Section 123N: Protective helmets
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123N. Protective helmets
(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the types,
including the shape and construction, of protective helmets to be worn
by persons riding motorcycles and autocycles so as to afford
protection to such persons from injury in the event of accident.
(2) No person shall import, sell, offer for sale or have in his
possession for sale a protective helmet which is not of a type
prescribed under this section.
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(3) No person shall—
(a) ride a motorcycle or an autocycle; or
(b) ride a motorcycle or an autocycle as a pillion rider,
unless he wears securely on his head a protective helmet of a type
prescribed under this section.
(4) No person shall wear a full face protective helmet unless he
is—
(a) riding a motorcycle or an autocycle; or
(b) riding a motorcycle or an autocycle as a pillion rider.
(5) Any person who contravenes this section shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6
months.