To Address road safety amendments to existing Motor Vehicle Bill have been made under various sections. Every year 5 lakh road accidents are reported in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lose their lives. Government is committed to reduce the accidents and fatalities by 50% in five years. The punishment and compensation for various forms of accidents have been changed. We are here with the complete list of changes made in the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
In Present Motor Vehicle Bill there are 223 sections, out of which Bill aims to amend 68 sections whereas Chapters 10 has been deleted and a Chapter 11 is being replaced with new provisions to simplify third party insurance claims and settlement process.
Proposed Amendments in Various Penalties under Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill – 2016
Section | Old Provision / Penalty | New Proposed Provision / Minimum Penalties | |
177 | General | Rs 100 | Rs 500 |
New 177A | Rules of road regulation violation | Rs 100 | Rs 500 |
178 | Travel without ticket | RS 200 | Rs 500 |
179 | Disobedience of orders of authorities | Rs 500 | Rs 2000 |
180 | Unautorized use of vehicles without licence | Rs 1000 | Rs 5000 |
181 | Driving without licence | Rs 500 | Rs 5000 |
182 | Driving despite disqualification | Rs 500 | Rs 10,000 |
182 B | Oversize vehicles | New | Rs 5000 |
183 | Over speeding | Rs 400 | Rs 1000 for LMV Rs 2000 for Medium passenger vehicle |
184 | Dangerous driving penalty | Rs 1000 | Upto Rs 5000 |
185 | Drunken driving | Rs 2000 | Rs 10,000 |
189 | Speeding / Racing | Rs 500 | Rs 5,000 |
192 A | Vehicle without permit | upto Rs 5000 | Upto Rs 10,000 |
193 | Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions) | New | Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000 |
194 | Overloading | Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 per extra tonne | Rs 20,000 and Rs 2000 per extra tonne |
194 A | Overloading of passengers | Rs 1000 per extra passenger | |
194 B | Seat belt | Rs 100 | Rs 1000 |
194 C | Overloading of two wheelers | Rs 100 | Rs 2000, Disqualification for 3 months for licence |
194 D | Helmets | Rs 100 | Rs 1000 Disqualification for 3 months for licence |
194 E | Not providing way for emergency vehicles | New | Rs 10,000 |
196 | Driving Without Insurance | RS 1000 | Rs 2000 |
199 | Offences by Juveniles | New | Guardian / owner shall be deemed to be guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 yrs imprisonment. For Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled |
206 | Power of Officers to impound documents | Suspension of driving licenses u/s 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D,194E | |
210 B | Offences committed by enforcing authorities | Twice the penalty under the relevant section |
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