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8 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 2

(ii) recording of offences including compounding, impounding, making
endorsements, suspension and revocation of licenses and
registrations;
(iii) issuance of e-challan;
(iv) preserving, retaining and granting access to machine readable,
printable, shareable, verifiable and secure electronic records.]
(y) “puller tractor” means a multi-axle haulage tractor of Category N3 vehicle
having—
(i) suitable arrangement to pull or push modular hydraulic trailer or
combination thereof under drawbar arrangement;
(ii) adequate ballast weight for providing traction;
(iii) minimum engine power of 260 hp; and
(iv) maximum speed not exceeding twenty-five kilometre per hour while
pulling load;]
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[(z) “quadricycle” means a four wheeled vehicle and having the following
features, namely:—
(i) fully enclosed body structure with doors and having steering control
through steering wheel with the top edge of the doors having at least
200 mm from adjacent seat base top surface;
(ii) with sides and top not made of flexible material such as resin, cloth,
plastic etc.;
(iii) for goods vehicle, cargo body internal area not less than 30% of the
vehicle’s width multiplied by its length;
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[(iv) Maximum permissible kerb weight for the purpose of classification
shall not exceed 475 kg in case of passenger vehicle and 550 kg in case
of goods vehicle;]
(v) maximum seating capacity of four (including driver) in case of
passenger vehicle and two (including driver) in case of goods vehicle
with independent seats provided for the driver and co-passenger in
the front row in the case of both passenger vehicle and goods vehicle;
(vi) maximum permissible pay load of 550 kg. in case of goods vehicles;
(vii) maximum permissible propulsion power of 15 kW of the prime mover
be 15 kW, when tested as per Chapter 1 of Part IV of MoSRTH/TAP
115-116 as amended from time to time for Compression Ignition
engines and bettery operated vehicles and as per IS 14599-1999 for
Spark Ignition engines;
(viii) maximum design speed of 70 km per hour; and
(ix) not having trailers or any provision of coupling a semi-trailer.
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Explanation : For the purpose of clause (iv), [the weight shall not include,—
(a) Mass of batteries in the case of electric or hybrid vehicles,
(b) Mass of gaseous fuel system including tanks for gaseous fuel storage
in the case of mono-fuel, bi-fuel or multi-fuel vehicle.]

1 Inserted vide GSR 99(E), dt. 19-2-2014, w.e.f. 1-10-2014.
2 Substituted vide GSR 518(E), dt. 1-6-2018, w.e.f. 1-6-2018. Prior to substitution, sub-clause (iv) read as under:
“(iv maximum permissible kerb weight of 450 kg in case of passenger vehicle and 550 kg in case of goods
vehicle;”
3 Substituted for “kerb weight does not include mass of batteries in the case of electric/hybrid vehicles.” vide
GSR 518(E), dt. 1-6-2018, w.e.f. 1-6-2018.