New Delhi:
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with 108 votes in its favour and 13 against. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 aims to infuse more discipline on roads by tightening rules and increasing penalities.Â
The bill, which seeks to weed out corruption, improve road safety and usher in use of technology to regulate traffic, has already been passed by the Lok Sabha last week. The bill was passed by a voice vote rejecting several amendments moved by the Opposition.
It also brings a sea change in how Indian roads and vehicular transportation are governed. Stating that maximum road accidents in the world occur in India, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari noted that annually about five lakh road accidents take place in the country, in which there are 1.5 lakh deaths and 65 per cent of them are youth.
Proposed amendments in various penalties under Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019:
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General (177) |
Rs 100 |
Rs 500 |
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Rules of road regulation violation (new 177A) |
Rs. 100 |
Rs 500 |
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Travelling without a ticket (178) |
Rs 200 |
Rs 500 |
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Disobedience of orders of authorities (179) |
Rs 500 |
Rs 2000 |
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Unauthorized use of vehicles without licence (180) |
Rs 1000 |
Rs 5000 |
|
Driving without licence (181) |
Rs 500 |
Rs 5000 |
|
Driving without qualification (182) |
Rs 500 |
Rs 10,000 |
|
Oversized vehicles (182B) |
New |
Rs 5000 |
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Over speeding (183) |
Rs 400 |
Rs 1000 for LMV, Rs 2000 for Medium Passenger Vehicle |
|
Dangerous driving penalty (184) |
Rs. 1,000 |
Upto Rs 5000 |
|
Drunken driving (185) |
Rs 2000 |
Rs 10,000 |
|
Speeding/ Racing (189) |
Rs 500 |
Rs 5,000 |
|
Vehicle without permit (192A) |
Upto Rs 5000 |
Upto Rs 10,000 |
|
Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions) (193) |
New |
Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000 |
|
Overloading (194) |
Rs 2,000, and Rs 1,000 per extra tonne |
Rs 20,000, and Rs 2,000 per extra tonne |
|
Overloading of Passengers (194A) |
N.A. |
Rs 1000 per extra passenger |
|
Seat Belt (194 B) |
Rs 100 |
Rs 1,000 |
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Overloading of two-wheelers (194 C) |
Rs 100 |
Rs 2,000 , Disqualification of licence for 3 months |
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Not providing way for emergency vehicles (194E) |
New |
Rs 10,000 |
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Driving without insuarance (196) |
Rs 1,000 |
Rs 2,000 |
|
Offences by Juveniles (199) |
New |
Guardian/ Owner shall be deemed guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 years imprisonment. Juvenile to be tried under JJ 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, |
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Offences committed by enforcing authorities (210B) |
N.A. |
Twice the penalty under the relevant section |
Other rules:
