8A.—(1) For the purposes of section 37 of the Act, the prescribed test, in relation to an applicant for the grant of a driving licence or a licence holder, shall be the medical examination and the certification, by a medical practitioner at any hospital specified in the Tenth Schedule, that the applicant or licence holder, as the case may be, is fit to drive a motor vehicle.
(2) Where a licence holder is required to undergo the prescribed test under section 37(8) of the Act and he has previously undergone a medical examination by a medical practitioner at a hospital specified in the Tenth Schedule for the purpose of section 37(6) of the Act, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may, by notice in writing to the licence holder, require that the prescribed test be conducted by any other medical practitioner at any hospital specified in that Schedule.
(3) The costs of the prescribed test referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be borne by the applicant or licence holder concerned.