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No. 13] cHENNAI, wEDNESDAY, mARcH 27, 2019 Panguni 13, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2050

Part III—Section 1(a)

General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIfICATIONS by GOVERNMENT

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HOmE DEPARTmENT

Draft Amendments to the Tamil Nadu motor Vehicles Accident claims Tribunal

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NOTIfICATIONS by GOVERNMENT

HOmE DEPARTmENT

Draft Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Accident Claims Tribunal Rules

[G.O. Ms. No. 152, Home (Transport.4), 7th March 2019, மாசி 24, விளம்பி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2050.] No. SRO A-12/2019.

The following draft amendments to the Tamil Nadu motor Vehicles Accident claims Tribunal Rules, 1989, which is proposed to be made in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 176 read with Section 211 of the motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (central Act 59/1988) is hereby published for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, as required by the sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the said Act.

2. Notice is hereby given that the draft amendments will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of thirty days from the date of publication of this Notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and that any objection or suggestion, which may be received from any person with respect thereto before the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

3. Objection or suggestion, if any should be addressed in duplicate to the Additional chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, chennai-9.

Draft Amendments

In the said Rules,-

(1) in rule 2, after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

(ba) "Detailed Accident Report" means the report prepared by the Investigating Officer in Form IV appended to these rules";

(2) in rule 4-A, after sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-

"(5)(i) All the documents related to motor Vehicles accidents including the report in Form IV shall be uploaded digitally or scanned or by any other means by the Investigating Officer on crime and criminal Tracking Network Systems (ccTNS) platform and the same may be forwarded to the claims Tribunal and Legal Service Authority digitally. Upon such, uploading of documents, the State crime Records Bureau (ScRB) shall duly intimate the report in Form IV digitally to the claims Tribunal and Legal Service Authority concerned in the State.

(ii) All the stake holders such as insurance companies, Transport corporations, Owners of motor Vehicles, Drivers of motor Vehicles, claims Tribunals, Legal Service Authorities etc., can have access to the crime and criminal Tracking Networking Systems (ccTNS) platform and download the relevant documents related to motor Vehicle Accident claims on payment basis or free of cost as per prevailing practice.

(iii) In view of the online crime and criminal Tracking Networking Systems (ccTNS) platform developed by the State crime Records Bureau (ScRB) and availability of necessary documents relating to motor Accidents online for download by all stake holders, the need for physical preparation and submission of Detailed Accident Report (DAR) documents to all stake holder is hereby dispensed with'';

(3) after FORm- Ill, the following FORm shall be added, namely:-

"FORm -IV

[See rule 4(5)]

Detailed Accident Report

(1) District & Police Station

(2) FIR Number, date & section of law

(3) Date, time & place of accident

(4) Name & address of the complainant–

Including mobile Numbermar. 27, 2019] TAmIL NADU GOVERNmENT GAzETTE 45 (5) Nature of Accident—

(a) whether resulted in Death or Injury or both

(b) No. of deceased

(c) No. of injured

(d) (In case of injuries, whether simple)

Nature of Injury

(6) Name & address of the victims–

(a) Injured–Including mobile Number

(b) Representative of deceased–

Including mobile Number

(7) Name, address & contact number of driver of the offending Vehicle

(8) Registration details of Vehicles involved in the accident

(9) motor Vehicle Inspection Report - All

columns duly filled up

(10) Name of the Insurer

(11) Insurance Policy Number Vehicle No. Insurance

Policy No.- with period of coverage

(12) Gist of the case FIRs. available online

(13) List of documents enclosed

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NIRANjAN mARDI, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. P R I N T E D AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIREcTOR OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, cHENNAI O N B E H A L F O F T H E GOVERNmENT O F TAmI L NA D U