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Section 185 – Motor Vehicles Act 1988

Motor Vehicles Act 1988

 

185. Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs.

 

Whoever, while driving, or attempting to drive, a motor vehicle,-

 

1[(a) has, in his blood, alcohol exceeding 30 mg. per 100 ml. of blood detected in a test by a breath analyser, or]

 

(b) is under this influence of a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of exercising proper control over the vehicle, 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.

 

Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, the drug or drugs specified by the Central Government in this behalf, by notification in the Official Gazette, shall be deemed to render a person incapable of exercising proper control over a motor vehicle.

 

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

 

 

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