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(3) Whoever, being the owner of a motor vehicle, obtains a certificate of registration
for such vehicle on the basis of documents which were, or by representation of facts
which was, false in any material particular, or the engine number or the chassis number
embossed thereon are different from such number entered in the certificate of registration
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months
but may extend to one year and with fine equal to ten times the amount of the annual
road tax or two-third the lifetime tax of the motor vehicle, whichever is higher.
(4) Whoever, being a dealer, obtains a certificate of registration for such vehicle on
the basis of documents which were, or by representation of facts which was, false in
any material particular, or the engine number or the chassis number embossed thereon
are different from such number entered in the certificate of registration shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but
may extend to one year and with fine equal to ten times the amount of annual road tax
or two-third the lifetime tax of the motor vehicle, whichever is higher.]
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193. Punishment of [agents, canvassers and aggregators] without proper
authority
2 [(1)] Whoever engages himself as an agent or canvasser in contravention of the
provisions of section 93 or of any rules made thereunder shall be punishable for the
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first offence with fine [of one thousand rupees] and for any second or subsequent
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offence with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine [of two
thousand rupees], or with both.
5 [(2) Whoever engages himself as an aggregator in contravention of the provisions
of section 93 or of any rules made thereunder shall be punishable with fine up to one
lakh rupees but shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees.
(3) Whoever, while operating as an aggregator contravenes a condition of the licence
granted under sub-section (1) of section 93, not designated by the State Government as
a material condition, shall be punishable with fine of five thousand rupees.]
194. Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight
6 [(1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be
driven in contravention of the provisions of section 113 or section 114 or section 115
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shall be punishable with [xxx] fine [of twenty thousand rupees and an additional
amount of two thousand rupees per tonne of excess load], together with liability to pay
charges for off-loading of the excess load:]
9 [PROVIDED that such motor vehicle shall not be allowed to move before such
excess load is removed or is caused or allowed to be removed by the person in control
of such motor vehicle.]
1. Substituted for “agents and canvassers” by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt.
9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-4-2021 vide SO 1433(E), dt. 31-3-2021.
2. Section 193 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, ibid.
3. Substituted for “which may extend to one thousand rupees” by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act,
2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO 3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.
4. Substituted for “which may extend to two thousand rupees”, ibid.
5. Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-4-2021 vide SO
1433(E), dt. 31-3-2021.
6. Substituted by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.
7. Word “minimum” omitted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019,
w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO 3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.
8. Substituted for “of two thousand rupees and an additional amount of one thousand rupees per
tonne of excess load”, ibid.
9. Inserted, ibid.