Chapter 13 of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act No. 59) View all Acts

Offences, Penalties And Procedure
13 (XIII)

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The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
59
14-10-1988
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to motor vehicles.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
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Sections from Chapter 13 of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act No. 59)

178 - Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc.
179 - Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information.
180 - Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles.
181 - Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4.
182 - Offences relating to licences.
182A - Punishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components.
182B - Punishment for contravention of section 62A.
183 - Driving at excessive speed, etc.
184 - Driving dangerously.
185 - Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs.
186 - Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive.
187 - Punishment for offences relating to accident.
188 - Punishment for abetment of certain offences.
189 - Racing and trials of speed.
190 - Using vehicle in unsafe condition.
191 - Omitted.
192 - Using vehicle without registration.
192A - Using vehicle without permit.
192B - Offences relating to registration.
193 - Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority.
194 - Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight.
194A - Carriage of excess passengers.
194B - Use of safety belts and the seating of children.
194C - Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders.
194D - Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
194E - Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles.
194F - Use of horns and silence zones.
195 - Omitted.
196 - Driving uninsured vehicle.
197 - Taking vehicle without authority.
198 - Unauthorised interference with vehicle.
198A - Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance.
199 - Offences by companies.
199A - Offences by juveniles.
199B - Revision of fines.
200 - Composition of certain offences.
201 - Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic.
202 - Power to arrest without warrant.
203 - Breath tests.
204 - Laboratory test.
205 - Presumption of unfitness to drive.
206 - Power of police officer to impound document.
207 - Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc.
208 - Summary disposal of cases.
209 - Restriction on conviction.
210 - Courts to send intimation about conviction.
210A - Power of State Government to increase penalties.
210B - Penalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority
210C - Power of Central Government to make rules.
210D - Power of State Government to make rules.