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38 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 31E

(e) ability to demonstrate usage of simulators and different modes of
driving;
(f) adequate knowledge of English or the regional language of the region
in which the center or establishment is situated:
PROVIDED that any person who has served as an instructor for a
period of not less than five years immediately before the commence-
ment of these rules, is exempted from the requirements of this sub-
clause.
(4) The designated authority may, on receipt of an application under sub-rule (2)
and after satisfying that the applicant has complied with the requirements of sub-rule
(3), grant or renew an accreditation in Form 11A within a period of sixty days from
receipt of such an application.
(5) No application for accreditation shall be refused by the designated authority
unless the applicant is given an opportunity of being heard and reasons for such refusal
are communicated in writing by the licensing authority.
Explanation : For the purposes of this rule "designated authority" means an officer
not below the rank of the State Transport Authority or designated official of authorised
agency notified by the Central Government.
31C. Duration of an accreditation and renewal thereof
31C
An accreditation granted in Form 11A shall be in force for a period of five years
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and may be renewed [, for a period of five years at a time,] on an application in Form
13 A made to the designated authority which granted the accreditation, not less than
sixty days before the date of its expiry:
PROVIDED that the validity of the said accreditation shall be subject to fulfilling
the criteria as prescribed, which shall be certified by the designated authority or any
other authority as, may be prescribed for the purpose by the State Government on an
annual basis.
31D. Issue of duplicate accreditation
(1) If at any time an accreditation granted under sub-rule (4) of rule 31B is lost or
31D
destroyed, the holder of the accreditation shall forthwith intimate the loss to the
designated authority which granted the accreditation and shall apply in writing to the
said authority, for a duplicate.
(2) On receipt of an application along with the appropriate fee as specified in rule
32, the designated authority shall issue a duplicate accreditation clearly marked
“Duplicate”.
(3) If after the issue of a duplicate accreditation, the original is found, the same shall
be surrendered forthwith to the designated authority by which it was issued.
31E. General conditions to be observed by the holder of an accreditation
The holder of an accreditation granted under rule 31B shall,— 31E
(i) maintain an electronic register in Form 14 and an alphabetical list of the
names of the students admitted during the year;
(ii) conduct the training course according to the syllabus specified in rule 31J;
(iii) issue to every student who has completed the course a certificate in Form
5B;
(iv) submit to the designated authority which granted the accreditation such
information as may be called for by it from time to time for the purposes of
this Chapter;

1 Inserted vide GSR 714(E), dt. 20-9-2022, w.e.f. 20-9-2022.