Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha to enforce stricter measures for traffic rules violation.
Motor Vehicles Bill 2019 was tabled by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari and it not only seeks to amend some of the provisions in Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 but to introduce several new provisions of its own.
Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill was brought in first in 2017 by Minister Gadkari but that bill could not be passed in Rajya Sabha due to the dissolving of previous Lok Sabha. After coming to the power Union minister Nitin Gadkari again tabled the bill and it was already passed in Lok Sabha. As it is also passed in Rajya Sabha it is on its way to becoming a law.
The newly amended Motor Vehicles Bill has raised the minimum fine from Rs. 100/- to Rs. 500/-. The maximum is Rs. 1,00,000 /- to 3 months disqualification of the license to 3 years imprisonment.
This bill raised fine for the General (177) from Rs. 100/- to Rs. 500/-.Any fine for an offense under Rules of road regulation violation (new 177A) has been raised to Rs. 500/- from Rs. 100/-.
Those who think not putting a seatbelt on is tiny or minor offense will be seriously wrong-footed when fined Rs.1,000/- as the fine for an offense under Seat Belt (194 B) regulation is raised from Rs. 100/- to Rs. 1,000/-.
Traveling without a ticket got costlier too from old Rs. 200/- to Rs. 500/-.
The fine for overloading of passengers was raised from Rs. 1,000/- per extra passenger and the fine for overloading of passengers on two-wheelers increased from Rs 100/- to Rs. 2,000 /- and Disqualification of license for 3 months.
some other provisions have also been equipped with more stricter measures and higher fines like- Disobedience of orders of authorities (179) from Rs. 500/- to Rs. 2,000/-, New Aggregators (violations of licensing conditions) (193) could be anywhere between Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 1,00,000/- . Also, the Overloading (194) provision saw a raise of Rs 2,000/- and Rs 1,000/- per extra tonne.
All minor people should reconsider the next time they steal their parents or some other guardian’s car and take it on the road. The punishment if any offense committed by them will be stringent and will be brought under Offences by Juveniles (199) law where a guardian or owner shall be deemed guilty and charged with either fine of Rs. 25,000/- or with 3 years imprisonment and their registration of Motor Vehicles will be canceled. The juvenile will be tried under the JJ Act for committing the said act too.
Any offenses committed by enforcing authorities will be dealt with strictly than before as they will be charged twice the penalty under the relevant section.
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