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278 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 118
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[(2) On and after the 1st April, 2015 (in the case of new models) and 1st April, 2016
(in the case of existing models), every motor vehicle shall be fitted with a speedometer
conforming to the requirements of IS:11827-2008, specified by the Bureau of Indian
Standards, as amended from time to time.
(3) On and after 1st April, 2015 every construction equipment vehicle
manufactured shall be fitted with a speedometer that shall conform to the requirements
of IS:11827-2008 specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards concerning the
speedometer.]
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[(4) Every quadricycle manufactured on and after 1st October, 2014, shall be fitted
with a speedometer conforming to the requirements of Indian Standard : 11827-2008
specified by Bureau of Indian Standards.]
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[118. Speed governor
(1) Every transport vehicle notified by the Central Government under sub-section
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(4) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), save as provided herein,
and manufactured on or after the 1st October, 2015 shall be equipped or fitted by the
vehicle manufacturer, either in the manufacturing stage or at the dealership stage, with
a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum
pre-set speed of 80 kilometre per hour conforming to the Standard AIS 018/2001, as
amended from time to time:
PROVIDED that the transport vehicles that are—
(i) two wheelers;
(ii) three wheelers;
(iii) quadricycles;
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(v) fire tenders;
(vi) ambulances;
(vii) police vehicles;
(viii) verified and certified by a testing agency specified in rule 126 to have
maximum rated speed of not more than 80 kilometre per hour,
shall not be required to be equipped or fitted with speed governor (speed limiting device
or speed limiting function):
PROVIDED FURTHER that the transport vehicles manufactured on or after 1st
October, 2015 that are dumpers, tankers, school buses, those carrying hazardous goods
or any other category of vehicle, as may be specified by the Central Government by
notification in the Official Gazette from time to time, shall be equipped or fitted by the
vehicle manufacturer, either in the manufacturing stage or at the dealership stage, with
a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum
speed of 60 kilometre per hour conforming to the Standard AIS:018/2001, as amended
from time to time:
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[PROVIDED ALSO that on and from 1st April, 2017, articulated or truck-trailer
or tractor-trailer vehicles engaged by automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicles

1 Substituted vide GSR 291(E), dt. 24-4-2014.
2 Inserted vide GSR 99(E), dt. 19-2-2014, w.e.f. 1-10-2014.
3 Substituted vide GSR 290(E), dt. 15-4-2015, w.e.f. 15-4-2015.
4 Omitted vide GSR 424(E), dt. 1-5-2017, w.e.f. 1-5-2017. Prior to omission, clause (iv) read as under:
“(v) four wheeled and used for carriage of passengers and their luggage, with seating capacity not
exceeding eight passengers in addition to driver seat (M1 Category) and not exceeding 3500 kilogram gross
vehicle weight;”
5 Inserted vide GSR 963(E), dt. 7-10-2016, w.e.f. 7-10-2016.