The Maharashtra government on Thursday notified the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, increasing compounding fines for different traffic offenses. The notification has come into effect from December 1.
For violating parking rules, not having a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate, not being able to furnish documents, having dark film or advertisements on the glass, jumping signal, and not wearing a seat belt, one will have to pay Rs 500 as a fine now for the first offense. For the second and consecutive offenses, one will have to pay Rs 1,500. Earlier, one had to pay Rs 200 for each offense.
