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296 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 125C

(11) Safety provisions for occupant of three wheeled vehicles: On and after the 1st day of
April, 2020, the safety provisions for occupant of three wheeled vehicles shall conform
to provisions specified in AIS-134:2016, as amended from time to time till the
corresponding Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications are notified under the
Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016).]
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[125A. [Safety belt, etc., for construction equipment vehicles and combine
harvesters]
125A
One year from the date of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (6th
Amendment) Rules, 2000, the manufacture of every construction equipment vehicle
other than an agriculture tractor shall equip every such vehicle with a seat belt for the
driver and for the person occupying the front seat, and with a rear view mirror:]
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[PROVIDED that every combine harvester fitted with a cabin, shall be equipped
with a seat belt for the driver and with a rear view mirror.]
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[125B. Special requirements for transport vehicles that are driven on hills

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(1) On and from the 1st day of October, 2006, such four wheeled transport veh 125B s
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as may be notified by State Governments in the Official Gazette plying on such routes
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or areas in hilly terrains shall be fitted with fog lamp, power steering, [defrosting] and
demisting system and that the State Government would provide a lead time of six
months for this purpose.
(2) Anti-lock braking system shall be introduced in all M-2 category buses
including those plying on All India Tourist Permit on and from the 1st day of October,
2007 in hill areas.

125C. Body building and approval 6
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125C
[(1) On and after the 1st day of October, 2014, the testing and approval for body
building of new models of buses with seating capacity of 13 or more passengers
excluding driver shall be in accordance with AIS:052 (Revision 1)-2008, as amended from
time to time, for vehicles mentioned therein, till the corresponding BIS specifications are
notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986):
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[PROVIDED that the provision of this rule shall be implemented in two phases:
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[PROVIDED FURTHER that the provisions of AIS-135 shall be applicable to Type
III buses, as specified in AIS-052 (Rev. I), which are manufactured on and after the 1st
October, 2023.]
1 Inserted vide GSR 642(E), dt. 28-7-2000.
2 Substituted for “Safety belt, etc., for construction equipment vehicles” vide GSR 212(E), dt. 20-3-2015, w.e.f.
1-4-2015.
3 Inserted, ibid.
4 Inserted vide GSR 589(E), dt. 16-9-2005, w.e.f. 16-9-2005.
5 Substituted for “defogging” vide GSR 625(E), dt. 8-8-2012, w.e.f. 8-8-2012.
6 Vide SO 2258(E), dt. 19-7-2017, the Central Government hereby exempts the existing models of buses with
seating capacity of 13 or more passengers excluding driver from the applicability of rule 125C(1) upto
30-9-2017 or until further orders.
7 Substituted vide GSR 287(E), dt. 22-4-2014. Prior to substitution, sub-rule (1) read as under:
“(1) On a date to be notified, the testing and approval for body building of buses shall be in accordance
with AIS : 052-2001, as amended from time to time for vehicles mentioned therein, till the corresponding
BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986).”
8 Substituted vide GSR 895(E), dt. 20-9-2016, w.e.f. 20-9-2016.
9 Substituted vide GSR 337(E), dt. 28-4-2023, w.e.f. 1-5-2023. Earlier, the second proviso was inserted vide
GSR 48(E), dt. 27-1-2022, w.e.f. 27-1-2022 and read as under:
“ROVIDED FURTHER that the provisions of AIS-135 shall be applicable to Type III buses, as specified in
AIS-052 (Rev.1), which are manufactured on and after twelve months from the date of commencement of
the Central Motor Vehicles (First Amendment) Rules, 2022.”