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Cabinet
03-August-2016 20:10 IST
Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
Historical Step towards making roads safe and save lakhs of innocent
lives
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
given its approval for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Amendment
aims to improve
Every year 5 lakh road accidents are
reported in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lose their
lives. Government is committed to reduce the accidents and fatalities by
50% in five years.
To address the issue of road safety, a draft Road
Transport & Safety Bill was prepared soon after NDA Government came to
power. However, most of the States have expressed reservations.
To address the issue of road safety and to improve
the facilitation of the citizens while dealing with transport departments,
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways constituted a Group of Transport
Ministers (GoM) of the States. The GoM headed by Sh. Yoonus Khan,
Hon. Transport Minister of Rajasthan held three meetings. A total of 18
Transport Ministers from different political parties participated in these
meetings and they have submitted three interim reports.
The GoM recommended that to address the
pressing issue of road safety and improving transport scenario, Government
should immediately bring amendments to the present Motor Vehicle
Act. On the basis of recommendations of the GoM and
other pressing requirements, MoRTH introduced the Motor Vehicle
(Amendment) Bill 2016 for consideration of the Cabinet. Today Cabinet Chaired
by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
approved the bill.
In the present Motor Vehicle Act, there are 223
Sections out of which the Bill aims to amend 68 sections whereas Chapters 10
has been deleted and a Chapter 11 is being replaced with new provisions to
simplify third party insurance claims and settlement process.
The important provisions include increase in
compensation for Hit & Run cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs. It
also has provision for payment of compensation upto Rs 10 lakh in
road accidents fatalities.
The Bill also proposes insertion of 28 new
sections. The amendments mainly focus on issues relating to improving road
safety, citizens’ facilitation while dealing with the Transport Department.
Strengthening rural transport, last mile connectivity and public transport,
automation and computerization and enabling online services.
The Bill propose to improve the transport scenario
in the country by permitting the States to grant exemptions in Stage carriage
and contract carriage permits for promoting rural transport, public transport,
last mile connectivity and for passenger convenience and road safety.
The Bill proposes that the State Government can
specify a multiplier, not less than one and not greater than ten, to be applied
to each fine under this Act and such modified fine.
The bill proposes that the State Government can
regulate the activities in a public place of pedestrians and such means of
transport.
Improving delivery of services to the stakeholders
using e-Governance is one of the major focuses of this Bill. This include
enabling online learning licenses, increasing validity period for driving
licenses, doing away with the requirements of educational
qualifications for transport licenses are some of the features.
The Bill proposes offences committed by Juveniles.
The Guardian / owner shall be deemed to be guilty in cases of offences by the
Juveniles and Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle
to be cancelled
To improve the registration process for new
vehicles, registration at the end of the dealer is being enabled and
restrictions have been imposed on temporary registration.
In the area of road safety, bill proposes to
increase penalties to act as deterrent against traffic violations.
Stricter provisions are being proposed in respect of offences like juvenile
driving, drunken driving, driving without licence, dangerous driving,
over-speeding, overloading etc. Stricter provisions for helmets have been
introduced along with provisions for electronic detection of violations.
To help the road accident victims, Good Samaritan guidelines have been
incorporated in the Bill. The Bill also proposes to mandate the automated
fitness testing for the transport vehicles with effect from 1st October
2018. This would reduce corruption in the Transport Department while
improving the road worthiness of the vehicle. The penalties are also
proposed for deliberate violation of safety/environmental regulations as well
as body builders and spare part suppliers.
To bring harmony of the registration and licensing
process, it is proposed to create National Register for Driving Licence and
National Register for Vehicle registration through “Vahan” & “Sarathi”
platforms. This will facilitate uniformity of the process across the
country.
The process for testing and certification for
automobiles is proposed to be regulated more effectively. The testing
agencies issuing automobile approvals have been brought under the ambit of the
Act.
The driving training process has been strengthened
enabling faster issuance of transport licenses. This will help in
reducing the shortage of commercial drivers in the country.
To facilitate transport solutions for Divyang,
the bottlenecks have been removed in respect of grant of driving licenses as
well as alterations in the vehicles to make it fit for use of Divyang.
Hon’ble Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari has
termed the Motor vehicle (Amendment) 2016 passed by cabinet as biggest reforms
in the Road Safety & transport sector. He has expressed his gratitude
to Hon’ble Prime Minister for his guidance & Support. He has also
expressed his special appreciation for the efforts put in by Group of State
Transport Ministers to formulate these amendments. He has also
expressed his confidence that parliament shall take up the amendments next week
and has appealed to all parties to support the bill which a step in right
direction to provide safe & public friendly transport eco system.
Proposed Amendments in Various Penalties under
Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill – 2016
Section
|
Old
Provision / Penalty
|
New
Proposed Provision / Minimum Penalties
|
|
177
|
General
|
Rs 100
|
Rs 500
|
New
177A
|
Rules
of road regulation violation
|
Rs 100
|
Rs 500
|
178
|
Travel
without ticket
|
RS 200
|
Rs 500
|
179
|
Disobedience
of orders of authorities
|
Rs 500
|
Rs 2000
|
180
|
Unauthorized use
of vehicles without licence
|
Rs 1000
|
Rs 5000
|
181
|
Driving
without licence
|
Rs 500
|
Rs 5000
|
182
|
Driving
despite disqualification
|
Rs 500
|
Rs
10,000
|
182 B
|
Oversize
vehicles
|
New
|
Rs 5000
|
183
|
Over
speeding
|
Rs 400
|
Rs 1000
for LMV
Rs 2000
for Medium passenger vehicle
|
184
|
Dangerous
driving penalty
|
Rs 1000
|
Upto Rs
5000
|
185
|
Drunken
driving
|
Rs 2000
|
Rs
10,000
|
189
|
Speeding
/ Racing
|
Rs 500
|
Rs
5,000
|
192 A
|
Vehicle
without permit
|
upto Rs
5000
|
Upto Rs
10,000
|
193
|
Aggregators
(violations of licencing conditions)
|
New
|
Rs
25,000 to
Rs
1,00,000
|
194
|
Overloading
|
Rs 2000
and
Rs 1000
per extra tonne
|
Rs
20,000 and
Rs 2000
per extra tonne
|
194 A
|
Overloading
of passengers
|
Rs 1000
per extra passenger
|
|
194 B
|
Seat
belt
|
Rs 100
|
Rs 1000
|
194 C
|
Overloading
of two wheelers
|
Rs 100
|
Rs
2000, Disqualification for 3 months for licence
|
194 D
|
Helmets
|
Rs 100
|
Rs 1000
Disqualification for 3 months for licence
|
194 E
|
Not
providing way for emergency vehicles
|
New
|
Rs
10,000
|
196
|
Driving
Without Insurance
|
RS 1000
|
Rs 2000
|
199
|
Offences
by Juveniles
|
New
|
Guardian
/ owner shall be deemed to be guilty. Rs 25,000 with 3 yrs imprisonment. For
Juvenile to be tried under JJ Act. Registration of Motor Vehicle to be
cancelled
|
206
|
Power
of Officers to impound documents
|
Suspension
of driving licenses u/s 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194C, 194D,194E
|
|
210 B
|
Offences
committed by enforcing authorities
|
Twice
the penalty under the relevant section
|
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