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RULE 125C THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 297

In first phase, the provisions of AIS-052 (Rev. 1)-2008, excluding the parameters
and requirements given in Table-1 below, shall be applicable on and after 1st day of
January, 2017.
In second phase, the provisions of AIS-052 (Rev. 1)-2008, as amended from time to
time, and the parameters and requirements given in (Table-1) below, shall be applicable
on and after 1st day of January, 2018.
TABLE 1
Additional Technical Provisions of AIS: 052 (Rev-1)

Sr. No. Nature of Test/Parameters Requirements of Specific
Clauses of AIS-052 (Rev.1)

(1) (2) (3)
1. Scope and Definitions (As applicable) 1.0
2. Body Structure Strength 3.1

3. Body Structure Stability 3.2
4. Window Retention 3.6

5. Window Frames 3.6.5.5
6. Wind Screen Wiping System and Driver’s field 3.10
of Vision
7. Test Methods (As applicable) Chapter 6

8. Vertical orientation for dipped beam - head Annexure I, Table with title
lamp “Details about Safety Critical
Components/Systems:]
9. Seat Anchorages

(2) The testing and approval for the body building of school buses shall be in
accordance with AIS : 063-2005, 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:]
1
[PROVIDED that the provisions on fire protection in occupant compartment of
AIS-135 shall be applicable to school buses, as specified in AIS-063, which are
manufactured on and after the 1st October, 2023.]

1 Substituted vide GSR 337(E), dt. 28-4-2023, w.e.f. 1-5-2023. Earlier, the proviso was inserted vide GSR 48(E),
dt. 27-1-2022, w.e.f. 27-1-2022 and read as under:
“PROVIDED that the provisions on fire protection in occupant compartment of AIS-135 shall be applicable
to school buses, as specified in AIS-063, which are manufactured on and after twelve months from the date
of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (First Amendment) Rules, 2022.”