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154 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 115
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(3) On and from the [date] of commencement of this sub-rule, all petrol-driven
vehicles shall be so manufactured that they comply with the mass emission standards
as specified at Annexure “I”. The breakdown of the operating cycle used for the test
shall be as specified at Annexure “II”, and the reference fuel for all such tests shall be
specified in Annexure “III” to these rules.
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(4) On and from the [date] of commencement of this sub-rule, all diesel-driven
vehicles shall be so manufactured that they comply with the following based on exhaust
gas opacity as specified at Annexure “IV” to these rules.
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(5) On and from the [date] of commencement of this sub-rule, all petrol-driven
vehicles shall be so manufactured that they comply with the following levels of emission
when tested as per test cycle specified in Annexure V:
Mass of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Mass of Hydrocarbons (HC) Mass of Nitrogen Oxide (NO)
Maximum grams per KWH Maximum grams per KWH Maximum grams per KWH
14% 3.5 1.8

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[PROVIDED the standards for exhaust gas emissions applicable to agricultural
tractors shall be notified separately.]
(6) Each motor vehicle manufactured on and after the dates specified in sub-rules
(2), (3), (4) or (5), shall be certified by the manufacturers to be conforming to the standards
specified in the said sub-sections, and further certify that the components liable to effect
the emission of gaseous pollutants are so designed, constructed and assembled as to
enable the vehicle, in normal use, despite the vibration to which it may be subjected, to
comply with the provisions of the said sub-rule.
(7) After the expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the motor vehicle
was first registered, every such vehicle shall carry a valid “Pollution under control”
certificate issued by an agency authorised for this purpose by the State Government.
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The validity of the certificate shall be for [six months] and the certificate shall always
be carried in the vehicle and produced on demand by the officers referred to in sub-rule
(1) of rule 116:
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[PROVIDED that the validity of the certificate shall be twelve months for the
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vehicles manufactured as per [Bharat Stage-IV or Bharat Stage VI] norms.]

1 Omitted vide GSR 410(E), dt. 14-6-2021, w.e.f. 15-6-2021. Prior to omission clause (b) read as under:
“(b) The schedule of the implementation of up linking of the emission results data under sub-clause (a)
shall be as per the following table, namely:—
TABLE
Sl. No. List of States Date of Implementation
(1) (2) (3)
1, National Capital Territory of Delhi 1st June, 2018
2. Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 1st October, 2018
3. All other States except those mentioned in Sl. No. (1) and (2) 1st April, 2019.”
2 1-4-1991, vide Noti. No. SO 869(E) dt. 27-10-89, Gazette of India, Ext. No. 708 dt. 27-1-89, Part II, s. 3(ii).
3 Inserted vide GSR 338 (E) dt. 26-3-1993, w.e.f. 26-3-1993.
4 Substituted for "six months or any lesser period as may be specified by the State Government from time to
time" by CMV (Amdt.) Rules, 2004, vide GSR 111(E), dt. 10-2-2004, w.e.f. 10-8-2004.
5 Inserted vide GSR 103(E), dt. 23-2-2012, w.e.f. 23-2-2013.
6 Substituted for “Bharat Stage-IV” vide GSR 889(E), dt. 16-9-2016, w.e.f. 16-9-2016.