1[Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident. --A registering authority or the
officer-in-charge of a police station shall, if so required by a person who alleges that he is entitled to
claim compensation in respect of an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle, or if so required by
an insurer against whom a claim has been made in respect of any motor vehicle, furnish to that person or
to that insurer, as the case may be, on payment of the prescribed fee, any information at the disposal of
the said authority or the said police officer relating to the identification marks and other particulars of the
vehicle and the name and address of the person who was using the vehicle at the time of the accident or
was injured by it and the property, if any, damaged in such form and within such time as the Central
Government may prescribe.]
1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 51, for 'CHAPTER XI' (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).