 72[the First Schedule], or any traffic sign of similar form (that is to say, consisting of or including a circular disc displaying a device, word or figure and having a red ground or border) placed or erected for the purpose of regulating motor vehicle traffic under sub-section (1) of section 116. Corresponding Law. – Section 119 corresponds to section 78 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. Objects and Reasons. – Clause 119 lays down that it is the duty of every driver of a motor vehicle to drive the motor vehicle in conformity with the indication given in mandatory traffic signs.