TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2022

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

No. 491]

CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022

Aippasi 2, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2053

Part II—Section 2

Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

II-2 Ex. (491)

HOME DEPARTMENT

MOTOR VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 (CENTRAL ACT 32 OF 2019) - COMPOUNDING OF

OFFENCES BY OFFICERS/AUTHORITIES - REVISION OF AMOUNT - NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 200 (1) OF

THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988.

[G.O. Ms. No. 758, Home (Transport-VII), 19th October 2022,

ஐப்பசி 2, சுபபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

No. II(2)/HO/811(a)/2022.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

(Central Act 59 of 1988) and in supersession of the Home Department Notification No. II(2)/HO/519/2011,

published at pages 470 to 472 of Part II - Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated the

28th December 2011, as subsequently amended, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby authorizes the officers specified in column

(2) of Table-I below in the areas specified in the corresponding entries in column (3) within their respective jurisdiction, in

respect of the sections in column (4) thereof, to compound the offences committed under that Act as specified in column (2)

of Table-II below and punishable under the corresponding sections specified in column (3) thereof, either before or after the

institution of prosecution, for the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column (4) thereof:-

TABLE-I

Sl.No.

(1)

Officers

(2)

Areas

(3)

Sections

(4)

All Police Officers not below the

rank of Special Sub-Inspectors of

Police, including Traffic Police.

Entire State of Tamil Nadu

except the check posts of

Transport Department.

All sections, except sub-sections (1), (2) and

(3)(a) and 3(b) of section 178, sub-section

(2) of section 182, sub-sections (1), (3) and

(4) of section 182A, sub-section (1) of 192A,

sub-sections (1), (1A) and (2) of section

194 and section 194A, specified in Table-II.

Motor Vehicles Inspectors

(Non-Technical)

Check Post of Transport

Department.

All sections, except sub-section (4) of section

182A, sub-sections (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of section

183, section 184, sub-sections (1) and (2)

of section 194B, section 194C and section

194D, specified in Table-II.

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Officers of Transport Department

not below the rank of Motor

Vehicles Inspectors (Grade-II).

Entire State of Tamil Nadu

except the check posts of

Transport Department.

All the Sections specified in Table II.

TABLE-II

Sl.

No.

(1)

Nature of offence

(2)

Section under

which the

offence is

punishable

(3)

Amount

(Rs.)

(4)

First

offence

(i)

The second

and subsequent

offence

(ii)

Contravention of any provision of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

or of any rules made thereunder if no penalty is provided

for the offence under the said Act.

177

500

1,500

Failure to renew registration of Motor Vehicle.

177

500

1,500

Failure to apply for re-registration within 12 months on

removal of motor vehicle from other State.

177

500

1,500

Failure of the transferor or transferee to report about transfer

of ownership of motor vehicle within prescribed period.

177

500

1,500

Willfully removing, altering, defacing or tampering with traffic

signs.

177

500

1,500

Violation of mandatory traffic signs.

177

500

1,500

Leaving the motor vehicle in dangerous position at public

place.

177

500

1,500

Carrying person on running board or otherwise than within

the body of the motor vehicle.

177

500

1,500

Travelling on the running board or on the top of the bonnet

of the motor vehicle.

177

500

1,500

10.

Allowing any person/ passenger to stand or sit or place

anything in a manner as to hamper the control of driver.

177

500

1,500

11.

Allowing the motor vehicle to remain stationary without a

licensed driver on the driver seat or stopping mechanism.

177

500

1,500

12.

Failure to produce Driving License, Conductor’s License,

Registration Certificate, Permit, Fitness Certificate and

Insurance Certificate on demand.

177

500

1,500

13.

Failure to stop at unguarded Railway level crossing to ensure

that no train or trolley is coming.

177

500

1,500

14.

Travelling in a stage carriage without having a proper pass

or ticket or being in or having alighted from a stage carriage

failure or refusal to present for examination or to deliver up

the pass or ticket immediately.

178(1)

500

15.

Dereliction of duty on the part of the conductor of the stage

carriage/the driver of a stage carriage performing the functions

of a conductor in such stage carriage, who

(i) Fails or refuses to accept the fare/supply,

(ii) Fails or refuses to supply a ticket after collecting the fare,

(iii) Supplies an invalid ticket,

(iv) Supplies a ticket of a lesser value and etc...

178(2)

500

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

16.

Refusal to ply the contract carriage or to carry the passengers

of two wheeled or three wheeled motor vehicles.

178(3)(a)

17.

Refusal to ply or to carry the passengers in any other case.

178(3)(b)

500

18.

Disobedience of orders of the authority, obstruction of

the discharge of duty by the authority and refusal to give

information.

179(1)

2,000

19.

Giving false information to the authority concerned.

179(2)

2,000

20.

Allowing unauthorized persons to drive any motor vehicle.

180

5,000

21.

Driving a motor vehicle without driving licence in contravention

of section 3 or section 4 of the Act.

181

5,000

22.

Offences relating to driving licence (Driving the motor vehicle

by a person who is disqualified from holding or obtaining a

driving licence or applying for or obtaining a driving licence

without disclosing the previous endorsements)

182(1)

10,000

23.

Offences relating to conductor’s licence (Acting as a

conductor when disqualified from holding or obtaining

conductor’s license or applying for or obtaining a conductor’s

licence without disclosing the previous endorsements).

182(2)

10,000

24.

Being a manufacturer, importer or dealer of motor vehicles,

selling or delivering or altering or offering to sell or deliver

or alter a motor vehicle in contravention of the provisions

of Chapter VII.

182A(1)

1 lakh per such

Motor Vehicle.

25.

Selling or offering to sell or permitting the sale of any

component of a motor vehicle notified as a critical safety

component by the Central Government and which does

not comply with Chapter VII of the Act or the rules and

regulations made thereunder.

182A(3)

1 lakh per such

component

26.

Being the owner of a motor vehicle, altering the motor

vehicle, including by way of retrofitting of motor vehicle

parts, in a manner not permitted under the Act or the rules

and regulations made thereunder.

182A(4)

5,000

Per such

alteration

27.

Contravention of the provisions of section 62(A).

182B

5,000

28.

Driving at excessive speed, etc.,

(1) Whoever drives or causes any person who is employed

by him or subjects someone under his control to drive in

contravention of speed limit referred to in section 112.

(i) Light Motor Vehicle

183(1)(i)

1,000

(ii) Medium or Heavy Motor Vehicle (Goods and Passengers)

183(1)(ii)

2,000

29.

Driving dangerously

(rash and negligent driving) Use of handheld communication

devices while driving.

184

1,000

10,000

30.

Driving a motor vehicle when mentally or physically unfit

to drive.

186

1,000

2,000

31.

Using motor vehicle for racing (or) trials of speed on public

road without proper permission.

189

5,000

10,000

32.

Driving or allowing to drive a motor vehicle in a public place

violating the standards prescribed for road safety, control of

air/noise pollution.

190(2)

10,000

33.

Using motor vehicle without registration.

192(1)

2,500

5,000

34.

Driving or allowing to drive a motor vehicle as transport

vehicle without permit or in contravention of permit conditions.

192A(1)

10,000

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

35.

Driving a motor vehicle or crossing or allowing a motor

vehicle to be driven in contravention of sections 113, 114

and 115 (exceeding permissible weight)

194(1)

20,000 and

additional

amount of 2,000

per tone of

excess load.

36.

Refusal to stop the motor vehicle, refusal to submit it to

weighing and removal of excess load prior to weighing.

194(2)

40,000

37.

Driving a motor vehicle or causing or allowing a motor

vehicle to be driven in such a manner that the load or

any part thereof extends laterally beyond the side of the

body or to the front or to the rear or in height beyond the

permissible limit.

194(1A)

20,000

38.

Carrying of excess passengers in Transport Vehicle beyond

the permitted seating capacity.

194A

200 per excess

passenger

39.

Driving a motor vehicle without wearing safety belt and

carrying passengers without wearing seat belt, except in the

cases under the proviso to sub-section (1) to section 194B.

194B(1)

1,000

40.

Driving of a motor vehicle or causes or allows the motor

vehicle to be driven with a child who having not attained

the age of 14 years is not secured by a safety belt or a

child restraint system.

194B(2)

1,000

41.

Driving of a motor cycle or causing or allowing a motor cycle

to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 128

of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or the rules or regulations

made thereunder.

(Excess persons in motor cycle beyond the capacity).

194C

1,000

42.

Driving a motor cycle or causing or allowing a motor cycle

to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 129

of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or the rules or regulations

made thereunder.

(Wearing of protective headgear by the rider and the pillion

rider).

194D

1,000

43.

Failure to draw to the side of the road on the approach of

an ambulance or fire service vehicle or other emergency

vehicles, while driving a motor vehicle.

194E

10,000

44.

Blowing horn unnecessarily/ needlessly or blowing in

prohibited areas or drives a motor vehicle which makes use

of a cut-out by which exhaust gases are released other than

through the silencer.

194F

1,000

2,000

45.

Driving a motor vehicle in contravention of section 146 of

the Act. (Driving uninsured vehicles).

196

2,000

4,000

46.

Unauthorized interference with a motor vehicle.

(Entry/tempering the mechanism of the vehicle)

198

1,000

2. This Notification shall come into force with effect on and from the 20th day of October 2022.

K. PHANINDRA REDDY,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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