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264 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 115C

(iii) LPG Category M and Category N vehicles with Prevailing diesel norms
GVW equal to or less than 3,500 kg, Three and Two
wheelers retrofitment from diesel vehicles.
(iv) LPG engines Category M and Category N vehicles Prevailing diesel engine norms
with GVW greater than 3,500 kg manufactured upto 1st based on 13-mode steady-state
April, 2010. engine dynamometer test or
13-mode Engine Steady State
Cycle as applicable.
(v) LPG engines for Category M and Category N vehicles Prevailing diesel engine emission
with GVW greater than 3,500 kg manufactured on and norms.]
from 1st April, 2010.
(9) LPG vehicle/kit components including installation shall comply with the Safety
Checks as given in Annexure VIII.
(10) The test agency shall, in addition to the Type Approval certificate, issue Safety
and Procedural Requirements for Type Approval certificate containing the Safety and
Procedural Requirements for Type approval of CNG and LPG Operated Vehicles, for
LPG vehicles and conversion kits, as mentioned in Annexure X.
Notes : For the purposes of these rules,—
(1) "OE fitment" means the vehicles engines which are manufactured for LPG
operation by the vehicle manufacturer prior to their first registration;
(2) "Conversion of "In-Use gasoline vehicle" means a vehicle already registered
as a gasoline vehicle and subsequently converted for operation on LPG by
fitting the conversion kit and carrying out the other necessary changes;
(3) "O.E. fitment LPG dedicated vehicle" means a vehicle which is
manufactured for LPG operation by the vehicle manufacturer prior to their
first registration;
(4) "Type approval of In-Use vehicle having diesel engine replaced by new LPG
engine" means a vehicle already registered as a diesel vehicle and is
subsequently converted for operation on LPG by fitting a new engine
adapted for operation on LPG;
(5) The AIS or IS specification may be as amended and notified from time to
time;]
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[(6) In case of conversion kits on in-use gasoline vehicles or replacement of
in-use diesel engines by new LPG engines, the validity of the type approval
certificates issued by the testing agencies shall cover vehicles manufactured
between the year of manufacture of the vehicle, on which such kit had been
tested and the date of validity of the norms prescribed for such category of
vehicles as per clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 115C. Testing agencies shall
be required to indicate specifically, the model and their variants for diesel
vehicles and capacity range of gasoline vehicles on which the certificate
shall be valid for conversion.]

1 Inserted vide GSR 589(E), dt. 16-9-2005, w.e.f. 16-9-2006.