4. Insertion of new section 148A of the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 148 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 148A of that enactment:-

148A. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on or across a railway crossing—

when the railway gate is closed;

disregarding the railway signal system;

without obeying directions of an authorized officer, to likely endanger one’s own safety or that of any other person.

A person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than twenty five thousand rupees and not exceeding thirty thousand rupees and on a second conviction to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding forty thousand rupees and the suspension of his driving licence for a period of not exceeding six months, and on a third or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than forty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees and the suspension of his driving licence for a period not exceeding twelve months.”.