Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 204 : Laboratory test : (1) A person, who has been arrested under section 203 may, while at a police station, be required by a police officer to provide to such registered medical practitioner as may be produced by such…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 203 : Breath tests : 1.[(1) A police officer in uniform or an officer of the Motor Vehicles Department, as may be authorised in this behalf by that Department, may require any person driving or attempting to drive a motor…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 202 : Power to arrest without warrant : (1) A police officer in uniform may arrest without warrant any person who in his presence commits an offence punishable under section 184 or section 185 or section 197: Provided that any…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 201 : Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic : (1) Whoever keeps a 1.[***] vehicle on any public place, in such a manner, so as to cause impediment to the free flow of traffic, shall be liable…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 200 : Composition of certain offences : (1) Any offence whether committed before or after the commencement of this Act 1.[punishable under section 177, section 178, section 179, section 180, section 181, section 182, sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) or…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 199B : 1.[Revision of fines : The fines as provided in this Act shall be increased by such amount not exceeding ten per cent. in value of the existing fines, on an annual basis on 1st day of April of…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 199A : 1.[Offences by juveniles : (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a juvenile, the guardian of such juvenile or the owner of the motor vehicle shall be deemed to be guilty of the contravention…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 199 : Offences by companies : (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 198A : 1.[Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance : (1) Any designated authority, contractor, consultant or concessionaire responsible for the design or construction or maintenance of the safety standards of the road shall follow such…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 198 : Unauthorised interference with vehicle : Whoever otherwise than with lawful authority or reasonable excuse enters or moves any stationary motor vehicle or tampers with the brake or any part of the mechanism of a motor vehicle shall be…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 197 : Taking vehicle without authority : (1) Whoever takes and drives away any motor vehicle without having either the consent of the owner thereof or other lawful authority shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months,…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 196 : Driving uninsured vehicle : Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 146 shall be punishable 1.[for the first offence] with imprisonment which may…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 195 : Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances : Omitted by Act No. 32 of 2019, section 80 dated 9.8.2019. Prior to this : Section 195 : Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances. (1) Whoever having been convicted…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194F : 1.[Use of horns and silence zones : Whoever - (a) while driving a motor vehicle - (i) sounds the horn needlessly or continuously or more than necessary to ensure safety,or (ii) sounds the horn in an area with…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194E : 1.[Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles : Whoever while driving a motor vehicle fails to draw to the side of the road, on the approach of a fire service vehicle or of an ambulance or other…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194D : 1.[Penalty for not wearing protective headgear : Whoever drives a motor cycle or causes or allows a motor cycle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 129 or the rules or regulations made thereunder shall…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194C : 1.[Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders : Whoever drives a motor cycle or causes or allows a motor cycle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 128 or…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194B : 1.[Use of safety belts and the seating of children : (1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle without wearing a safety belt or carries passengers not wearing seat belts shall be punishable with a fine of one thousand rupees:…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194A : 1.[Carriage of excess passengers : Whoever drives a transport vehicle or causes or allows a transport vehicle to be driven while carrying more passengers than is authorised in the registration certificate of such transport vehicle or the permit…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 194 : Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight : 1.[(1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 113 or section 114 or section 115 shall be…