Motor Vehicles Act Section 210 — Courts to send intimation about conviction

CHAPTER XIII OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Civil

Summary

Every court that convicts a person who holds a driving licence of an offence under this Act, or of any offence where a motor vehicle was used, must send an intimation about the conviction.

Under clause (a), this intimation must be sent to the licensing authority that originally issued the driving licence.

Under clause (b), the intimation must also be sent to the licensing authority that last renewed the licence.

The intimation must state the name and address of the licence holder, the licence number, the date of issue and renewal of the licence, the nature of the offence, the punishment awarded, and any other particulars that may be prescribed.

Official Text

Every Court by which any person holding a driving licence is convicted of an offence under this Act or of an offence in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used, shall send intimation to—

(a) the licensing authority which issued the driving licence, and

(b) the licensing authority by whom the licence was last renewed, and every such intimation shall state the name and address of the holder of the licence, the licence number, the date of issue and renewal of the same, the nature of the offence, the punishment awarded for the same and such other particulars as may be prescribed.