Section - 190. Using vehicle in unsafe condition

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(1) Any person who drives or causes or allows to be driven in any public place a motor vehicle or trailer while the vehicle or trailer has any defect, which such person

1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 55, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).

knows of or could have discovered by the exercise of ordinary care and which is calculated to render the
driving of the vehicle a source of danger to persons and vehicles using such place, shall be punishable
with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees or, if as a result of such defect an accident is
caused causing bodily injury or damage to property, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) Any person who drives or causes or allows to be driven, in any public place a motor vehicle,
which violates the standards prescribed in relation to road safety, control of noise and air- pollution, shall
be punishable for the first offence with a fine of one thousand rupees and for any second or subsequent
offence with a fine of two thousand rupees.
(3) Any person who drives or causes or allows to be driven, in any public place a motor vehicle which
violates the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder relating to the carriage of goods which are
of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life, shall be punishable for the first offence which may
extend to three thousand rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with
both, and for any second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with both.

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