SIKKIM MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1982.

Act No. 06 of 1982

07th April, 1982

An Act to amend the Sikkim Motor Vehicles Act, 1957. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Sikkim in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

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S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1982.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Insertion of new section 61A

In the Sikkim Motor Vehicles Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 61, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"61 A. Use of red light on motor vehicles.

(1) The State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, specify the person or class of persons or a motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles who or which, as the case may be, shall be entitled to use a red light on the top of motor, vehicle subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the order.

(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of any order made under sub-section (1), shall be punished--

• (a) on first conviction, with a fine which may extend to rupees five hundred; and
• (b) on the second and subseqent conviction, with a fine which may extend to rupees one thousand,

(3) Where the person who contravenes the provisions of any order made under sub-section (1), is a Government servant, he may

S.3 Amendment of section 99

In section 99 of the principal Act--

• (a) for the words, abbreviation and figures "with fine which may extend to Rs. 20", the words "with fine which shall not be less than fifty rupees and may extend to five hundred rupees" shall be substituted;
• (b) for the words "with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees", the words "with fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and may extend to one thousand rupees" shall be substituted.