2019 Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill Implemented [List of New Fines]

2019 Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill Implemented: The Government of India has rolled out some newer and stricter penalties this time so that road safety could be ensured in the country. The Motor Vehicle Amendment Act of 2019 got recently passed by the Lower House of the Parliament on August 5th, 2019, and today the same has been implemented across India though, some of the states are still not ready to implement the new set of penalties and fines.

The Amendments that have been enforced in this new traffic violations act are huge as compared to the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act of 1988. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari expressed his happiness for this new enforcement and said that these amendments will promise road safety to the citizens all over the country.

New Traffic Violation Fines

2019 Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill

Section/Offence	Old Fine	New Fine
General (177)	INR 100	INR 500
Road Rules Violation (177A)	INR 100	INR 500
Travelling without a Ticket (178)	INR 200	INR 500
Disobedience of Authorities (179)	INR 500	INR 2,000
Unauthorized Use of Vehicles (180)	INR 1,000	INR 5,000
Driving without a Licence (181)	INR 500	INR 5,000
Driving without Qualification (182)	INR 500	INR 10,000
Oversized Vehicles (182B)	–	INR 5,000
Over-Speeding (183)	INR 400	INR 1,000
Dangerous Driving (184)	INR 1,000	INR 5,000
Drunken Driving (185)	INR 2,000	INR 10,000
Speeding/Racing (189)	INR 500	INR 5,000
Vehicle without a Permit (192A)	INR 5,000	INR 10,000
Aggregators (193)	–	INR 25,000
Overloading (194)	INR 2,000	INR 20,000
Overloading of Passengers (194A)	–	INR 1,000
Seat Belt (194B)	INR 100	INR 1,000
Overloading of 2-wheelers (194C)	INR 100	INR 2,000
No Helmet (194D)	INR 100	INR 1,000
Blocking Emergency Vehicles (194E)	–	INR 10,000
Driving without Insurance (196)	INR 1,000	INR 2,000

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