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CHAPTER XIII OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 196: Driving uninsured vehicle

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven in contravention of the provisions of section 146 shall be 1[liable for the first contravention with penalty of three times the base premium for such vehicle specified under sub-section (2) of section 147 or five thousand rupees, whichever is higher, and for a subsequent contravention shall be liable to penalty of five times the base premium for such vehicle as specified under sub-section (2) of section 147 or ten thousand rupees, whichever is higher].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for certain words (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).

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