The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

1[2[THE FIRST SCHEDULE]]

MANDATORY SIGNS OF SCHEDULE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988

1. Subs. by Notification No. S.O. 475(E) dated 1-7-1989.

2. The Schedule renumbered as the First Schedule thereof by Act 54 of 1994, s. 63 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

“Explanatory Notes”

(i) Normal size, wherever specified is the minimum size of the sign which is intended to be used in

rural areas on highways declared to be National Highways or State Highways under any law for the time

being in force in such rural areas,

(ii) The Small Size, wherever specified is the minimum size of the sign which is intended to be used—

(a) on all roads, other than the said National Highways and the State Highways, in the rural areas,

and

(b) in all roads within the urban areas:

Provided that sign of any appropriate size may be used on bollards or alongside traffic light signals on

such roads,

     (iii) the colour scheme of these signs shall be as specified therein and the reverse side of all such sign

plates shall be painted grey,

     (iv) the posts of all these signs shall be painted in 25 cms. wide bands, alternatively black and white

and the lowest band next to the ground shall be black,

     (v) the definition plate, whenever specified with a sign or where required to make the meaning of a

sign more explicit shall have white background, black border 20 mm. wide and shall be of adequate size

for legibility but not too large as to be obtrusive.

1[THE SECOND SCHEDULE.—[Schedule for compensation for third party fatal accidents/injury cases

claims] Omitted by the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), s. 93 (w.e.f. 1-4-2022).]

1. Subs. by S.O. 2022(E), for the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 22-5-2018).