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424 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 167A

in the challan shall not be processed by the licensing authority or registering authority,
as the case may be, except applications relating to permit, fitness and tax(es) of motor
vehicle.
(8) Subject to orders of the court, in respect of challans issued under sub rule (1) or
(2), a police officer in uniform authorised by the State Government in this behalf may
detain the vehicle involved in violation.]
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[167A. Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety

(1) The electronic enforcement device used for issuance of a challan shall have an
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approval certificate signed by a designated authority of the State Government certifying
that the device is accurate and operating properly and the approval certificate shall be
renewed on a yearly basis.
Explanation : (1) For the purpose of this rule, “electronic enforcement device” means
a speed camera, closed-circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera,
dashboard camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh in machine
(WIM) and any such other technology specified by the State Government.
(2) Body wearable camera may be worn by police officer, transport official or any
other official authorised by the State Government and such officer or official shall notify
to the offender that he is being recorded by the body camera and similarly, dashboard
camera may be placed on the dashboard of any police vehicle or in any other vehicle as
authorised by the State Government for enforcing the traffic rules and such officer or
official shall notify to the offender that he is being recorded by the dashboard camera.
(2) State Governments shall ensure that appropriate electronic enforcement devices
are placed at high-risk and high-density corridors on National Highways and State
Highways, and at critical junctions at least in major cities with more than one million
population (as per data available based on Million Plus Urban Agglomerations or Cities:
census of India 2011 or as per the latest census) including the 132 cities as specified in
the table below, and the electronic enforcement device shall be placed in such a manner
so as not to cause any obstruction, line-of-sight issues or interruption in traffic flow—
TABLE
List of 132 Non-attainment/Million plus cities in India under National Clean Air
Programme (NCAP)
State/Union Territory S. No. City
Andhra Pradesh (13) 1. Guntur

2. Kurnool
3. Nellore
4. Vijayawada

5. Vishakhapatnam
6. Anantapur
7. Chitoor

1 Inserted vide GSR 575(E), dt. 11-8-2021, w.e.f. 17-8-2021.