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RULE 139 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 415
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[138A. Fitment of FASTag

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138A
[(1)] Categories M and N motor vehicles sold on and after the 1st December, 2017,
shall be fitted with FASTag as may be specified by the Central Government, from time
to time, by the manufacturer of the vehicle or its authorised dealer, as the case may be:
PROVIDED that in case of any vehicle which is sold in the form of
drive-away-chassis without windscreen, FASTag shall be fitted on the windscreen by
the vehicle owner before the registration of such vehicles.
Explanation : For the purposes of this rule, FASTag means an onboard unit
(transponder) or any such device fitted on the front windscreen of the vehicle.]
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[(2) Categories M and N motor vehicles sold before 1st December, 2017 shall be
fitted with FASTag on or before the 1st January, 2021.]]
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[138B. All goods carriage vehicles shall carry goods in a closed body of the vehicle or
container:
PROVIDED that if it is necessary to carry goods in open bodies, goods shall be
covered by using appropriate cover like tarpaulin or any other suitable material:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the goods of indivisible nature, not capable of being
carried in a closed body or being covered as per the first proviso, may be carried without
cover.]
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[139. Production of licence and certificate of registration 138B
(1) The driver or conductor of a motor vehicle shall produce certificates 139 f
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registration, insurance, fitness and permit, the driving licence certificate for Pollution
Under Check and any other relevant documents in physical or electronic form, as
available on or downloaded from the portal, on demand by any police officer in uniform
or any other officer, authorised by the State Government in this behalf, and if any or all
of the documents are not in his possession, he shall produce in person an extract or
extracts of the documents duly attested by any police officer or by any other officer or
send it to the officer who demanded the documents by registered post within fifteen
days from the date of demand:
PROVIDED that after validation of the documents in electronic form, referred to
in sub-rule (1), by any police officer in uniform or any other officer, authorised by the
State Government in this behalf, if the information in documents are found to be valid
and in force, then physical forms of such documents shall not be demanded for
inspection, including in cases where there is an offence made out necessitating seizure
of any such documents.

1 Substituted vide GSR 1361(E), dt. 2-11-2017, w.e.f. 2-11-2017. Prior to substitution, rule 138A read as under:
“138A. Fitment of Radio Frequency Identification Tag
Categories M and N motor vehicles manufactured on or after six months from the date of commencement
of the Central Motor Vehicles (First Amendment) Rules, 2013 shall be fitted with Radio Frequency
Identification Tag having such specifications as may be determined by the Central Government:
PROVIDED that Radio Frequency Identification Tag in case of vehicles which are sold in the form of
drive-away-chassis, shall be installed at the top centre of the windshield of the vehicle by the builder of the
body on the drive-away chassis at the time of providing the windshield.”
2 Rule 138 numbered as sub-rule (1) thereof vide GSR 690(E), dt. 6-11-2020, w.e.f. 6-11-2020.
3 Inserted vide GSR 690(E), dt. 6-11-2020, w.e.f. 6-11-2020.
4 Inserted vide GSR 1081(E), dt. 2-11-2018, w.e.f. 2-11-2018.
5 Substituted vide GSR 584(E), dt. 25-9-2020, w.e.f. 1-10-2020.