The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 has been approved by\u00a0Union Cabinet .\u00a0On the basis of recommendations of the GoM and other pressing requirements, MoRTH introduced the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016.<\/p>\n
In the present Motor Vehicle Act, there are 223 Sections out of which the Bill aims to amend 68 sections whereas Chapters 10 has been deleted and a Chapter 11 is being replaced with new provisions to simplify third party insurance claims and settlement process.\u00a0The important provisions include increase in compensation for Hit & Run cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs. It also has provision for payment of compensation upto Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities.<\/p>\n
The Bill also proposes insertion of 28 new sections. The amendments mainly focus on issues relating to improving road safety, citizens\u2019 facilitation while dealing with the Transport Department. Strengthening rural transport, last mile connectivity and public transport, automation and computerization and enabling online services.\u00a0The Bill propose to improve the transport scenario in the country by permitting the States to grant exemptions in Stage carriage and contract carriage permits for promoting rural transport, public transport, last mile connectivity and for passenger convenience and road safety.\u00a0The Bill proposes that the State Government can specify a multiplier, not less than one and not greater than ten, to be applied to each fine under this Act and such modified fine.\u00a0The bill proposes that the State Government can regulate the activities in a public place of pedestrians and such means of transport.\u00a0Improving delivery of services to the stakeholders using e-Governance is one of the major focuses of this Bill.\u00a0 This include enabling online learning licenses, increasing validity period for driving licenses,\u00a0 doing away with the requirements of educational qualifications\u00a0 for transport licenses are some of the features.\u00a0The Bill proposes offences committed by Juveniles.\u00a0\u00a0 The Guardian \/ owner shall be deemed to be guilty in cases of offences by the Juveniles and Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled.\u00a0To improve the registration process for new vehicles, registration at the end of the dealer is being enabled and restrictions have been imposed on temporary registration.<\/p>\n
In the area of road safety, bill proposes to increase penalties to act as deterrent against traffic violations.\u00a0 Stricter provisions are being proposed in respect of offences like juvenile driving, drunken driving, driving without licence, dangerous driving, over-speeding, overloading etc.\u00a0 Stricter provisions for helmets have been introduced along with provisions for electronic detection of violations.\u00a0 To help the road accident victims, Good Samaritan guidelines have been incorporated in the Bill.\u00a0 The Bill also proposes to mandate the automated fitness testing for the transport vehicles with effect from 1st<\/sup> October 2018.\u00a0 This would reduce corruption in the Transport Department while improving the road worthiness of the vehicle.\u00a0 The penalties are also proposed for deliberate violation of safety\/environmental regulations as well as body builders and spare part suppliers.<\/p>\n Proposed Amendments in Various Penalties under Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Rs 2000 for Medium passenger vehicle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Rs 1,00,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Rs 1000 per extra tonne<\/td>\n Rs 2000 per extra tonne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Press Information Bureau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 has been approved by\u00a0Union Cabinet .\u00a0On the basis of recommendations of the GoM and other pressing <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29535,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabinet_decisions","category-legislationupdates"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n
\n Section<\/strong><\/td>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Old Provision \/ Penalty<\/strong><\/td>\n New Proposed Provision \/ Minimum Penalties<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 177<\/td>\n General<\/td>\n Rs 100<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n New 177A<\/td>\n Rules of road regulation violation<\/td>\n Rs 100<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 178<\/td>\n Travel without ticket<\/td>\n RS 200<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 179<\/td>\n Disobedience of orders of authorities<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n Rs 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 180<\/td>\n Unautorized use of vehicles without licence<\/td>\n Rs 1000<\/td>\n Rs 5000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 181<\/td>\n Driving without licence<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n Rs 5000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 182<\/td>\n Driving despite disqualification<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n Rs 10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 182 B<\/td>\n Oversize vehicles<\/td>\n New<\/td>\n Rs 5000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 183<\/td>\n Over speeding<\/td>\n Rs 400<\/td>\n Rs 1000 for LMV<\/p>\n \n 184<\/td>\n Dangerous driving penalty<\/td>\n Rs 1000<\/td>\n Upto Rs 5000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 185<\/td>\n Drunken driving<\/td>\n Rs 2000<\/td>\n Rs 10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 189<\/td>\n Speeding \/ Racing<\/td>\n Rs 500<\/td>\n Rs 5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 192 A<\/td>\n Vehicle without permit<\/td>\n upto Rs 5000<\/td>\n Upto Rs 10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 193<\/td>\n Aggregators (violations of licencing conditions)<\/td>\n New<\/td>\n Rs 25,000 to<\/p>\n \n 194<\/td>\n Overloading<\/td>\n Rs 2000 and<\/p>\n Rs 20,000 and<\/p>\n \n 194 A<\/td>\n Overloading of passengers<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Rs 1000 per extra passenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 194 B<\/td>\n Seat belt<\/td>\n Rs 100<\/td>\n Rs 1000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 194 C<\/td>\n Overloading of two wheelers<\/td>\n Rs 100<\/td>\n Rs 2000, Disqualification for 3 months for licence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 194 D<\/td>\n Helmets<\/td>\n Rs 100<\/td>\n Rs 1000 Disqualification for 3 months for licence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 194 E<\/td>\n Not providing way for emergency vehicles<\/td>\n New<\/td>\n Rs 10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 196<\/td>\n Driving Without Insurance<\/td>\n RS 1000<\/td>\n Rs 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 199<\/td>\n Offences by Juveniles<\/td>\n New<\/td>\n Guardian \/ owner shall be deemed to be guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 yrs imprisonment. For Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be cancelled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 206<\/td>\n Power of Officers to impound documents<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Suspension of driving licenses u\/s 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D,194E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 210 B<\/td>\n Offences committed by enforcing authorities<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Twice the penalty under the relevant section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n