Section 185 — Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs

In section 185 of the principal Act,— (i) in clause (a), after the words “breath analyser,”, the words “or in any other test including a laboratory test,” shall be inserted; Amendment of section 184. Amendment of section 185. (ii) for the words “which may extend to two thousand rupees”, the words “of ten thousand rupees” shall be substituted; (iii) the words “ if committed within three years of the commission of the previous similar offence,” shall be omitted; (iv) for the words “which may extend to three thousand rupees”, the words “of fifteen thousand rupees” shall be substituted; (v) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:– 'Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression “drug” means any intoxicant other than alcohol, natural or synthetic, or any natural material or any salt, or preparation of such substance or material as may be notified by the Central Government under this Act and includes a narcotic drug and psychotropic substance as defined in clause (xiv) and clause (xxiii) of section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.'. 69. In section 186 in the principal Act, for the words “two hundred rupees” and “five hundred rupees”, the words “one thousand rupees” and “two thousand rupees” shall respectively be substituted. 70.