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Updated Motor Vehicles Act created a lot of buzz in India in last few days.
Below is the list of offences and revised penalties
General penalty – First offence-fine up to Rs 500, second offence-fine up to Rs 1,500
Violation of road regulation – Rs 500
Travelling without ticket – Fine up to Rs 500
Disobedience of orders of authorities and refusal to give information – Fine up to Rs 2,000
Unauthorised use of vehicles without license – Fine of Rs 5,000
Driving without license – Fine of Rs 5,000
Driving despite disqualification – Fine of Rs 10,000
Acting as a conductor after disqualification – Fine up to Rs 10,000
Penalty relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs 1,00,000 per vehicle.
Defective vehicles – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs 1,00,000 for defective automobiles.
Sale of critical safety component in violation of rules – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine of Rs 1,00,000 per component.
Alteration of retrofitting in contravention of rules – Imprisonment for up to six months and/or fine of Rs 5,000 per alteration
Oversize vehicles – Rs 5,000
Over-speeding – Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for LMV; Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 for medium passenger or goods vehicles; Second subsequent offence-impounding of driving license
Penalty for dangerous driving – First offence – imprisonment six months to one year and/or fine Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000; Subsequent offence (within three years from first offence)- imprisonment up to two years and/or Rs 10,000
Drunken driving – First offence- fine up to Rs 10,000 and/or imprisonment up to six months; second offece- fine of Rs 3,000 and/or imprisonment up to two years
Penalty for driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive – First offence – fine up to Rs 1,000; second offence – fine up to Rs 2,000
Penalty for offences relating to accident (Section 132 (i), 133 and 134) – First offence – fine up to Rs 5,000 and/or imprisonment of 6 months; second offence- fine up to Rs 10,000 and/or imprisonment of 1 year
Listed table shows the difference of Old challan and New challan penalty
So, Indians what are your views about this major step by government.
Below is the list of offences and revised penalties
General penalty – First offence-fine up to Rs 500, second offence-fine up to Rs 1,500
Violation of road regulation – Rs 500
Travelling without ticket – Fine up to Rs 500
Disobedience of orders of authorities and refusal to give information – Fine up to Rs 2,000
Unauthorised use of vehicles without license – Fine of Rs 5,000
Driving without license – Fine of Rs 5,000
Driving despite disqualification – Fine of Rs 10,000
Acting as a conductor after disqualification – Fine up to Rs 10,000
Penalty relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs 1,00,000 per vehicle.
Defective vehicles – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs 1,00,000 for defective automobiles.
Sale of critical safety component in violation of rules – Imprisonment for up to 1 year and/or fine of Rs 1,00,000 per component.
Alteration of retrofitting in contravention of rules – Imprisonment for up to six months and/or fine of Rs 5,000 per alteration
Oversize vehicles – Rs 5,000
Over-speeding – Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for LMV; Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 for medium passenger or goods vehicles; Second subsequent offence-impounding of driving license
Penalty for dangerous driving – First offence – imprisonment six months to one year and/or fine Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000; Subsequent offence (within three years from first offence)- imprisonment up to two years and/or Rs 10,000
Drunken driving – First offence- fine up to Rs 10,000 and/or imprisonment up to six months; second offece- fine of Rs 3,000 and/or imprisonment up to two years
Penalty for driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive – First offence – fine up to Rs 1,000; second offence – fine up to Rs 2,000
Penalty for offences relating to accident (Section 132 (i), 133 and 134) – First offence – fine up to Rs 5,000 and/or imprisonment of 6 months; second offence- fine up to Rs 10,000 and/or imprisonment of 1 year
Listed table shows the difference of Old challan and New challan penalty
| Offence | Old challan/ penalty | New challan/ penalty |
| General | Rs 100 | Rs 500 |
| Rules of road regulation violation | Rs 100 | Rs 500 |
| Disobedience of orders of authorities | Rs 500 | Rs 2,000 |
| Unautorized use of vehicles without licence | Rs 1,000 | Rs 5,000 |
| Driving without licence | Rs 500 | Rs 5,000 |
| Driving despite disqualification | Rs 500 | Rs 10,000 |
| Oversize vehicles | N/A | Rs 5,000 |
| Over-speeding | Rs 400 | Rs 1,000 |
| Dangerous driving | Rs 1,000 | Up to Rs 5,000 |
| Drink driving | Rs 2,000 | Rs 10,000 |
| Speeding/Racing | Rs 500 | Rs 5,000 |
| Vehicle without permit | Up to Rs 5,000 | Up to Rs 10,000 |
| Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions) | N/A | Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh |
| Overloading | Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000 per extra tonne | Rs 20,000 and Rs 2,000 per extra tonne |
| Overloading of passengers | N/A | Rs 1,000 per extra passenger |
| Seat belt | Rs 100 | Rs 1,000 |
| Overloading of two wheelers | Rs 100 | Rs 2,000 and disqualification of licence for 3 months |
| Helmets | ₹100 | Rs 1,000 and disqualification of licence for 3 months |
| Not providing way for emergency vehicles | N/A | Rs 10,000 |
| Driving without insurance | Rs 1,000 | Rs 2,000 |
| Offences by juveniles | N/A | Guardian/owner shall be deemed to be guilty. ₹25,000 with 3 years imprisonment. Juvenile will be tried under JJ Act. Registration of vehicle will be cancelled. |
| Power of officers to impound documents | N/A | Suspension of driving licenses |
| Offences committed by enforcing authorities | N/A | Twice the penalty under the relevant section |
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