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RULE 126 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 307

amended from time to time or procedure laid down by the Central Government, if any
and information on technical specifications shall be submitted by the vehicle
manufacturer in accordance with AIS-007 (Rev.5):2014 as amended from time to time:
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PROVIDED ALSO that altered, retrofitted or adapted motor vehicles shall be tested
and type approved by the testing agencies specified in this rule, or self-certified by
original equipment manufacturers, or self-certified by the work-shops authorised by the
State Government, in accordance with section 52 of the Act and rules made thereunder:
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[PROVIDED ALSO that in respect of vehicle manufacturer, importing into India
unused completely built units (CBU) or completely knocked down units (CKD) of right
hand steering control vehicles, directly or through their authorised representative, upto
2500 units of Ml or L category of vehicles, as the case may be, and up to 500 units of
other categories of vehicles annually, compliant with international standard, namely
EEC or ECE or Japanese, the compliance of such vehicle shall be deemed to be
established for sale and registration under rule 47, by a certificate of compliance for the
relevant standard issued by an authorised agency or accredited certifying agency:
PROVIDED ALSO that the procedure for type approval and certification of
agricultural tractors shall be in accordance with AIS-017 (Part 2) (Rev. 2): 2016 standard
as amended from time to time:
PROVIDED ALSO that in respect of unused right-hand steering control vehicles
compliant with the international standard namely, EEC or ECE or Japanese, imported
into India as completely built units (CBU), for the purpose of personal use,
demonstration, testing, research or scientific work, the compliance of such vehicles shall
be deemed to be established for registration under rule 47, by a certificate of compliance
for the relevant standard issued by an authorised agency or accredited certifying agency:
PROVIDED ALSO that the construction equipment vehicles (CEV) may have
steering control on either of the side:]]
PROVIDED ALSO that the administrative procedure to deal with corrigendum,
amendments or revisions to Automotive Industry Standards (AIS), Type Approval
Procedures 115/116. Indian Standards (IS) and International Organisation for
Standardisation (ISO) standards, which are notified under the Central Motor Vehicles
Rules, 1989 shall be in accordance with AIS-000:2013:]
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[PROVIDED ALSO that a bus body builder may self-certify the bus body built on
a drive away chassis certifying compliance to the requirements of the Code and Practice
for Bus Body Design and Approval in accordance with AIS-052, (Rev. 1) as amended
from time to time, as per the procedure notified by the Central Government in the official
Gazette:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the bus body builder shall provide a unique
identification number to the self-certificate in the format XXXX XXXXXXXXXX wherein
the first four characters represent body builder identification code followed by four
digits indicating the year of fabrication followed by six digits signifying the serial
number in the particular year:]
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[PROVIDED ALSO that prototype of bus bodies and truck bodies may be
submitted for testing and type approval to engineering colleges specified by the State

1 Fourth proviso omitted vide Corrigendum Noti. GSR 221(E), dt. 30-3-2021.
2 Sixth, seventh and eight provisos corrected, ibid.
3 Inserted vide GSR 368(E), dt. 13-4-2018, w.e.f. 13-4-2018.
4 Inserted vide GSR 247(E), dt. 15-3-2017, w.e.f. 15-3-2017.