Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

Section 210APower of a State Government to specify a multiplier for fines

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988) · inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019

Text as inserted in 2019

Subject to conditions made by the Central Government, a State Government, shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, 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, shall be in force in such State and different multipliers may be applied to different classes of motor vehicles as may be classified by the State Government for the purpose of this section.

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