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36 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 31B

to any establishment or any person for imparting instructions in the driving of a
transport vehicle, subject to the following conditions, namely:—
(a) the temporary licence shall be valid for a period of one year from the date
of its issue :
PROVIDED that as long as the taluk does not have any school or
establishment, the licensing authority may renew a temporary licence
granted under this sub-rule for a further period not exceeding one year at
a time;
(b) the person imparting instruction in the driving of a transport vehicle shall
possess the following qualifications, namely:—
(i) a minimum driving experience of five years in the class of vehicles in
which instruction is proposed to be imparted;
(ii) adequate knowledge of the regional language of the region in which
the school or establishment is situated;
(iii) a thorough knowledge of traffic signs specified in the Schedule to the
Act and the Regulations made under section 118;
(iv) ability to demonstrate and explain the functions of different
components and parts of a vehicle;
(c) the applicant shall maintain a motor vehicle each of the type in which the
instruction is imparted and also the following apparatus, namely:—
(i) black board;
(ii) traffic sign chart;
(iii) a service chart depicting a detailed view of all the components of a
motor vehicle;
(iv) puncture kit with tyre lever, wheel brace, jack;
(v) spanners (a set each of fixed spanners, box spanners, screw driver,
screw spanners and hammer).
(2) The driving schools run by a State Transport Undertaking or an Industrial
Training Institute set up by the Central Government or any State Government and other
establishments run by the Central Government or a State Government which have
facilities for imparting training for drivers, shall be authorised to issue driving
certificates in Form 5, subject to the condition that the training imparted in these schools
shall be in accordance with the syllabus referred to in rule 31.]
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[31B. Accredited Driver Training Centers
31B
(1) No person shall establish or maintain an accredited driver training center for
imparting instructions for driving motor vehicles without an accreditation in Form 11A
granted by the State Transport Authority or any authorised agency notified by the
Central Government on recommendation of any testing agency referred in rule 126 of
the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(2) An application for the grant or renewal of an accreditation under sub-rule (1)
shall be made in Form 12A or Form 13A, as the case may be, to the State Transport
Authority of the State in which the center is situated and shall be accompanied by
appropriate fee as specified in rule 32.
(3) The designated authority shall, while considering an application for the grant
or renewal of an accreditation under this rule, have regard to the following matters,
namely:—

1 Inserted vide GSR 394(E), dt. 7-6-2021, w.e.f. 1-7-2021.