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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 105

Replacement of sections 218, 219,220 and 221 of the principal enactment

105. Sections 218, 219, 220 and 221 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor :**
218. Any person who is guilty of the offence of contravening the provisions of section 99 or section 196 (6) shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
219. Any person who
(a) in or in connection with any application.
(i) for the registration of a motor vehicle ; or
(ii) for a driving licence or for the extension of the validity of such driving licence ; or
(iii) for a conductor's licence or any other licence required by any regulation or any renewal thereof; or
(iv) for any alteration or correction of any such licence ; or
(b) in or in connection with any application made under Part III or Part IV ; or
(c) in giving any information lawfully demanded or required under this Act or any regulation,
220.
(1) Any person, who
(a) fraudulently uses or allows any other person to use ; or
(b) imitates, alters, mutilates, defaces or destroys, any identification plate, any certificate of registration, certificate of fitness, revenue licence for a motor vehicle, driving licence, permit issued under section 135 (4) or under Part IV, conductor's licence or any oilier certificate or licence, or any duplicate of any such permit, certificate or licence, issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act or any regulation, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, or to imprisonment of cither description for a term not exceeding six months, of to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Any person who
(a) forges or imitates or alters any certificate of insurance of certificate of security, or uses or causes or permits any other person to use any such certificate knowing it to be forged or imitated or altered ; or
(b) fraudulently uses or causes or permits any other person to use fraudulently any certificate of insurance or security ; or
(c) knowingly makes any false statement or withholds any material information for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of insurance or a certificate of security,
(3) Any person who issues a certificate of insurance of a certificate of security which he knows to be false in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of cither description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
221. Any person-
(a) who is guilty of the offence of using any motor vehicle in contravention of any provision of Part III ; or
(b) who is guilty of the offence of failing to comply with any condition attached to a permit granted under such Part,


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