MVA Section 193: Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 13: OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
¶193. Punishment of [agents, canvassers and aggregators] without proper authority.— [1] Whoever engages himself as an agent or canvasser in contravention of the provisions of section 93 or of any rules made thereunder shall be punishable [for the first offence with penalty] [of one thousand rupees] and for any second or subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine [of two thousand rupees], or with both. [(2) Whoever engages himself as an aggregator in contravention of the provisions of section 93 or of any rules made there under shall be [liable for a penalty] up to one lakh rupees but shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees.
(3) Whoever, while operating as an aggregator contravenes a condition of the licence granted under sub-section (1) of section 93, not designated by the State Government as a material condition, shall be [liable for penalty which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but may extend to one lakh rupees].]
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- 177A. Penalty for contravention of regulations under section 118
- 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. Penalty 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
- 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 and penalties
- 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 fines or 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