Bare Act · Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter XIII
Chapter XIII · Sections
177 · General provision for punishment...
177A · Penalty for contravention of...
178 · Penalty for travelling without...
179 · Disobedience of orders,...
180 · Allowing unauthorised persons to...
181 · Driving vehicles in contravention...
182 · Offences relating to licences.
182A · Punishment for offences relating...
182B · Penalty] for contravention of...
183 · Driving at excessive speed, etc.
184 · Driving dangerously.
185 · Driving by a drunken person or by...
186 · Driving when mentally or...
187 · Punishment for offences relating...
188 · Punishment for abetment of certain...
189 · Racing and trials of speed.
190 · Using vehicle in unsafe condition.
191 · Sale of vehicle in or alteration...
192 · Using vehicle without...
192A · Using vehicle without permit.
192B · Offences relating to registration.
193 · Punishment of [agents, canvassers...
194 · Driving vehicle exceeding...
194A · Carriage of excess passengers.
194B · Use of safety belts and the...
194C · Penalty for violation of safety...
194D · Penalty for not wearing protective...
194E · Failure to allow free passage to...
194F · Use of horns and silence zones.
195 · Imposition of minimum fine under...
196 · Driving uninsured vehicle.
197 · Taking vehicle without authority.
198 · Unauthorised interference with...
198A · Failure to comply with standards...
199 · Offences by companies.
199A · Offences by juveniles.
199B · Revision of fines [and penalties].
200 · Composition of certain offences.
201 · Penalty for causing obstruction to...
202 · Power to arrest without warrant.
203 · Breath tests.
204 · Laboratory test.
205 · Presumption of unfitness to drive.
206 · Power of police officer to impound...
207 · Power to detain vehicles used...
208 · Summary disposal of cases.
209 · Restriction on conviction.
210 · Courts to send intimation about...
210A · Power of State Government to...
210B · Penalty for offence committed by...
210C · Power of Central Government to...
210D · Power of State Government to make...
194A
Carriage of excess passengers.
1[Whoever drives a transport vehicle or causes or allows a transport vehicle to be driven while carrying more passengers than is authorised in the registration certificate of such transport vehicle or the permit conditions applicable to such transport vehicle shall be 2[liable for a penalty] of two hundred rupees per excess passenger:
Provided that such transport vehicle shall not be allowed to move before the excess passengers are off-loaded and an alternative transport is arranged for such passengers.
Footnotes (from the official text)
1 Ins. by s. 79, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
2 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch. for “punishable with a fine” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
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