3. Insertion of new section 141A in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 141 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 141A of the that enactment:—

141A. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sections 140, 141 and 142 or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable, where the speed is -

in excess of the prescribed speed limit up to twenty per centum, to a fine not less than three thousand rupees and not exceeding five thousand rupees;

in excess of twenty per centum and less than thirty per centum of the prescribed speed limit, to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees;

in excess of thirty per centum and less than fifty per centum of the prescribed speed limit, to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding fifteen thousand rupees; and

in excess of fifty per centum of the prescribed speed limit, to a fine not less than fifteen thousand rupees and not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any person who contravenes the provisions of sections 140, 141 and 142