THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
8Aashwin, 1941(S)
No. 759
Ranchi, Monday, 30th
September, 2019
Transport Department
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N O T I F I C A T I O N 27th September, 2019
Notification No.-Pari. Ayu.-192/2016-933-- The Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) has been further amended vide Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Central Act 32 of 2019) dated: 09.08.2019. The said amendment has been enacted by Notification No. S.O.3110(E), dated: 28.08.2019 and S.O.3147(E), dated: 30.08.2019 to curb traffic offences.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 200 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 the Government of Jharkhand hereby specifies compounding fees as follows:
2 Jharkhand Gazette (Extraordinary), Monday, 30th September, 2019This Notification shall come into force from the date of publication in the
Official Gazette.
| Section | Title | Penalty prior to 1st September 2019 | Penalty from 1st September 2019 Onwards | Compounding fee to be realized | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | |
| 177 | General provision for punishment of offences | For first offence up to Rs. 100/- F or second or subsequent offence up to Rs. 300 | For First offence up to Rs. 500/- | For First offence Rs.150/- | |
| F or second or subsequent offence up to Rs. 1,500/- | F or second or subsequent offence Rs. 500/- | ||||
| 178 | The holder of a permit or the driver of a contract carriage refuses to ply the contract carriage or to carry the passengers | Up to Rs. 200/- | Up to Rs. 500/- | Rs. 300/- | |
| 179 | Sub section 1 | ||||
| Disobedience of orders of authorities Sub section 2 | Up to Rs. 500/- U p to Rs. 500/- and/or | Up to Rs. 2,000/- | Rs. 500/- | ||
| U p to Rs. 2,000/- and/or imprisonment for one | Rs. 500/- | ||||
| refusal of information | imprisonment for one month | month | |||
| 180 | willfully Allowing unauthorized persons to drive vehicles | Up to Rs. 1,000/- and/or imprisonment up to three month | Rs. 5,000/- and/or imprisonment up to three month | Rs. 5,000/- | |
| 181 | Driving without license | Up to Rs. 500/- and/or imprisonment up to three month | Rs. 5,000/- and/or imprisonment up to three month | Rs. 5,000/- | |
| 182 | Sub section 1:- Driving despite disqualification of License Sub section 2 :-Not holding conductor License or holding License without the eligibility | Up to Rs. 500/- and/or imprisonment up to three month U p to Rs. 100/- and/or imprisonment up to one month | Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to three month | Rs. 10,000/- | |
| 1 82A(New Section) | Sub section1: | U p to Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to one month | R s. 500/- | ||
| Offences relating to sale of the vehicles by Dealer/Manufactur er/importer violating provisions made under Chapter VII S ub section3: | Sub section1: Rs. 1 Lakh per vehicle and/or up to 1 year imprisonment. S ub section3 : Rs. 1 Lakh rupees per | Rs. 1,00,000/- per vehicle R s.1,00,000/- per such | |||
| Offence relating to sale of unauthorized critical safety component which violating provisions made under Chapter VII S ub section4: | such component and/or up to 1 year imprisonment S ub section4 : Rs. 5,000/- per such alteration and/or up to 6 | component Rs.5,000/- per such alteration | |||
| Alteration of motor vehicle by owner including retrofitting of motor vehicle part which is not permitted under the act and rules | months of imprisonment | ||||
| 1 82 B(new section) | -Prohibition of registration vehicles violating new section 62A under clause a of sub- section 1 of section 110 relating to the width, height, length and overhang of vehicles and of the loads carried by the vehicles. - Offence related to issuance of a certificate of fitness under section 56 ,rule made under section 110. | F rom Rs. 5,000/- up to Rs. 10,000/- | Rs. 5,000/- | ||
| 1 83 | O ver speeding | F irst offence Up to Rs. 400/- F or second or subsequent offence Up to Rs. 1,000/- | - For first offence Rs .1,000/- up to Rs. 2,000/- for LMV From Rs. 2,000/- up to Rs. 4,000/-for Medium passenger vehicle/Heavy passenger vehicle/Medium goods vehicle/Heavy goods vehicle | For first offence Rs. 1,000/- for LMV Rs. 2,000/- for Medium passenger vehicle/Heavy passenger vehicle/Medium goods ehicle/Heavy goods vehicle | |
| - For 2nd or any subsequent offence Driving licence of such driver shall be impounded as per the provisions of the sub-section (4) of section 206 | For 2nd or any subsequent offence Driving licence of such driver shall be impounded as per the provisions of the sub- section (4) of section 206 | ||||
| 1 84 | Dangerous driving: C . use of handheld communications devices while driving | -First offence Up to Rs. 1,000/- and/or imprisonment up to six month. - For second or subsequent offence Up to Rs. 2,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 2 year. | -For first offence From Rs. 1,000/- up to Rs. 5,000/-and/or From 6 months up to 1 year of imprisonment | For first offence Rs. 1,000/- | |
| - For second or subsequent offence Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 2 year | For second or subsequent offence Rs.10,000/- | ||||
| 1 86 | Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive | Up to Rs. 200/- for the first offence and Up to Rs. 500/- for subsequent offence | Up to Rs. 1,000/- for the first offence | For the first offence Rs. 200/- | |
| U p to Rs. 2,000/- for second or subsequent offence | For second or subsequent offenceRs. 500/- | ||||
| 1 89 | S peeding / Racing | Up to Rs. 500/- and/or Imprisonment of 6 months | -For first offence Rs. 5,000/- and/ or Imprisonment of 3 months | For first offence Rs. 5,000/- | |
| -Subsequent offence- Rs.10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 1year | S ubsequent offence Rs.10,000/- | ||||
| 1 90 | Using vehicle in unsafe condition S ub section 2 In case of violation of road safety during driving in public places and violating the standard of Air and noise pollution | S ub section 2 | S ub section 2 | For first offence Rs.1,000/- | |
| -For first offence Up to Rs. | |||||
| -First offence Rs. 1,000/- -Second or subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | 10,000/- and/or Imprisonment up to 3 months and disqualified for three months for holding driving license | ||||
| - For second or Subsequent offence Up to Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 6 months | For second or Subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | ||||
| 192 | Using vehicle without registration | -For first offence Rs. 2,000/- up to Rs. 5,000/- - For second or subsequent offence Rs. 5,000/- up to Rs. 10,000/- and imprisonment which may extend to one year | -For first offence Rs. 2,000/- up to Rs. 5,000/- | For first offence Rs. 2,000/- | |
| - For second or subsequent offence Rs. 5,000/- up to Rs. 10,000/- and imprisonment which may extend to one year | For second or subsequent offence Rs. 5,000/- | ||||
| 1 92 A | V ehicle without permit and violating permit condition | -For first offence Rs. 2,000/- up to Rs. 5,000/- - For subsequent offence up to Rs. 5,000/- up to 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to three months to 1 Year | -For first offence Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 6 Months | F or first offence Rs. 10,000/- | |
| - Rs. 10,000/- for subsequent offence and/or imprisonment up to six months to 1 Year. | For subsequent offence Rs. 10,000/- | ||||
| 194 | Sub section : 1 Overloading goods vehicle | Rs. 2,000/- and Rs. 1,000/- per extra tonne | Rs. 20,000/- and Rs. 2,000/- per extra tonne | Rs.20,000/- Rs.2,000/- per extra tonne | |
| Subsection : 2 Any driver of a vehicle who refuses to stop and submit his vehicle to weighing after being directed to do so by an officer | Up to Rs. 3,000/- | Rs. 40,000/- | Rs.40,000/- | ||
| 194 A(new section) | Overloadi ng of passenger s | Rs. 200/- per excess passenger | Rs. 200/- per excess passenger | ||
| 194 B(new section ) | 1.Carrying passenger Without wearing Safety belt 2.Driven with a child, age below 14 years, is not secured with child restraint system | -Rs. 1,000/- for carrying passenger without safety belt. | For carrying passenger without safety belt Rs.1,000/- | ||
| - Child Restraint: Rs. 1,000/- | Child Restraint: Rs. 1,000/- | ||||
| 194 C(new section) | Overloading of two wheelers (more than two numbers of passengers including driver) | Rs. 1,000/- and Disqualification of license for a period of 3 months | Rs. 1,000/- | ||
| 194 D(new section) | Without wearing a protective headgear | Rs. 1,000/- and Disqualification of license for a period of 3 months | Rs. 1,000/- | ||
| 1 94 E(new section) 194 F(new section) | Not providing way for emergency vehicles a)Blowing needless horn or excessive horn in public area b )Release of Exhaust gas other than silencer | Rs. 10,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 6 months a)First offence Rs. 1,000/- For second or subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | Rs. 10,000/- First offence Rs. 1,000/- For second or subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | ||
| b) First offence Rs. 1,000/- For second or subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | F irst offence Rs. 1,000/- For second or subsequent offence Rs. 2,000/- | ||||
| 1 96 | D riving Without Insurance | U p to Rs. 1,000/- and/or Imprisonment of 3 months | -First offence Rs. 2,000/- | First offence Rs. 2,000/- | |
| -For subsequent offence Rs. 4,000/- and/or imprisonment up to 3 months | For subsequent offence Rs. 4,000/- | ||||
| 1 98 | Tampering the vehicle without consent of the owner | U p to Rs 100/- | R s. 1,000/- | R s. 1,000/- |
By order in the name of the Governer of Jharkhand,
Perwaiz Ibrahimi, Joint Secretary Transport Department. Printed & Published by the Superintendent of Jharkhand Government Press, Doranda, Ranchi. Jharkhand Gazette (Extraordinary) 759-- 50.