Section 291. Traffic rule of the road.
Whoever in driving, leading or propelling a vehicle along a street fails, except in a case of actual necessity,---
(a) to keep to the left when passing a vehicle coming from the opposite direction; or
(b) to keep to the right when passing a vehicle going in the same direction as himself, shall be 1[liable to penalty] which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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