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RULE 3 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 9
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[(za) “Motor Caravan” means a special purpose category M vehicle constructed
to include living accommodation which contains at least the following
equipment:—
(i) seats and table;
(ii) sleeping accommodation which may be converted from the seats;
(iii) cooking facilities; and
(iv) storage facilities,
which shall be rigidly fixed to the living compartment:
PROVIDED that the table may be designed to be easily removable;
(zb) “Road Ambulance” means a specially equipped and ergonomically
designed vehicle for transportation and/or emergent treatment of sick or
injured people and capable of providing out of hospital medical care during
transit or when stationary, commensurate with its designated level of care
when appropriately staffed;
(zc) “School Bus" means a vehicle with a seating capacity of thirteen passengers
and above excluding driver designed and constructed specially for school
going children;
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[(zd) “Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)” means a motor vehicle so constructed or
altered to serve as a specific transportation requirement of goods or
passenger transport.]
CHAPTER II
LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
General
3. General
The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 shall not apply to a person while
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receiving instructions or gaining experience in driving with the object of presenting
himself for a test of competence to drive, so long as—
(a) such person is the holder of an effective learner’s licence issued to him in
Form 3 to drive the vehicle;
(b) such person is accompanied by an instructor holding an effective driving
licence to drive the vehicle and such instructor is sitting in such a position
as to control or stop the vehicle; and
(c) there is painted, in the front and the rear of the vehicle or on a plate or card
affixed to the front and the rear, the letter “L” in red on a white background
as under:

L

Note : The painting on the vehicle or on the plate or card shall not be less than 18
centimetres square and the letter “L” shall not be less than 10 centimetres high, 2
centimetres thick and 9 centimetres wide at the bottom:
PROVIDED that a person, while receiving instructions or gaining experience in
driving a motorcycle (with or without a side-car attached), shall not carry any other

1 Inserted vide GSR 868(E), dt. 8-9-2016, w.e.f. 8-9-2016.
2 Substituted vide GSR 596(E), dt. 26-8-2021, w.e.f. 27-8-2021.