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THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 (liii)

other evidence as may be prescribed to prove that the vehicle was not being
driven in contravention of section 146.
159. Information to be given regarding accident
The police officer shall, during the investigation, prepare an accident
information report to facilitate the settlement of claim in such form and manner,
within three months and containing such particulars and submit the same to
the Claims Tribunal and such other agency as may be prescribed.
160. Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident
A registering authority or the officer-in-charge of a police station shall, if
so required by a person who alleges that he is entitled to claim compensation
in respect of an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle, or if so required
by an insurer against whom a claim has been made in respect of any motor
vehicle, furnish to that person or to that insurer, as the case may be, on payment
of the prescribed fee, any information at the disposal of the said authority or
the said police officer relating to the identification marks and other particulars
of the vehicle and the name and address of the person who was using the vehicle
at the time of the accident or was injured by it and the property, if any, damaged
in such form and within such time as the Central Government may prescribe.
161. Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor
accident
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force or any instrument having the force of law, the Central Government
shall provide for paying in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the
scheme made under sub-section (3), compensation in respect of the death of, or
grievous hurt to, persons resulting from hit and run motor accidents.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the scheme made under sub-
section (3), there shall be paid as compensation,—
(a) in respect of the death of any person resulting from a hit and run motor
accident, a fixed sum of two lakh rupees or such higher amount as may
be prescribed by the Central Government;
(b) in respect of grievous hurt to any person resulting from a hit and run
motor accident, a fixed sum of fifty thousand rupees or such higher
amount as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
make a scheme specifying the manner in which the scheme shall be administered
by the Central Government or General Insurance Council, the form, manner
and the time within which applications for compensation may be made, the
officers or authorities to whom such applications may be made, the procedure
to be followed by such officers or authorities for considering and passing orders
on such applications, and all other matters connected with, or incidental to, the
administration of the scheme and the payment of compensation under this
section.