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The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

Chapter XIII — OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 193Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority

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Section 193: Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority

193. Punishment of agents, canvassers and aggregators without proper authority

193. Punishment of [agents, canvassers and aggregators] without proper authority.---[1] Whoever engages himself as an agent or canvasser in contravention of the provisions of section 93 or of any rules made thereunder shall be punishable [for the first offence with penalty] [of one thousand rupees] and for any second or subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine [of two thousand rupees], or with both.

(2)

Whoever engages himself as an aggregator in contravention of the provisions of section 93 or of any rules made there under shall be [liable for a penalty] up to one lakh rupees but shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees.

(3)

Whoever, while operating as an aggregator contravenes a condition of the licence granted under sub-section (1) of section 93, not designated by the State Government as a material condition, shall be [liable for penalty which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but may extend to one lakh rupees].

Amendment notes (8)
  1. 1Subs w.e.f. 1-4-2021 Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 77, for “agents and canvassers” (w.e.f. 1-4-2021).
  2. 2w.e.f. 1-4-2021 Section 193 numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by s. 77, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-2021).
  3. 3Subs w.e.f. 15-8-2026 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “for the first offence with fine” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
  4. 4Subs w.e.f. 1-9-2019 Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 77, for “which may extend to one thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
  5. 5Subs w.e.f. 1-9-2019 Subs. by s. 77, ibid., for “which may extend to two thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
  6. 6Ins w.e.f. 1-4-2021 Ins. by s. 77, ibid, (w.e.f. 1-4-2021).
  7. 7Subs w.e.f. 15-8-2026 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “punishable with fine” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).
  8. 8Subs w.e.f. 15-8-2026 Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 2 and Sch., for “punishable with fine of five thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 15-8-2026).