9 states, including TN, execute MV Act in toto
Some Others Mull Ways To Ease Penalties
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:08.09.2019
At least nine states and Union territories including Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana have implemented the amended Motor Vehicles Act in totality by notifying the compoundable offences while the rest are buying time working out ways to see if they can soften the blow somewhat for violators.
While the states seem to be in a fix over whether the local government can notify lower fines for the compoundable offences. There are 24 compoundable offences under the revised MV Act, which means in these cases the offender can pay the fine on the spot and doesn’t need to go to court to deposit it. But most of the states have not yet notified the designated officers who can compound the offences on the spot.
“We are waiting see what our neighbouring states are doing and how much compounding fee they are notifying for the offences. This will help us work on parity,” Madhya Pradesh transport commissioner Shailendra Srivastava told TOI while refuting reports of MP not implementing the amended Motor Vehicle Act.
Even the West Bengal government is watching the response to enforcement of the central law. “There is no mandatory requirement to issue a notification.
We will frame rules but there is a six-month-period at hand. The penalties in the Act mention the maximum amount.
The state has powers to frame rules that grade the penalty into sections with lower fines for initial offence,” a transport department official said. Interestingly, BJP-ruled Goa is unlikely to enforce the law till December.
Some Others Mull Ways To Ease Penalties
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:08.09.2019
At least nine states and Union territories including Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana have implemented the amended Motor Vehicles Act in totality by notifying the compoundable offences while the rest are buying time working out ways to see if they can soften the blow somewhat for violators.
While the states seem to be in a fix over whether the local government can notify lower fines for the compoundable offences. There are 24 compoundable offences under the revised MV Act, which means in these cases the offender can pay the fine on the spot and doesn’t need to go to court to deposit it. But most of the states have not yet notified the designated officers who can compound the offences on the spot.
“We are waiting see what our neighbouring states are doing and how much compounding fee they are notifying for the offences. This will help us work on parity,” Madhya Pradesh transport commissioner Shailendra Srivastava told TOI while refuting reports of MP not implementing the amended Motor Vehicle Act.
Even the West Bengal government is watching the response to enforcement of the central law. “There is no mandatory requirement to issue a notification.
We will frame rules but there is a six-month-period at hand. The penalties in the Act mention the maximum amount.
The state has powers to frame rules that grade the penalty into sections with lower fines for initial offence,” a transport department official said. Interestingly, BJP-ruled Goa is unlikely to enforce the law till December.
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