BBanaka

MVA: Chapter 13: OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

  1. Section 177. General provision for punishment of offences
  2. Section 177A. Penalty for contravention of regulations under section 118
  3. Section 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
  4. Section 179. Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information
  5. Section 180. Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles
  6. Section 181. Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4
  7. Section 182. Offences relating to licences
  8. Section 182A. Punishment for offences relating to construction, maintenance, sale and alteration of motor vehicles and components
  9. Section 182B. Penalty for contravention of section 62A
  10. Section 183. Driving at excessive speed, etc
  11. Section 184. Driving dangerously
  12. Section 185. Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs
  13. Section 186. Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive
  14. Section 187. Punishment for offences relating to accident
  15. Section 188. Punishment for abetment of certain offences
  16. Section 189. Racing and trials of speed
  17. Section 190. Using vehicle in unsafe condition
  18. Section 191. [Omitted]
  19. Section 192. Using vehicle without registration
  20. Section 192A. Using vehicle without permit
  21. Section 192B. Offences relating to registration
  22. Section 193. Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority
  23. Section 194. Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight
  24. Section 194A. Carriage of excess passengers
  25. Section 194B. Use of safety belts and the seating of children
  26. Section 194C. Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders
  27. Section 194D. Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
  28. Section 194E. Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles
  29. Section 194F. Use of horns and silence zones
  30. Section 195. [Omitted]
  31. Section 196. Driving uninsured vehicle
  32. Section 197. Taking vehicle without authority
  33. Section 198. Unauthorised interference with vehicle
  34. Section 198A. Failure to comply with standards for road design, construction and maintenance
  35. Section 199. Offences by companies
  36. Section 199A. Offences by juveniles
  37. Section 199B. Revision of fines and penalties
  38. Section 200. Composition of certain offences
  39. Section 201. Penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic
  40. Section 202. Power to arrest without warrant
  41. Section 203. Breath tests
  42. Section 204. Laboratory test
  43. Section 205. Presumption of unfitness to drive
  44. Section 206. Power of police officer to impound document
  45. Section 207. Power to detain vehicles used without certificate of registration permit, etc
  46. Section 208. Summary disposal of cases
  47. Section 209. Restriction on conviction
  48. Section 210. Courts to send intimation about conviction
  49. Section 210A. Power of State Government to increase fines or penalties
  50. Section 210B. Penalty for offence committed by an enforcing authority
  51. Section 210C. Power of Central Government to make rules
  52. Section 210D. Power of State Government to make rules

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