PROVINCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES 1978 Pakistan Grant of license

PROVINCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES 1978 Pakistan

Grant of license

(1) Any person who is not disqualified under section4 for driving T Motor Vehicle and who is not

 for the time being disqualified for holding or obtaining a license, may apply to the licensing 

authority having jurisdiction in the area in which he ordinarily resides or carries on

business or, if the application is for a license to drive as a paid employee, in which the employer 

resides or carries on business for the issue to him of a license.

(2) Every application under sub section (1) shall be in Form A as set forth in the First Schedule, 

shall be signed by or bear the thumb impression of the applicant in two places, and shall contain 

the information required by the form.

(3) Where the application is for a license to drive as paid employee or to drive a transport vehicle,

 or where in any Other case the licensing authority for reason to be stated in writing so requires, 

the application shall be accompanied by a medical certificate in Form B as set forth in the First 

Schedule signed by a registered medical practitioner.

(4) Every application for a license to drive [a motor vehicle] shall be accompanied by three copies

 of a recent photograph of the applicant attested by a Magistrate or [an Officer of Government 

not inferior in rank to an officer in grade 17 of National Pay Scales].

(5) If, from the application or from the medical certificate referred to in sub-section (3j. it appears

 that the applicant is suffering from any disease or disability specified in the Second Schedule or 

any other disease or disability which is likely to cause the driving by him of a Motor Vehicle of 

the class which he would be authorized by the license applied for to drive to be a source of 

danger to the public or to the passengers, the licensing authority shall refuse to issue the license.

Provided that:

(a) a license limited to driving an invalid carriage may be issued to the applicant, if the licensing 

authority is satisfied that he is fit to drive such a carriage.

(b) the applicant may, except where he suffers from a disease or disability specified in the Second 

Schedule, claim to be subjected to a test of his fitness or ability to drive a motor vehicle of a 

particular construction or design, and if he passes such test to the satisfaction of the licensing 

authority and is not otherwise disqualified, the licensing authority shall grant him a license to 

drive such Motor Vehicle as the licensing authority may specify in the license.

(6) No license shall be issued to any applicant unless he passes to the satisfaction of the licensing 

authority the test of. competence specified in the Third Schedule :

Provided that where the application is for a license to drive a Motor Vehicle (not being a 

transport vehicle) otherwise than a paid employee, the licensing authority may exempt the 

applicant from the test specified in the Third Schedule, if…

(a) the applicant possesses a driving certificate issued by an automobile association recognized in 

this behalf by Government or

(b) the licensing authority is satisfied that the applicant has previously held a license (or similar 

document) valid outside the Province and has had not less than twelve months recent experience 

of driving a Motor Vehicle of the class to which the application refers.

Provided further that where the applicant, being a serving member of the armed forces of 

Pakistan is in possession of a valid army driving license and has been actually driving one or more

 classes of Motor Vehicle for not less than three years immediately before the date of application, 

the licensing authority shall, subject to the prescribed conditions, exempt him from the test 

specified in the Third Schedule and issue to him a driving license for the class or classes of Motor 

Vehicles he has been so driving.

(7) The test of competence to drive shall be carried out in a vehicle of the class to which the

application refers and for the purposes of Part I of the test.

(a) a person who passes the lest in driving a heavy transport vehicle shall be deemed also to have 

passed the test in driving any Motor Vehicle other than a motor cycle or a road-roller ;

(b) a person who passes the test in driving a light transport vehicle shall be deemed also to have 

passed the test in driving a motor car, or a motor cab or a delivery van.

(8) No license shall be issued to any applicant to drive a heavy transport vehicle unless he has 

held for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the making of the

 application an effective license to drive a Motor Vehicle other than a motor cycle an invalid 

carriage or a road roller.

(9) When an application has been duly made to the appropriate licensing authority and the 

applicant has satisfied such authority of his physical fitness and of his competence to drive and 

has paid to the authority the prescribed fee, the licensing authority shall grant the applicant a 

license unless the applicant is disqualified under section 4 for driving a Motor Vehicle or is for 

the time being disqualified for holding or obtaining a license.

Provided that a licensing authority may issue a license to drive a motor cycle of a motor car

notwithstanding that it is not the appropriate licensing authority, if the licensing authority is

satisfied that there is good reason for the applicant's inability to apply to the appropriate licensing

 authority.

(10) No license shall be issuer to any applicant unless be has in this possession his own copy of 

the most recent version of the Pakistan Highway Code published by the Federal Government.