https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184351 Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 permits compounding of specified offences on payment of the prescribed amount, but it does not empower a State to legalise continued carriage of excess load after compounding. Sections 113 and 114 continue to regulate permissible vehicle weight and authorise off-loading of excess load, while Section 194 penalises contravention and contemplates liability for off-loading charges. The compounding power is limited to settlement of the offence itself and cannot suspend the statutory prohibition against overloading. State notifications purporting to allow the excess load to remain after compounding were therefore contrary to the Act and invalid to that extent. en-us Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:53:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184351 Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 permits compounding of specified offences on payment of the prescribed amount, but it does not empower a State to legalise continued carriage of excess load after compounding. Sections 113 and 114 continue to regulate permissible vehicle weight and authorise off-loading of excess load, while Section 194 penalises contravention and contemplates liability for off-loading charges. The compounding power is limited to settlement of the offence itself and cannot suspend the statutory prohibition against overloading. State notifications purporting to allow the excess load to remain after compounding were therefore contrary to the Act and invalid to that extent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184351