Section 33
Enhanced penalty after previous conviction.
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
About this Act
An Act to provide for the welfare of motor transport workers and to regulate the conditions of their work.
If any person who has been convicted of any
offence punishable under this Act is again guilty of an offence involving a contravention of the same
provision, he shall be punishable on a subsequent conviction with imprisonment which may extend to six
months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both:
Provided that for the purposes of this section no cognizance shall be taken of any conviction made more than two years before the commission of the offence which is being punished.
Provided that for the purposes of this section no cognizance shall be taken of any conviction made more than two years before the commission of the offence which is being punished.