# The Motor Vehicles Act, Section 186: Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive

- Act: The Motor Vehicles Act (Act 59 of 1988)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/motor-vehicles-act/section/186/

## Text

Whoever drives a motor vehicle in any public place when he is to his knowledge suffering from any disease or disability calculated to cause his driving of the vehicle to be a source of danger to the public, shall be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees and for a second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

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