1) The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India on 09.08.2019. Reference to section 1 of the Amendment Act shows that its sub section 2 provides that it shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may by notification in the official gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Vide the notification No.SO 859(E) dated 25.02.2022 Section 53 of Motor Vehicles Amendment Act came into force w.e.f. 01.04.2022 which received accent on 9th August 2019.
2) Chapter X which dealt with no fault liability containing Sections 140 to 144 has been deleted, so also, section 163-A which made special provisions as to payment of compensation on structured formula basis alongwith schedule II as amended by notification dated 22.05.2018 is deleted. In its place, a new Section 164 under chapter XI is introduced on no fault liability and the amount received under the same is full and final.
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