23Effect of disqualification order
(1) A person in respect of whom any disqualification order is made under section 19 or section 20 shall be debarred to the extent and for the period specified in such order from holding or obtaining a driving licence and the driving licence, if any, held by such person at the date of the order shall cease to be effective to such extent and during such period.
(2) The operation of a disqualification order made under section 20 shall not be suspended or postponed while an appeal is pending against such order or against the conviction as a result of which such order is made, unless the appellate court so directs.
(3) Any person in respect of whom any disqualification order has been made may at any time after the expiry of six months from the date of the order apply to the Court or other authority by which the order was made, to remove the disqualification; and the Court or authority, as the case may be, may, having regard to all the circumstances, either cancel or vary the disqualification order:
Provided that where the Court or other authority refuses to cancel or vary any disqualification order under this section, a second application thereunder shall not be entertained before the expiry of a period of three months from the date of such refusal.
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- 3 Necessity for driving licence
- 4 Age limit in connection with driving of motor vehicles
- 5 Responsibility of owners of motor vehicles for contravention of sections 3 and 4
- 6 Restrictions on the holding of driving licences
- 7 Restrictions on the granting of learner's licences for certain vehicles
- 8 Grant of learner's licence
- 9 Grant of driving licence
- 10 Form and contents of licences to drive
- 11 Additions to driving licence
- 12 Licensing and regulation of schools or establishments for imparting instruction in driving of motor vehicles
- 13 Extent of effectiveness of licences, to drive motor vehicles
- 14 Currency of licences to drive motor vehicles
- 15 Renewal of driving licences
- 16 Revocation of driving licence on grounds of disease or disability
- 17 Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom
- 18 Driving Licences to drive motor vehicles, belonging to the Central Government
- 19 Power of licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence
- 20 Power of Court to disqualify
- 21 Suspension of driving licence in certain cases
- 22 Suspension or cancellation of driving licence on conviction
- 23 Effect of disqualification order
- 24 Endorsement
- 25 Transfer of endorsement and issue of driving licence free from endorsement
- 26 Maintenance of State Registers of Driving Licences
- 27 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 28 Power of State Government to make rules