Central Government Act
Section 31(1A) in The Motor Vehicles Act, 1939
(1A) 3[ If the transferor or the transferee fails to report to the registering authority the fact of transfer within the period specified in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub- section (1), the registering authority may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, require the transferor or, as the case may be, the transferee, to pay, in lieu of any action that may be taken against the transferor or the transferee under section 112, such amount not exceeding one hundred rupees as may be prescribed under sub- section (1C): Provided that action under section 112 shall be initiated against the transferor or the transferee, where the transferor or, as the case may be, the transferee fails to pay the said amount.