CHAPTER XIII
OFFENESES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
section 183, section 184 and section 185
section 183, section 184 and section 185
183. Driving at
excessive speed etc,-
(1) Whoever drives a motor vehicle in contravention of the speed limits referred
to in section 112 shall be punishable with a fine which may extent to four
hundred rupees or, if having been previously
convicted of an offence under this section, with fine which may extent to one thousand
rupees.
(2) Whoever causes any
person who was employed by him or is subject to his control in driving to drive
a motor vehicle in contravention of the speed limit referred in section 112
shall be punishable with a fine which may extent to three hundred rupees, or,
if having previously convicted of an offence under this sub-section, is again
convicted of an offence under this sub-section with a fine which may extent to
five hundred rupees.
(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence punishable
under sub-section (1) solely on evidence
of one witness to the effect that in the opinion of the witness such person was
driving at a speed which was unlawful, unless that opinion is shown to based on
an estimate obtained by the use of some
mechanical device.
(4) The publication of a time table under
which, or giving of any direction that,
any journey or part of a journey to be completed within a specified time shall,
if in the opinion of the Court is not practicable in the circumstances of the case
for that journey or a part of a journey to be completed in the specified time without
contravening the speed limits referred to in section 112 be prema facie evidence that the person who
published the time table or gave the direction has committed an offence
punishable under sub-section (2).
184. Driving dangerously, - Whoever drives a motor vehicle at a
speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the
circumstances of the case including the nature, condition and use of the place where
the vehicle is driven and the amount of traffic which actually is at the
time or which might reasonably be
expected to be in the place, shall be punishable for the first offence with imprisonment
for a term which may extent to six months, or with a
fine which may extent to one thousand rupees, and for any second or subsequent
offence if committed within three years
of the commission of the previous similar offence with imprisonment for a term which may extent to
two years on with a fine which may extent to two thousand rupees, or with both.
185. Driving by a drunken person or a
person under the influence of drugs-, whoever, while driving, or attempting
to drive a motor vehicle-
(a)
Has in his blood, alcohol, exceeding 30 mg, per
100 ml of blood detected in a test by a breath analyzer; or
(b)
Is under the influence of a drug to such an
extent as to be incapable of exercising proper control over the vehicle.
(c)
shall be punishable for the first offence with imprisonment
for a term which may extent to six months, or with a fine which may extent to
two thousand rupees or with both, and for a second or subsequent offence, if
committed within three years of commissioning of the previous offence, with imprisonment
for a term which may extent to two years or with a fine which may extent to
three thousand rupees, or with both.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this section, the drug or drugs
specified by the Central Government in this behalf, by notification in the Official
Gazette, shall be deemed to render a person incapable of exercising proper
control over a motor vehicle.
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