kaushik aka beast rider

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If you are getting caught quite often by Bangalore's traffic police, then this will be the article you cannot miss out on. From now onwards, the Traffic Police cannot catch a motorist just to examine the driving license or vehicle documents. He can catch you only if you have violated any traffic laws or if you are driving drunk.
Remember that when caught for traffic violation, the fine you pay must be limited to the violation. In other words, the police can't bloat the bill saying that you have no insurance cover or emission certificate, etc.

Many motorists do not know this. According to the State's Road Transportation Act, no policeman can slap a penalty on you just because you have no insurance or emission certificate. If you have not purchased insurance cover for your vehicle, then the police officer must issue a notice, not impose penalty. You must be given 15 days' time to purchase insurance cover and one week for obtaining the emission certificate. Days later, meet the sub-inspector at his station with the insurance cover or emission certificate, so that he will annul the charge at once. Police can fine you only if you fail to produce these documents within the stipulated period. If your vehicle is brand new, then you need not bother about obtaining the emission certificate for one full year.

In response to a question as to why policemen fine people instantly without giving them time to obtain insurance cover or emission certificate, Additional Commissioner for Traffic Praveen Sood said, "Yes, it is a mistake. People must force policemen to issue notice or complain to me at least the following day. I have suspended the Indiranagar sub-inspector for catching people for silly reasons," he said.

The best way to teach the police a lesson is filing a written complaint with their higher officials and, a week later, using the Right to Information Act (RTI) to know the action taken against them.

Remember, any question or application filed under RTI cannot be ignored and no official is bold enough to ignore the RTI Act.

sunilg

General biking discussion approved.

Disclaimer: Please verify the authenticity of the above statement before acting on it.

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raghav_r

i heard it was 3yrs

gixxer_junkie_m

It was good of you to remind us about this,Mr Sood had already given this statement in a newspaper about 6 months back if i am not mistaken,that is, i think when he took over and because of a rider getting killed in a road accident while trying to avoid a police check.Then there was also lot of complaints from the commuters that these random checking by cops on busy roads was causing lot of traffic congestions and traffic situations. Then ,there was the usual complaint of cops harassing commuters and extorting money from them.

Srikanth.Narayan

Thats Cool piece of information Bro. I hope The same rules Applies here in kolkata. I always Control my anger when ever I see a Police bike Standing in middle of the road or No parking Area... and those bugger raiding in one way in opposite direction as if they own the roads. Their should be a rule that we can Stop those buggers and Question them If they are Caught on Wrong Foot..

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haxor

i think this is valid for whole country...read in a mag

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antz.bin

What you have heard is wrong. It is 1 year / 10,000km whichever is earlier..

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tibby

The information is correct Sunil.
We have a thread here: Traffic Police cannot stop motorist just to examine the License - Bangalore
I guess these threads can be merged.

Incorrect. Its 1 year!! The emission test costs some 30-40 bucks, so its kinda better to get it done despite, to avoid hassles.

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kaushik aka beast rider

Here is the authenticity

Section 130 ,Motor vehicles act


130. Duty to produce licence and certificate of registration.
(1) The driver of a motor vehicle in any public place shall, on demand by any police officer in uniform, produce his licence for examination:

Provided that the driver may, if his licence has been submitted to, or has been seized by, any officer or authority under this or any other Act, produce in lieu of the licence a receipt or other acknowledgment issued by such officer or authority in respect thereof and thereafter produce the licence within such period, in such manner as the Central Government may prescribe to the police officer making the demand.

1[(2) The conductor, if any, of a motor vehicle on any public place shall on demand by any officer of the Motor Vehicles Department authorised in this behalf, produce the licence for examination.]

2[(3) The owner of a motor vehicle (other than a vehicle registered under section 60), or in his absence the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle, shall, on demand by a registering authority or any other officer of the Motor Vehicles Department duly authorised in this behalf, produce the certificate of insurance of the vehicle and, where the vehicle is a transport vehicle, also the certificate of fitness referred to in section 56 and the permit; and if any or all of the certificates or the permit are not in his possession, he shall, within fifteen days from the date of demand, submit photo copies of the same, duly attested in person or send the same by registered post to the officer who demanded it.

Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, "certificate" of insurance" means the certificate issued under sub-section (3) of section 147.]

(4) If the licence referred to in sub-section (2) or the certificates or permit referred to in sub-section (3), as the case may be, are not at the time in the possession of the person to whom demand is made, it shall be a sufficient compliance with this section if such person produces the licence or certificates or permit within such period in such manner as the Central Government may prescribe, to the police officer or authority making the demand:

Provided that, except to such extent and with such modifications as may be prescribed, the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to any person required to produce the certificate of registration or the certificate of fitness of a transport vehicle.

RanjithMN

Any idea if Kerala too has such a Law?
i regularly now get stopped by the Police right in front of my house to "check papers".First time they tried to fine me 100RS because i dint have PUC Certificate.When i explained that my vehicle is less than a year old he replied "after 6 months of purchase you need to obtain a PUC certificate" but luckily when i asked the senior officer he told it was 1 year and let me go.....i was again stopped recently but they couldn't find anything wrong so let me go.

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