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(B) section 193 shall be numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and—
1 (i) in sub-section (1) as so numbered,—
(a) for the words “which may extend to one thousand rupees”,
the words “of one thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
(b) for the words “which may extend to two thousand rupees”,
the words “of two thousand rupees” shall be substituted;
2 (ii) after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-sections
shall be inserted, namely:—
“(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.”.
1 78. Amendment of section 194
In section 194 of the principal Act,—
(i) in sub-section (1),—
(a) the word “minimum” shall be omitted;
(b) for the words “of two thousand rupees and an additional amount
of one thousand rupees per tonne of excess load”, the words “of
twenty thousand rupees and an additional amount of two
thousand rupees per tonne of excess load” shall be substituted;
(c) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—
“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.”;
(ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor
vehicle to be driven when such motor vehicle is loaded in such a manner
that the load or any part thereof or anything extends laterally beyond
the side of the body or to the front or to the rear or in height beyond the
permissible limit shall be punishable with a fine of twenty thousand
rupees, together with the liability to pay charges for off-loading of such
load:
PROVIDED that such motor vehicle shall not be allowed to move
before such load is arranged in a manner such that there is no extension
of the load laterally beyond the side of the body or to the front or to the
rear or in height beyond the permissible limit:
PROVIDED FURTHER that nothing in this sub-section shall apply
when such motor vehicle has been given an exemption by the competent

1. Enforced w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO 3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.
2. Enforced w.e.f. 1-4-2021 vide SO 1433(E), dt. 31-3-2021.