The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

The First Schedule is printed as 52 pages of sign drawings with hand-lettered captions; the pages are shown as printed.

“Explanatory Notes”

(i) Normal size, wherever specified is the minimum size of the sign which is intended to be used in rural areas on highways declared to be National Highways or State Highways under any law for the time being in force in such rural areas,

(ii) The Small Size, wherever specified is the minimum size of the sign which is intended to be used—

(a) on all roads, other than the said National Highways and the State Highways, in the rural areas, and

(b) in all roads within the urban areas:

Provided that sign of any appropriate size may be used on bollards or alongside traffic light signals on such roads,

(iii) the colour scheme of these signs shall be as specified therein and the reverse side of all such sign plates shall be painted grey,

(iv) the posts of all these signs shall be painted in 25 cms. wide bands, alternatively black and white and the lowest band next to the ground shall be black,

(v) the definition plate, whenever specified with a sign or where required to make the meaning of a sign more explicit shall have white background, black border 20 mm. wide and shall be of adequate size for legibility but not too large as to be obtrusive.