Page 168 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

140 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 104D

(vii) the retro-reflective tape and paint shall be as per clauses 801 and 803 of
Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing) specifications for Road and
Bridge works, (3rd Revision, 1995), as amended from time to time.]
1

[104B. Fitment of reflectors for agricultural tractors
104B
(1) Every agricultural tractor manufactured on and after the 1st day of April, 2006
shall be fitted with two non-triangular red reflectors of not less than 7 sq.cm. reflecting
area one each on both sides at the rear.
2
[(2) The reflectors referred to in sub-rule (1) fitted with agricultural tractors
manufactured on and after the 1st day of October, 2019, be of reflex type conforming to
AIS-057 (Rev. I): 2010 standard as amended from time to time, till such time the
corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act,
2016 (11 of 2016).]
104C. Fitment of reflectors on power tillers
3
104C
[(1) Every power tiller manufactured on and after the 1st day of October, 2019,
shall be fitted with two white reflex reflectors of not less than seven square centimeters
reflecting area in front of the power tiller, and one on each side and visible to oncoming
vehicles from the front at night, conforming to AIS-057 (Rev. I):2010 standards as
amended from time to time, till such time the corresponding BIS specifications are
notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016).]
(2) In the case of trailers attached to power tillers, two red reflectors of not less than
7 sq.cm. reflecting area in the rear side, one each at right and left corners, at a height not
exceeding 1500 mm above the ground shall also be fitted.]
4

[104D. Fitment of rear marking plate
5
104D
The following categories of vehicles, [xxx], shall be fitted with rear marking plate,
conforming to AIS 089-2005, as amended from time to time, till such time the
corresponding Bureau of Indian Standards specifications are notified under the Bureau
of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986):—
(a) N2 with gross vehicle weight exceeding 7.5 ton and N3 with the exception
of tractors for semi trailers;
(b) trailers and semi-trailers having gross weight not exceeding 10 ton and
whose length exceeds 8 m;
(c) trailers having gross weight exceeding 10 ton; and
(d) articulated buses.]

1 Inserted vide GSR 589(E), dt. 16-9-2005, w.e.f. 16-9-2005.
2 Substituted vide GSR 1192(E), dt. 10-12-2018. Prior to substitution, sub-rule (2) read as under:
“(2) The reflectors referred in sub-rule (1) of this rule shall be of the reflex type conforming to AIS:057:2005
till the corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of
1986).”
3 Substituted, ibid. Prior to substitution, sub-rule (1) read as under:
“(1) On and from one year from the date of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (Fifth
Amendment) Rules, 2005, every power tiller shall be fitted with two white reflex reflectors of not less than
7 sq.cm. reflecting area in the front of the vehicle one on each side and visible to oncoming vehicles from
the front at night, conforming to AIS 057:2005 till corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the
Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986)”
4 Inserted vide GSR 291(E), dt. 24-4-2014.
5 Words “manufactured on and after the 1st April, 2015” omitted vide GSR 807(E), dt. 23-10-2019, w.e.f.
1-4-2020.