Page 312 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

284 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 122

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[PROVIDED ALSO that on and after date of final publication of the Central Motor
Vehicles (16th Amendment) Rules, 2014, the requirements under this rule shall be
applicable to every E-rickshaw and E-cart:
PROVIDED ALSO that the test agencies shall be authorised to provide a vehicle
identification number, wherever registered association applies for approval for
E-rickshaw.]
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[(1A) Every [agricultural tractor, construction equipment vehicle, hydraulic
modular trailer and combine harvester] shall bear the identification number including
month and year of manufacture, embossed or etched or punched on it:
PROVIDED that in case of agricultural tractor the identification number including
month and year of manufacture, embossed or etched or punched on it shall be in
accordance with AIS 117-2011, as amended from time to time till the corresponding
Bureau of Indian Standards specifications are notified under Bureau of Indian Standards
Act, 1986 (63 of 1986):]
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[PROVIDED FURTHER that on and from the 1st day of April, 2016 in case of the
construction equipment vehicles the identification number including month and year
of manufacture, embossed or etched or punched on it shall be in accordance with
AIS-136:2015, as amended from time to time, till the corresponding Bureau of Indian
Standards specification are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63
of 1986).]
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[(1B) Every combine harvester and hydraulic modular trailer shall bear the
identification number plate including the following information embossed or etched or
punched on it:
(i) Name of manufacturer : .............................
(ii) Model name : .............................
(iii) Chassis number : .............................
(iv) Engine/Tractor make & model : .............................
(v) Engine Sl. No. (in case of Self propolled combine) : .............................
(vi) Month & year of manufacture : ............................]
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[(2) The vehicle manufacturer shall intimate to the certifying testing agency
regarding the place where the numbers shall be embossed or etched or punched
including code for the year and month of production in respect of each model and such
testing agency shall include these details in the certificate of compliance granted by that
agency under rule 126. No manufacturer shall change the place of embossing, etching
or punching and the code for the month and year of production without prior intimation
by registered post of the testing agency which granted the certificate of compliance to
these rules:

1 Inserted vide GSR 709(E), dt. 8-10-2014, w.e.f. 8-10-2014.
2 Substituted vide GSR 291(E), dt. 24-4-2014, w.e.f. 1-4-2015.
3 Substituted for “agricultural tractor and construction equipment vehicle” vide GSR 212(E), dt. 20-3-2015,
w.e.f. 1-4-2015.
4 Inserted vide GSR 133(E), dt. 29-1-2016, w.e.f. 1-2-2016.
5 Inserted vide GSR 212(E), dt. 20-3-2015, w.e.f. 1-4-2015.
6 Substituted vide GSR 221(E), dt. 28-3-2001, w.e.f. 28-3-2001.