kerala motor vehicle department reduced penalties details 2019

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has reduced fines for traffic offenses under the New Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019. Some fines have been reduced by half, the penalty for drunk driving and driving by minors has been left untouched. kerala motor vehicle department reduced penalties details 2019

Ready reckoner for offences and penalties under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 w.e.f 26/10/2019

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Kerala government has reduce the Fine of various crimes under the new Motor Vehicle Law.

Fines for traveling without a helmet and driving without a seat belt have been reduced to 500 rupees compared to 1,000 rupees. Similarly, the fine of Rs 10,000 for using mobile phones while driving has been reduced to Rs 2,000.

A fine of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for speeding a light motor vehicle. The state government has fixed the revised fines to Rs 1,500. Heavy vehicle fines range from Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000. The state government has fixed it at Rs 3,000.

Detailed Penalties

SL	PENAL	ACCUSED	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE	PENALTY	COMPOU
NO	SECTIO		OFFENCE		NDING
.	N				FEE

1	177	Whoever	Contravention of provisions of	1st –up to 500	1st –250
			act/rule/regulation/notification if no	2nd –up to 1000	2nd -500
			penalty is provided
2	177A	Whoever	Violation of driving regulations u/s	500-1000	500
			118
3	178(1)	Whoever	Travelling in s/c w/o pass/ticket	up to 500	500
4	178(2)	Conductor	committing offence related to	up to 500	500
			pass/ticket
5	178(3)(a)	Holder of permit	Refuses to ply a c/c	2W/3W-up to 50	50
		or owner
6	178(3)(b)	Holder of permit	Refuses to ply a c/c	Other than	500
		or owner		2W/3W-up to
				500

7	179(1)	Whoever	Willfully disobeying lawful direction	Up to 2000	1000
			by person/authority empowered
			under this act/obstructs in discharge
			functions
8	179(2)	Whoever	Willfully withholds	Up to 2000	1000
			information/gives false information
9	180	Owner/Person	Cause/permit other person to drive	Up to 3 months	5000
		in charge of	violating S3(Driving w/o effective	imprisonment/
		vehicle	D/L) OR S4(Driving w/o attaining	5000
			legal age)

10	181	Driver	Driving Violating S3(Driving w/o	Up to 3 months	5000
			effective D/L) OR S4(Driving w/o	imprisonment/
			attaining legal age)	5000
11	182(1)	Whoever	Disqualified person driving/obtaining	10000	10000
			D/L /applying for D/L
12	182(2)	Whoever	Disqualified person acts as	Up to 10000	1000
			conductor/obtaining C/L /applying
			for C/L
13	182A(1)	Manufacturer/I	Sells/delivers/alters/offers to sell or	Up to 1year	100000
		mporter/Dealer	deliver or alter a vehicle violating	imprisonment/10	per
			chapter VII(Construction equipment	0000 (1 lakh)per	vehicle
			& maintenance)/rules & regulations	vehicle Or both
			made there under

14	182A(2)	Manufacturer	Manufacturing vehicles which fails	Up to 1year	Non
			to comply with the provisions of	imprisonment/10	compoun
			chapter VII(Construction equipment	00000000(100	dable
			& maintenance)/rules & regulations	crore) per vehicle
			made there under	Or both
15	182A(3)	Whoever	Sells/offers to sell / permits sale of	Up to 1year	100000
			any component notified as critical	imprisonment/10	per
			safety component and which does	0000 (1 lakh)per	compone
			not comply with chapter	vehicle Or both	nt
			VII(Construction equipment &
			maintenance)/rules & regulations
			made there under


16	182A(4)	Owner	Alters a vehicle Including by	Up to 6 months	5000 per
			retrofitting parts in manner not	imprisonment/50	alteration
			permitted under the Act/Rules and	00 per alteration
			regulations made there under	or both
17	182B	Registering	Contravention of S62A(Prohibition to	5000-10000	Compoun
		Authority	register vehicles violating		ding fee
			S110(1)(a) (violating rules by central		not
			govt. w.r.t.width		specified
			,height,length,overhang and loads
			carried)
18	183(1)(i)	Whoever	Drives/causes any person employed	LMV-1000-2000	1500
			by him or subjects someone under his	2nd –D/L shall be
			control to drive a motor vehicle	impounded U/S
			violating speed limits u/s 112	206(4)

19	183(1)(ii)	Whoever	Drives/causes any person employed	MGV/MPV/HGV/	3000
			by him or subjects someone under	HPV-2000-4000
			his control to drive a motor vehicle
			violating speed limits u/s 112
20	184	Driver	Driving at a speed or manner which is	1st -6months-	1st –2000
			dangerous to public/which causes a	1year	2nd -5000
			sense of alarm/ distress to the	imprisonment/10	( limited
			occupants of the vehicle/other road	00-5000 or both	to item ©
			users/persons near roads	2nd if committed	of
			(a) jumping a red light;	within 3 years- 2	explanati
			(b) violating a stop sign;	years	on( use of
			(c) use of handheld communications	imprisonment/10	hand held
			devices while driving;	000 or with both.	communi
					cation

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			(d) passing or overtaking other		devices
			vehicles in a manner contrary to law;		while
			(e) driving against the authorised flow		driving))
			of traffic; or		and to
			(f) driving in any manner that falls far		undertak
			below what would be expected		e
			of a competent and careful driver and		communit
			where it would be obvious to a		y service.
			competent and careful driver that
			driving in that manner would be
			dangerous .
21	185	Driver	Driving/attempting to drive has	1st- up to	Non
			alcohol >30mg /100ml blood in	6months	compoun
			breath test/ in any other test or	imprisonment/	dable
			under the influence of drugs	10000 or both
				2nd – 2 years
				imprisonment/15
				000 or both.

22	186	Driver	Driving while suffering from disease	1st –up to 1000	1st –1000
			or disability calculated to cause	2nd –up to 2000	2nd -2000
			source of danger
23	187	Driver	Violation of S132(1)(a)(Not stopping	1st -up to	Non
			the vehicle and remain stationary if	6months	compoun
			accident occurred as directed by	imprisonment/	dable
			officer not below S.I of Police) OR	5000 or both
				2nd – 1 year
		Owner,	Violation of S133(Not giving
		driver/conducto	information regarding	imprisonment/10
		r	name,address & licence of driver	000 or both.
			/conductor as demanded by police
			officer authorized ) OR

		Driver	Violation of S134 (Not performing
			duty in case of accident by giving
			medical attension, report to
			police,giving information to the
			insurer etc)

24	188	Who ever	Abets commission of offences u/s	Same	Non
			184(Dangerous driving)/	punishment	compoun
			185(Driving under influence of	provided for the	dable
			alcohol/drugs)/	offence
			186(Driving when physically/mentally
			unfit)
25	189	Whoever	W/o permission from State	1st -up to 3	1st –5000
			Government takes part in a	months	2nd –
			race/trials of speed of any kind	imprisonment/	10000
				5000 or both
				2nd – 1 year
				imprisonment/10
				000 or both.

26	190(1)	Who	Driving an unsafe vehicle in public	Ist-1500	Non
		drives/causes or	place which is source of danger to	If accident	compoun
		allows to be	public	caused -3	dable
		driven		months
				imprisonment/50
				00 or both.
				2nd – 6 months,
				imprisonment/10
				000 or both(for
				bodily injury
				/damage to
				property)


27	190(2)	Who	Driving a vehicle in a public place	1st -up to 3	1st –2000
		drives/causes or	which violates standards of road	months	2nd –
		allows to be	safety/control of noise/air	imprisonment/up	10000
		driven	pollution	to 10000 or both
				and D/L shall be
				disqualified for 3
				months
				2nd – 6 months
				imprisonment/10
				000 or both.
28	190(3)	Who	Driving a vehicle in a public place	1st -up to 1 year	Non
		drives/causes or	which violates provisions of Act or the	imprisonment/	compoun
		allows to be	rules related to carriage of	10000 or both	dable
		driven	dangerous and hazardous goods.	and D/L shall be
				disqualified for 3
				months
				2nd – 3 years
				imprisonment/20
				000 or both.
29	192(1)	Who	Driving the vehicle in any place	1st -2000-5000	1st
		drives/causes or	which violates S39	(Court may	1.NTV–
		allows to be	(w/o valid registration / not carrying	impose lesser	3000
		driven	a registration mark in prescribed	punishment by	2.TVs
			manner/in possession of a dealer	recording	i)2W/3W-
			violating conditions prescribed by	reasons)	2000
			Central Governemnt)	2nd – 1 year	ii)LMV-
				3000
				imprisonment/50	iii)MMV-
				00-10000 or	4000
				both.

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					iv)HMV-
					5000
					2nd -7500

30	192A(1)	Who	Driving a vehicle violating S66(1)(w/o	1st -up to 6	(a)LMV/2
		drives/causes or	permit) or permit conditions	months	W/3W
		allows to be	relating to route area or purpose	imprisonment	1st-3000
		driven		and 10000	2nd-7500
					(b)MPV/M
				2nd – 1 year	GV/HPV/
				HGV
				imprisonment/10	1ST-7500
				000 or both.	2nd-10000

31	193(1)	Agent	Engage himself as agent or	1st -1000	Non
		/Canvasser	canvassers violating S(93)(Agent	2nd – up to 6	compoun
			/canvasser to obtain licence )or rules	months	dable
			made there under	imprisonment/
				2000

32	194(1)	Who	Driving a vehicle violating S113	20000+2000/ton	10000+1
		drives/causes or	(Limits of weight and limitations on	ne of excess load	500/tonn
		allows to be	use) / S114 (Power to have vehicle	together with the	e of
		driven	weighed) S115(power to restrict the	liability to pay	excess
			use of vehicles)	charges for	load
			Shall not be allowed to move before	offloading the	together
			excess load is removed or is caused or	excess load.	with the
			allowed to be removed by a person in		liability to
			control of such vehicle.		pay
					charges
					for
					offloading

					the
					excess
					load

33	194(1A)	Who	Driving with load projecting to	20000	20000
		drives/causes or	laterally beyond the side of body/to
		allows to be	front/to rear/in height beyond
		driven	permissible limit
			Shall not be allowed to move before
			load is arranged such that there is no
			extension
			(Authority authorized by State Gov./
			Central Gov. have the power to
			exempt carriage of a particular load)
34	194(2)	Driver	Driver refuses to stop and submit	40000	20000
			his vehicle to weighing as per
			directed by authorized officer U/S 114
			/removes or causes the removal or
			part of it prior to weighing
35	194A	Who	Drives a transport vehicle carrying	200/excess	100/exce
		drives/causes or	more passengers than in the R/C or	passenger	ss
		allows to be	Permit conditions		passenger
		driven	Shall not be allowed to move before
			excess passengers are offloaded and
			an alternative transport is arranged
36	194B(1)	Driver	Driving w/o wearing safety	1000	500
			belt/carries passengers not wearing
			seat belts
			(State Gov. may by notification in
			gazette exclude transport vehicles to
			carry standing passengers/other
			specified classes of transport vehicle)

37	194B(2)	Who	Driving with a child w/o attaining	1000	500
		drives/causes or	age of 14yrs is not secured by a
		allows to be	safety belt/child restraint system.
		driven
38	194C	Who	Driving violating S128(safety	1000 & D/L shall	1000
		drives/causes or	measures for drivers and pillion	be disqualified
		allows to be	riders(Triple riding/w/o proper seat	for 3 months.
		driven	with safety measures) or rules or
			regulations made there under
39	194D	Who	Driving violating S129(Wearing of	1000 & D/L shall	500
		drives/causes or	protective head gear) or	be disqualified
		allows to be	rules/regulations made there under.	for 3 months.
		driven
40	194E	Driver	Fails to draw the vehicle to the side of	Up to 6 months	5000
			road,on approach of of fire service	imprisonment/10
			vehicle or an ambulance or other	000or both
			emergency vehicle as specified by
			state government.
41	194F	Driving	Sounds the horn needlessly or	1st – 1000	1st – 1000
			continuously or more than necessary	2nd – 2000	2^nd –
			to ensure safety/ in a prohibited		2000
			area/driving vehicle which makes use
			of a cut-out by which exhaust gases
			are released other than through the
			silenser,
42	196	Who	Driving violating S146(Using vehicle	1st -up to 3	1st – 2000
		drives/causes or	in public place w/o without valid	months	2nd –
		allows to be	insurance and for vehicles carrying	imprisonment/	4000
		driven	dangerous or hazardous goods w/o	2000 or both
			also an insurance under Public	2nd – 3 months
			Liability Insurance Act,1991	imprisonment/40
				00 or both.

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43	197(1)	Driver	Takes & drives away w/o consent of	1st -up to 3	Non
			owner / other authority	months	compoun
				imprisonment/	dable
				5000 or both
				2nd – 1 year
				imprisonment/10
				000 or both.

44	197(2)	Whoever	Unlawfully by force/threat of	1st -up to 3	Non
			force/by any other form of	months	compoun
			intimidate ,seizes or exercises	imprisonment/	dable
			control of a motor vehicle.	5000 or both

45	197(3)	Whoever	Attempts to commit any of the acts	Same	Non
			U/S 197(1) /197(2)/ abets	punishment	compoun
				provided for the	dable
				offence
46	198	Whoever	Otherwise than with lawful	1000	1000
			authority or reasonable excuse
			enters/moves/tampers with
			brake/any part of mechanism of
			vehicle
47	198A(2)	Any designated	Failure to comply with the	Up to 100000	Non
		authority/Contr	standards for road	Shall be paid to	compoun
		actor/Consultan	design/construction &	Fund constituted	dable
		t/Concessionair	maintenance result in death	u/s 164B
		e	/disability

48	199A	Owner of vehicle	Offence under the Act is committed	3 years	Non
		/guardian of	by a juvenile owner of vehicle /	imprisonment	compoun
		juvenile	guardian of juvenile guilty of	and 25000	dable
			contravention and shall be punished	R/C shall be
			accordingly.	cancelled for 1
				year
				No learners
				licence/D/L shall
				be issued to him
				w/o attaining 25
				years.
				Juvenile shall be
				prosecuted as per
				Juvenile Justice
				Act,2000

49	201	Whoever	Keeping a motor vehicle in a	500/hr	Non
			manner to cause impediment to the	Liable to pay	compoun
			free flow of traffic	towing charges if	dable
				any

Notes

S192B not yet implemented.

S200 – Even if the offence has been compounded

State Government may require the offender to undertake a period of community service.

Compounding of an offence will not discharge the offender from proceedings under sub-section (4) of section 206 or the obligation to complete a driver refresher training course, or the obligation to complete community service, if applicable.

But since S206(4) not implemented yet,we cannot proceed with disqualification for violationof S190/194C/194D/194E

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