Using vehicle without registration
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Summary
Driving or allowing a motor vehicle to be used without proper registration is an offence. For a first offence the penalty is a fine of Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000; for a second or subsequent offence there can be imprisonment for up to one year and/or a fine of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000, though the Court may reduce punishment for reasons recorded. Emergency use to carry sick people, relief or medical supplies is exempt if reported to the Regional Transport Authority within seven days, and an appellate court may vary lower-court orders even where no appeal lies against the conviction.
Example
Priya buys a used scooter and rides it before getting it registered. Police stop her; since it is her first offence she faces a fine between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be used in contravention of the provisions of section 39 shall be punishable for the first offence with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees but shall not be less than two thousand rupees for a second or subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees but shall not be less than five thousand rupees or with both:
Provided that the Court may, for reasons to be recorded, impose a lesser punishment.
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of a motor vehicle in an emergency for the conveyance of persons suffering from sickness or injuries or for the transport of food or materials to relieve distress or of medical supplies for a like purpose:
Provided that the person using the vehicle reports about the same to the Regional Transport Authority within seven days from the date of such use.
(3) The Court to which an appeal lies from any conviction in respect of an offence of the nature specified in sub-section (1), may set aside or vary any order made by the Court below, notwithstanding that no appeal lies against the conviction in connection with which such order was made.
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