The Haryana Transport Department has notified that the offences punishable under sections of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 would, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded by the Transport Commissioner, Additional Transport Commissioner and Secretaries, Regional Transport Authorities, within their respective jurisdiction.
As per the notification, the fine under Section 177 of the Act for not providing smooth passage to an ambulance carrying a patient for first offence, would be Rs 2,000, but a subsequent offence will cost a fine of Rs 5,000, said an official spokesman.
He said that carrying goods on passenger vehicle for first offence would attract a fine of Rs 2,000. On subsequent offence, the penalty charged would be Rs 5,000.
Similarly, running away from the spot would attract a fine of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 for first and second offences, respectively.
The compounding fee fixed for driving a vehicle without high security registration plate would be Rs 500 for first offence and Rs 1,000 for subsequent offence.
Under Section 180 (allowing unauthorised person to driver vehicle) and 181 (driving vehicle in contravention of Section 3 and 4), the compounding fee for driver using vehicle without holding driving licence would be Rs 1,000 for first offence, and Rs 2,000 for second offence.
A driver who is under age would attract a fine of Rs 1,000 for first offence and Rs 2,000 for subsequent offence.
A driver using vehicle in contravention of the conditions of learning license would attract compounding fee of Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 for first and second offences, respectively, said the spokesman.
Under section 194(I), a vehicle carrying overload of up to 25 per cent of the permissible load capacity would attract minimum fine of Rs 2,000. An additional amount of Rs 1,000 per tonne of excess load will be slapped, together with the liability to pay charges for offloading of excess load.
A vehicle carrying overload above 25 per cent of the permissible load carrying capacity would attract a fine of Rs 5,000 and an additional amount of Rs 2,000 per tonne of excess load, together with the liability to pay charges for offloading of excess load, he added.