law: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
  129. 
  
  Wearing  of protective  headgear.
  Every  person  
  
  driving  or riding (otherwise than in a side car, on a motor cycle of any class 
  
  or description) shall,  while  in  a  public  place,  wear  a  protective 
  
  headgear of  such  description  as  may  be  specified  by  the  State 
  
  Government  by  rules  made  by  it  in  this  behalf,  and  different descriptions 
  
  of  headgears may  be specified in such rules in relation to different  
  
  circumstances or different class or description of motor cycles:
  Provided that 
  
  the provisions of this section shall not apply to a person who  is a  Sikh, if 
  
  he is, while driving or riding on the motor cycle, in a public place, wearing a 
  
  turban:
  Provided 
  
  further  that the  State Government  may, by such rules, provide for such 
  
  exceptions as it may think fit.
  
  
  Explanation.--"Protective headgear" means a helmet which,--