Under section 192(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the penalty for a first offence of using an…

Under section 192(1), as amended with effect from 15 August 2026, a first offence of using a vehicle in contravention of section 39 (registration) attracts a penalty of not less than ₹2,000, which may extend to ₹5,000. A second or subsequent offence is punishable with imprisonment up to one year, or a fine of ₹5,000 to ₹10,000, or both, subject to the proviso allowing the court to impose a lesser punishment.

(Before 15 August 2026 the same first-offence range was a fine.)