Section 194 of MVA : Section 194: Driving Vehicle Exceeding Permissible Weight

Explanation using Example

Imagine a truck driver named John who is transporting goods across state lines. He is in a hurry and decides to load his truck with goods weighing 10 tonnes over the legal limit to save time and reduce transportation costs. As he drives through a highway, he is stopped at a checkpoint where the authorities, using a weighbridge, determine that his truck is overloaded. According to Section 194(1) of The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, John is fined twenty thousand rupees for the contravention, plus an additional two thousand rupees per tonne of excess load, amounting to a total fine of forty thousand rupees. Furthermore, he is ...

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