Chapter XIII — Offences, Penalties And Procedure
Section 192A — Using vehicle without permit
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Using vehicle without permit—(1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be used in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 66 or in contravention of any condition of a permit relating to the route on which or the area in which or the purpose for which the vehicle may be used, shall be punishable for the first offence with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees but shall not be less than two thousand rupees and for any subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extend to one year but shall not be less than three months or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees but shall not be less than five thousand rupees or with both: Provided that the court may for reasons to be recorded, impose a lesser punishment.
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
Amended by the 2019 Amendment Act
In section 192A of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),— (i) after the words “for the first offence with”, the words “imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and” shall be inserted; (ii) for the words “which may extend to five thousand rupees but shall not be less than two thousand rupees”, the words “of ten thousand rupees” shall be substituted; (iii) for the words “three months”, the words “six months” shall be substituted; (iv) for the words “which may extend to ten thousand rupees but shall not be less than five thousand rupees”, the words “of ten thousand rupees” shall be substituted. 76.
This is the amending instruction from the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 32 of 2019), quoted verbatim. Read it together with the text above — the consolidated version is the section as it reads once these changes are applied.
Before you rely on this. The base text above is the Act as consolidated by the India Code, which predates the 2019 amendment; any 2019 change is shown separately rather than merged in. Later amendments may also apply. For anything official, read the current text on the e-Gazette or the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways site.
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