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104 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 85A
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[PROVIDED that where such tourist vehicle is registered in the National Capital
Region, it shall not operate circular tours of places lying exclusively in the National
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Capital Region unless it conforms to the mass emission standards [(Bharat Stage-IV)
specified in sub-rule (15) of rule 115].]
(5) The permit holder or his authorised agent shall issue a receipt to the hirer and
the counterfoil of the same shall be kept available with him and produced on demand
to the officers empowered to demand documents by or under the Act.
(6) The tourist vehicle shall not be parked on any bus stand used by stage carriages
and shall not operate from such bus stand.
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[(7) The tourist vehicle shall exhibit the word “Tourist” within a circle of sixty
centimetres diameter in a contrast colour on both sides of the vehicle, to the colour of
the vehicle, so as to be visible clearly.]
(8) The permit holder shall display in the front top of the tourist vehicle a board in
yellow with letters in black with the inscription “Tourist permit valid in the State(s)
of.........” in English and Hindi and also, if he so prefers, in the regional language of the
home State.
(9) The permit holder shall not operate the tourist vehicle as a stage carriage.
(10) The permit holder shall maintain a day-to-day logbook indicating the name
and address of the permit holder and the registration mark of the vehicle, name and
address of the driver with the particulars of his driving licence and the starting and
destination points of the journey with the time of departure and arrival and the name
and address of the hirer.
(11) The permit holder shall furnish once in every 3 months the information
contained in condition (10) to the State Transport Authority which granted the permit
and the logbook shall be preserved for a period of 3 years and shall be made available
to the said authority on demand along with the records referred to in conditions (2) and (4).
Explanation : In this rule, “home State” means the State which has granted the
permit under sub-section (9) of section 88.
85A. Additional conditions of every tourist permit in respect of motor cabs
85A
(1) The words “tourist vehicle” shall be painted on both the sides of the vehicle
within a circle of twenty-five centimetres diameter.
(2) A board with the inscription “Tourist permit valid in the State(s) of......” in black
letters in yellow background shall be displayed in the front of the vehicle above the
registration number plates:
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[PROVIDED that this rule shall not apply to motor-cabs covered under Rent-a-Cab
Scheme, 1989.]

1 Inserted vide GSR 37(E), dt. 20-1-2009, w.e.f. 20-1-2009.
2 Substituted for “(Bharat Stage-III) specified in sub-rule (14) of rule 115” vide GSR 103(E), dt. 23-2-2012.
3 Substituted vide GSR 586(E), dt. 25-7-2012, w.e.f. 24-8-2012. Prior to substitution, sub-rule (7) read as under:
“(7) The tourist vehicle shall be painted in white colour with a blue ribbon of five centimetres width at the
centre of the exterior of the body and the word “Tourist” shall be inserted on two sides of the vehicle within
a circle of sixty centimetres diameter.”
4 Inserted vide GSR 338(E), dt. 26-3-1993, w.e.f. 28-3-1993.