Punjab Road Safety Authority Act, 2023

From: 2023-02-17 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for road safety in the Punjab. It is necessary to establish the Punjab Road Safety Authority to ensure safe road design, safe vehicles, trained drivers, and post-accident management by adopting best international practices. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Road Safety Authority Act 2023. (2) This Act shall extend to whole of the Punjab. (3) This Act shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act: (a) “Agency” means an Agency notified under this Act; (b) “Authority” means the Punjab Road Safety Authority established under this Act; (c) “device” means a road traffic control device used to protect road users from the risk of injury or death and includes signs, signals, road markings, safety barriers, gantries etc. to inform, guide and control traffic including pedestrians, motor vehicles, bicyclists; (d) “driver” means a driver as defined in the Ordinance; (e) “driving license” means the document issued by the competent authority authorizing the person specified therein to drive a motor vehicle of any specified class or description; (f) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; (g) “manufacturer” includes an assembler, fabricator or body builder of vehicles; (h) “member” means a member of the Authority; (i) “motor vehicle” means the motor vehicle as defined in the Ordinance; (j) “Ordinance” means the Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965 (XIX of 1965); (k) “person” includes an individual, company, firm, institution, Government agency, co-operative society, society, trust or association of individuals whether incorporated or not; (l) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (m) “regulations” means the regulations framed under this Act; (n) “road” includes expressways, highways, motorways, public roads, cart-ways which are designed or intended for, or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles; (o) “road safety” means safety of vehicles, roads, road users, and includes measures such as road signs and systems; (p) “rules” means the rules made under…