Section 194 — Driving vehicle exceeding permissible weight

In section 194 of the principal Act,— (i) in sub-section (1),— (a) the word “minimum” shall be omitted; (b) for the words “of two thousand rupees and an additional amount of one thousand rupees per tonne of excess load”, the words “of twenty thousand rupees and an additional amount of two thousand rupees per tonne of excess load” shall be substituted; (c) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that such motor vehicle shall not be allowed to move before such excess load is removed or is caused or allowed to be removed by the person in control of such motor vehicle.”; (ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(1A) Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven when such motor vehicle is loaded in such a manner that the load or any part thereof or anything extends laterally beyond the side of the body or to the front or to the rear or in height beyond the permissible limit shall be punishable with a fine of twenty thousand rupees, together with the liability to pay charges for off-loading of such load: Provided that such motor vehicle shall not be allowed to move before such load is arranged in a manner such that there is no extension of the load Amendment of section 193. Amendment of section 194. 38 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— laterally beyond the side of the body or to the front or to the rear or in height beyond the permissible limit: Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall apply when such motor vehicle has been given an exemption by the competent authority authorised in this behalf, by the State Government or the Central Government, allowing the carriage of a particular load."; (iii) in sub-section (2), for the words, “which may extend to thre