No C1-1151/TC/99 Head
Office, Motor Vehicles Department
\ Thiruvananthapuram dated 08-08-2000
CIRCULAR NO.11/2000
Sub: Motor Vehicles Act
and Rules – Issue of Driving License to persons holding valid driving license
issued from foreign countries-Instruction Issued.
Ref: circular No
3/2000
As per the Circular referred above,
instructions had been given regarding the procedure for issue of Driving
License to those persons who are in possession of valid Driving License of
foreign countries. In the above mentioned circular, it was clarified that
persons in possession of valid driving license of other countries will be
exempted from learner’s license and test of competence to drive, while applying
for Driving License. But as per clause III of sub-section 9, persons in
possession of valid Driving License issued by a competent authority of any
foreign country will be exempted from the test of competence to drive while
applying for Driving License. But there is no provision in the Act or Rules for
exempting a person from obtaining a learner’s license while applying for a
Driving License. Moreover according to Rule 14 of the C.M.V. Rules, an
application for a Driving license shall be accompanied by an effective
learner’s license. This invariably means that such persons should undergo and
pass the learner’s test as prescribed in sub –section (5) of section 8 of Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988.
It is
therefore clarified that any applicant who holds a valid driving license issued
by a competent authority of any country outside India and who is desirous of
applying for a Driving License in India under section 9(3) (III) has necessarily
to obtain a learner’s license as per section 8 of Motor Vehicles Act read with
rule 14 of Central Rules.
Circular No 3/2000 is hereby cancelled.
Receipt of the circular will be acknowledged.
Sd/-
Transport
Commissioner
