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SECTION 196 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 153

194D. Penalty for not wearing protective headgear
Whoever drives a motorcycle or causes or allows a motorcycle to be driven in
contravention of the provisions of section 129 or the rules or regulations made thereunder
shall be punishable with a fine of one thousand rupees and he shall be disqualified for
holding licence for a period of three months.
194E. Failure to allow free passage to emergency vehicles
Whoever while driving a motor vehicle fails to draw to the side of the road, on the
approach of a fire service vehicle or of an ambulance or other emergency vehicle as
may be specified by the State Government, shall be punishable with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to six months, or with a fine of ten thousand rupees or with
both.
194F. Use of horns and silence zones
Whoever—
(a) while driving a motor vehicle—
(i) sounds the horn needlessly or continuously or more than necessary to
ensure safety, or
(ii) sounds the horn in an area with a traffic sign prohibiting the use of a
horn, or
(b) drives a motor vehicle which makes use of a cut-out by which exhaust
gases are released other than through the silencer,
shall be punishable with a fine of one thousand rupees and for a second or subsequent
offence with a fine of two thousand rupees.]
1 [195. Imposition of minimum fine under certain circumstances
(1) Whoever having been convicted of an offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder
commits a similar offence on a second or subsequent occasion within three years of the commission
of the previous offence, no court shall, except for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, impose
on him a fine of less than one-fourth of the maximum amount of the fine imposable for such
offence.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as restricting the power of the court from
awarding such imprisonment as it considers necessary in the circumstances of the case not
exceeding the maximum specified in this Act in respect of that offence.]
196. Driving uninsured vehicle
Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven
2
in contravention of the provisions of section 146 shall be punishable [for the first offence]
3
with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine [of two thousand
2
rupees], or with both [, and for a subsequent offence shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine of four thousand
rupees, or with both].

1 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.
2. Inserted, ibid.
3. Substituted for “which may extend to one thousand rupees”, ibid.