MV Act Chapter XIII: Offences, Penalties and Procedure

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Sections 177–210D). Each links to its verbatim text.

• MV Act177 General provision for punishment of offences
• MV Act177A Penalty for contravention of regulations under section 118
• MV Act178 Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc
• MV Act179 Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information
• MV Act180 Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles
• MV Act181 Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4
• MV Act182 Offences relating to licences
• MV Act182A Punishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components
• MV Act182B [Penalty] for contravention of section 62A
• MV Act183 Driving at excessive speed, etc
• MV Act184 Driving dangerously
• MV Act185 Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs
• MV Act186 Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive
• MV Act187 Punishment for offences relating to accident
• MV Act188 Punishment for abetment of certain offences
• MV Act189 Racing and trials of speed
• MV Act190 Using vehicle in unsafe condition
• MV Act191 Sale of vehicle in or alteration of vehicle to condition contravening this Act
• MV Act192 Using vehicle without registration
• MV Act192A Using vehicle without permit
• MV Act192B Offences relating to registration
• MV Act193 Punishment of [agents, canvassers and aggregators] without proper authority
• MV Act194 Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight
• MV Act194A Carriage of excess passengers
• MV Act194B Use of safety belts and the seating of children
• MV Act194C Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders
• MV Act194D Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
• MV Act194E Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles
• MV Act194F Use of horns and silence zones
• MV Act195 Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances
• MV Act196 Driving uninsured vehicle
• MV Act197 Taking vehicle without authority
• MV Act198 Unauthorised interference with vehicle
• MV Act198A Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance
• MV Act199 Offences by companies
• MV Act199A Offences by juveniles
• MV Act199B Revision of fines [and penalties]
• MV Act200 Composition of certain offences
• MV Act201 Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic
• MV Act202 Power to arrest without warrant
• MV Act203 Breath tests
• MV Act204 Laboratory test
• MV Act205 Presumption of unfitness to drive
• MV Act206 Power of police officer to impound document
• MV Act207 Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc
• MV Act208 Summary disposal of cases
• MV Act209 Restriction on conviction
• MV Act210 Courts to send intimation about conviction
• MV Act210A Power of State Government to increase [fine or] penalties
• MV Act210B Penalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority
• MV Act210C Power of Central Government to make rules
• MV Act210D Power of State Government to make rules