LEGISLATION ON DRUNKEN DRIVING
RAJYA SABHA
Provisions exist
in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to deter and punish the act of
drunken driving. Under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act,
while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle, if a person
has, in high blood, alcohol exceeding 30 mg. per 100 ml. of blood
detected in a test by a breath analyzer, he shall be punishable
:
- for the first offence with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which
may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both; and
- for a second or subsequent offence,
if committed within three years of the commission of the previous
similar offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to two years, or with fine which may extend to three thousand
rupees, or with both.
Certain amendments
making the above provision more stringent are contemplated.
This information
was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Road
Transport and Highways, Major Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri in written
reply to a question by Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao in Rajya Sabha
today.
