2nd amendment GSr 104(E) 11 feb 2020

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 86] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020/MAGHA 22, 1941 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th February, 2020 G.S.R. 104(E).—Whereas, the draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published as required under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide number G.S.R. 512 (E), dated the 18 th day of July, 2019, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section (3), Sub-section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date of which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And whereas, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 18 th July, And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. -(1) These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019. (2) These rules shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (herein after referred as the said rules); in rule 50, in sub-rule 1,- (a) in clause (i), for the words and figurers “DIN 1745/DIN 1783 or ISO 7591” the following words, figures and brackets “AIS:159:2019 as amended from time to time (till such time BIS specification is notified under the Bureau of Indian Standard Act, 2016 (11 of 2016) or ISO:7591” shall be substituted; (b) in clause (iii) for the word “seven” the word “ten” shall be substituted; (c) in clause (iv),- (i) for the words “registering authorities/approved dealers of the licence plates manufacturers”, the following words “registering authority/vehicle manufacturer and their dealers” shall be substituted; (ii) for the words “licence plate manufactured or his dealers” the following words “registering authority/vehicles manufacturer and their dealers: shall be substituted; (d) for clause (v), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(v) the plate shall be fastened with non-removable / non- reusable snap lock fitting system on rear of the vehicle; The license plates with all the above specifications and the specified registrations for a new vehicle shall be issued by the registering authority or vehicle manufacturers and their dealers and for existing old registered vehicle shall be issued by registering authority or vehicle manufacturers and their dealers or by the approved licence plate manufacturers or their dealers. The Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi or any agency authorised under rule 126 shall approve the security registration as per the provisions of this rule” (e) in clause (vi),- (i) for the words and figures and letters “For medium commercial vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles and Trailer/combination: 340 x 200 mm” the following words, figure and letters “For medium commercial vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles and Trailer/combination: 340x200 mm/500 x 120 mm” shall be substituted; (ii) after the fifth proviso the following proviso shall be inserted namely, - “Provided also that in case of Construction Equipment Vehicles, the size of plate shall be 500x120 mm or 340x200 mm or 200x100mm or 285x45mm, depending on the equipment size and availability of space.”. 3. In the said rules, in rule 50, in sub-rule (2), in clause (d), after the sub-clause (A), following sub- clause shall be inserted, namely. - “(AB) in case of motor cab under rent a cab scheme, 1989 or motor cycle (L1 and L2 category two wheeler) under rent a motor cycle scheme 1997, in yellow colour on black background, however in case of battery operated or electrically powered motor cab under rent a cab scheme 1989 or motor cycle under rent a motor cycle scheme 1997, in black colour on green background; and”. 4. In the said rules, in rule 50, in sub-rule (3) for first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely. - “Provided that the registration mark in the front may be in one line, in case, in 200mm x 100mm size plate, there is no sufficient place to exhibit the registration mark in one line, the registration mark may be exhibited in two lines:”. 5. In the said rules, in rule 51, - (a) after the opening paragraph, the following heading shall be inserted, namely: - “Table”; (b) below the heading Table as so inserted, against the row relating to Serial number (S.No.), for the entry “Dimensions not less than” the following entry shall be substituted “Dimensions (in mm) not less than ; (c) in the Table, after S.No.11 and entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entries shall be inserted, namely: - “12 Construction Equipment Vehicles Front and rear letters and numerals.- a) With plate size 340x200 mm b) With plate size 200x100 mm c) With plate size 285x45 mm PRIYANK BHARTI, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),vide notification number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2 nd June, 1989 and lastly amended th January, 2020. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR