Section 20, Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 [S2H-854]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 4 January 1974.

In Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 [A12-0WT]. This text from 23 March 2015, by Tamil Nadu Act 79 of 2015 [A12-9FR]. Other texts (1): from 4 January 1974 to 22 March 2015.

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Cite: Section 20, Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 [S2H-854]. Machine: S2H-854.

20. Penalty for contravention.—(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 or section 5 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to two thousand rupees for every day during which the contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention. (2) Whoever contravenes any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder, for which no penalty is elsewhere provided, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

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Section 19, Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 [S2H-846], 4 January 1974, Band A. "section 20".

Section 2, Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2015 [S2N-47G], 23 March 2015, Band A. "section 20 of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 (Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 1974)".

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