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...
194B
Use of safety belts and the seating of children.
(1)Whoever drives a motor vehicle without wearing a safety belt or carries passengers not wearing seat belts shall be 1[liable for a penalty] of one thousand rupees:
Provided that the State Government, may by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude the application of this sub-section to transport vehicles to carry standing passengers or other specified classes of transport vehicles.
(2)Whoever drives a motor vehicle or causes or allows a motor vehicle to be driven with a child who, not having attained the age of fourteen years, is not secured by a safety belt or a child restraint system shall be 1[liable for a penalty] of one thousand rupees.
Footnotes (from the official text)
1 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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