Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill Passed By the Union Cabinet
Khushboo Priya | Updated: Aug 01, 2019 | Category: News
Eventually, after a lengthy discussion, on Wednesday, 31st July 2019, the Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill to tighten the road traffic regulations.
The result was declared on the basis of a voice vote. There were 108 votes in favour whereas 13 votes were in against.
The sole reason for passing the bill was to amend the provisions of the earlier act, namely- Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the betterment of citizens.
Because of the increasing accidents and carelessness of people driving on roads, rules have become more stringent. The penalties for different offences regarding the traffic and driving have been increased.
Let’s find out what government has come up with-
List of the proposed changes under the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill
Not only the government has increased the penalties, but several new provisions have also been introduced with this bill. We have enlisted the proposed changes below:
|
Offences and Section |
Old Penalty (in Rs.) |
New Penalty (in Rs.) (minimum) |
|
General, Section 177 |
100 |
500 |
|
Rules of Road Regulation Violation (new), Section 177A |
100 |
500 |
|
Section 178, Travelling without a Ticket |
200 |
500 |
|
Section 179, Disobeying the orders of authorities |
500 |
2000 |
|
Section 180, Driving without a license |
500 |
5000 |
|
Driving without qualification, Section 182 |
500 |
10,000 |
|
Oversized vehicles (182B) |
Newly imposed |
5000 |
|
Over speeding vehicles (183) |
400 |
Rs. 1000 for LMV & Rs. 2000 for MPV |
|
Dangerous Driving, Section 184 |
1000 |
Upto Rs. 5000 |
|
Drunken Driving, Section 185 |
2000 |
10,000 |
|
Racing/Speeding (189) |
500 |
5000 |
|
Section 192A, Vehicle without a permit |
5000 |
10,000 |
|
Section 193, Aggregators (violations of licensing conditions) |
Newly imposed |
Rs. 25,000 – Rs. 1,00,000 |
|
Overloading, Section 194 |
Rs. 2000 + Rs 1000/- extra tonne |
Rs. 20000, Rs. 2000 per extra tonne |
|
Overloading of Passengers, Section 194A |
N.A. |
Rs. 1000/extra passenger |
|
Seat Belt, Section 194B |
100 |
1000 |
|
Overloading of two-wheelers (194 C) |
100 |
Rs 2,000, Disqualification of license for three months |
|
Not providing a way for emergency vehicles (194E) |
Newly introduced |
10,000 |
|
Driving without insurance (196) |
1000 |
2000 |
|
Offences by Juveniles (199) |
Newly introduced |
Guardian/ Owner shall be deemed guilty. Rs 25,000 with three years’ imprisonment. Juvenile to be tried under the J.J. Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled. |
|
Power of officers to impound documents (206) |
N.A |
Suspension of driving licence under Sections 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D, 194E, |
|
Offences committed by enforcing authorities (210B) |
N.A. |
Twice the penalty under the relevant section |
