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156 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 200

committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the
commission of such offence.
Explanation : For the purposes of this section, the Court shall presume that the use
of the motor vehicle by the juvenile was with the consent of the guardian of such juvenile
or the owner of the motor vehicle, as the case may be.
(2) In addition to the penalty under sub-section (1), such guardian or owner shall
be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with
a fine of twenty-five thousand rupees.
(3) The provisions of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall not apply to such
guardian or owner if the juvenile committing the offence had been granted a learner’s
licence under section 8 or a driving licence and was operating a motor vehicle which
such juvenile was licensed to operate.
(4) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a juvenile, the
registration of the motor vehicle used in the commission of the offence shall be cancelled
for a period of twelve months.
(5) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a juvenile, then,
notwithstanding section 4 or section 7, such juvenile shall not be eligible to be granted
a driving licence under section 9 or a learner’s licence under section 8 until such juvenile
has attained the age of twenty-five years.
(6) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a juvenile, then such
juvenile shall be punishable with such fines as provided in the Act while any custodial
sentence may be modified as per the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 (56 of
2000).
199B. Revision of fines
The fines as provided in this Act shall be increased by such amount not exceeding
ten per cent in value of the existing fines, on an annual basis on 1st day of April of each
year from the date of commencement of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, as
may be notified by the Central Government.]
200. Composition of certain offences
1 [(1) Any offence whether committed before or after the commencement of this
Act punishable under section 177, section 177A, section 178, section 179, section 180,
section 181, section 182, sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section
182A, section 182B, sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 183, clause (c) of the
Explanation to section 184, section 186, section 189, sub-section (2) of section 190, section
192, section 192A, sub-section (3) of section 192B, section 194, section 194A, section
194B, section 194C, section 194D, section 194E, section 194F, section 196, section 198

1. Substituted by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 (No. 18 of 2023), dt. 11-8-
2023, w.e.f. 13-1-2025 vide SO 227(E), dt. 13-1-2025. Prior to substitution, sub-section (1) read as
under:
“(1) Any offence whether committed before or after the commencement of this Act punishable
under section 177, section 178, section 179, section 180, section 181, section 182, sub-section (1) or
sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 182A, section 182B, sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of
section 183, section 184 only to the extent of use of handheld communication devices, section 186,
section 189, sub-section (2) of section 190, section 192, section 192A, section 194, section 194A,
section 194B, section 194C, section 194D, section 194E, section 194F, section 196, section 198, may
either before or after institution of the prosecution, be compounded by such officers or authorities
and for such amount as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify
in this behalf:
PROVIDED that the State Government may, in addition to such amount, require the offender to
undertake a period of community service.”