Lok Sabha passes bill to amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1988

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The Lok Sabha has passed the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill that will change various statutes and clauses of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988. The bill proposes changes include stricter fines and penalties including community service as punishment, a driver refresher training course for those whose licenses lapse, a change in how long a license is valid, a clause that protects good Samaritans, liability of a contractor in case of a faulty road and lots more.

Here's the list of proposed changes to penalties for road traffic violations:

Section	Old Provision | Penalty	New Provision | Minimum Penalties
177 | General	Rs 100	Rs 500
New 177A | Rules of Road Regulation	Rs 100	Rs 500
178 | Travelling without ticket	Rs 200	Rs 500
179 | Disobedience of orders of authorities	Rs 500	Rs 2,000
180 | Unauthorised use of vehicles without licence	Rs 1,000	Rs 5,000
181 | Driving without licence	Rs 500	Rs 5,000
182 | Driving despite disqualification	Rs 500	Rs 10,000
182B | Oversize vehicles	New	Rs 5,000
183 | Over speeding	Rs 400	Rs 1,000 for Light Motor Vehicle Rs 2,000 for Medium Passenger Vehicle, Medium Goods Vehicle, Heavy Good Vehicle and Heavy Passenger Vehicle
184 | Dangerous driving penalty	Rs 1,000	Up to Rs 5,000
185 | Drunken driving	Rs 2,000	Rs 10,000
189 | Speeding/racing	Rs 500	Rs 5,000
192A | Vehicle without permit	Up to Rs 5,000	Up to Rs 10,000
193 Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions)	New	Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000
194 | Overloading	Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000 per extra tonne	Rs 20,000 and Rs 2,000 per extra tonne
194A | Overloading of passengers	New	Rs 200 per extra passenger
194B | Not wearing seat belt	Rs 100	Rs 1,000
194C | Overloading of two wheelers	Rs 100	Rs 1,000 + Disqualification of licence for 3 months
194D | Not wearing helmet	Rs 1000	Rs 1,000 + Disqualification of licence for 3 months
194E | Not providing way for emergency  vehicles	New	Rs 10,000
196 | Driving without insurance	Rs 1,000	Rs 2,000
199 | Offences by juveniles	New	Guardian/owner shall be deemed guilty + Rs 25,000 with 3 years imprisonment + Juvenile to be tried under Juvenile Justice Act + Registration of vehicle to be cancelled
206 | Power of officers to impound documents	New	Suspension of driving licences under sections 183, 185, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D or 194E
210B | Offences committed by enforcing authorities	New	Twice the penalty under the relevant section