CHAPTER VIII CONTROL OF TRAFFIC. section 112. section 113,section 114 and section 115 - Kerala R.T.O

CHAPTER VIII
CONTROL OF TRAFFIC
 Section 112. section 113,section 114 and  section 115 

112. Limits of speed,- (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle or cause or allow a motor vehicle to be driven in any public place at a speed exceeding the maximum speed fixed for the vehicle under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force.
                Provided that such maximum speed shall in no  case shall exceed the maximum speed for any motor vehicle or class of vehicle or description of motor vehicles fixed by the Central by notification in the Official Gazette.
 (2)  The State Government or any authority authorized in this behalf by the State Government may, if satisfied that it is necessary to restrict the speed of motor vehicles in the  interest of public safety or convenience of because of the nature of any road or building , by notification in the Official Gazette, and by causing appropriate traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 116 at suitable places, fix such maximum speed limit or minimum speed limits as it thinks fit for motor vehicles or any specified class of description of motor vehicles or for motor vehicles to which a trailer is attached, either generally or in a particular area or on a particular road or roads:
                Provided that nu such notification is necessary if any restriction under this section to remain in force for not more than one month.
 (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any vehicle registered under section 60 while it  is being used in in the execution of military maneuvers within the area and during the period specified in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Maneuvers, Field Firing and Artillery practice Act, 1938 ( 5 of 1938).
113. Limits of weight and limitations on use,- (1) The State Government may prescribe the conditions for the issue of permits to transport vehicles by State of Regional Transport Authorities and may prohibit or restrict the use of such vehicles in any area or route.
  (2) Except as may be otherwise prescribed, no person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any
        public place an motor vehicle which is not fitted with pneumatic tyres.

  (3) No person shall drive or cause or allow to be driven in any public place any motor vehicle or taier-

(a)    the unladen weight of which is exceeds the unladen weight specified in the certificate of registration  of the vehicle, or
(b)   the laden weight of which exceeds the gross vehicle weight specified in the certificate of registration.
  (4)  Where the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer driven in contravention of sub-section (2) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) is not the owner, a Court may presume that the offence was committed with the knowledge of or under the orders of the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer.

114. Power to have vehicle weighted,- (1) Any officer of the Motor Vehicles Department authorized in this behalf by the State Government shall, if he has reason to believe that a good vehicle or trailer is being used in contravention of section 113, require the driver to convey the vehicle to a weighing device, if any, within a distance of 10 kilometers from any point on the forward route or within a distance of 20 kilometers from the destination of the vehicle for weighment; and if on such weighment if the vehicle is found to contravene in any matter to the provisions of  section 113 regarding weight, he may, by order in writing, direct the driver to off-load the excess weight at his own risk and not to remove the vehicle or trailer form that place until the laden weight had been reduced or the vehicle or trailer has otherwise been dealt with so that it complies with section 113 and on receipt of such notice, the driver shall comply with such directions.

  (2) Where the person authorized under sub-section (1) makes the said order in writing, he shall also endorse the relevant details of overloading on the good carriage permit and also intimate the fact of such endorsement to the authority which issued the permit.

115. Power to restrict the use of  vehicles,- The State Government or any authority authorized in this behalf by the State Government, if satisfied that it is necessary in the interest of public safety and convenience, or because of the nature of any road or bridge, may be notification I the official gazette,  prohibit or restrict, subject to the exceptions  and conditions as may specified in the notification, the driving of motor vehicles or any specified class of description of motor vehicle or the use of trailers either generally in a specified area or on a specified road and when any such prohibition or restriction is imposed shall cause appropriate  traffic signs to be placed or erected under section 116
 at suitable places.

  Provided that where any prohibition or restriction under this section is to remain in force for not more than one month, notification thereof in the Official Gazette shall not be necessary, but such local publicity as the circumstances may permit, shall be given of 

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