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THE INTER-COUNTRY

TRANSPORT VEHICLES

RULES, 2021

[GSR 25(E), dt. 15-1-2021]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 139 of the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) and in supersession of the Central Motor Vehicles
(Regulation of Bus Service Between New Delhi and Lahore) Rules, 2000, the Central
Motor Vehicles (Regulation of Bus Service between Calcutta and Dhaka) Rules, 2000,
the Central Motor Vehicles (Regulation of Bus Service between Amritsar and Lahore)
Rules, 2006, the Central Motor Vehicle (Regulation of Bus Service between Amritsar
and Nankana Sahib) Rules, 2006 and the Central Motor Vehicles (Regulation of
petroleum products supply to bottling plant in Tripura from Bangladesh) Rules, 2018
except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the
Central Government hereby makes the following rules regulating the Inter-Country
Transport Vehicles, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement
(1) These rules may be called as the Inter-Country Transport Vehicles Rules, 2021.
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(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2. Definitions
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(b) “crew” means driver, conductor, helper and the liaison officer;
(c) “Form” means the Form annexed to these rules;
(d) “Inter-Country transport permit” means the permit issued by the State
Transport Authority under the Act authorising the use of motor vehicle
as an Inter-Country transport vehicle.
(e) “Inter-Country transport vehicle” means a transport vehicle operating
between India and any other country under any reciprocal arrangement
and carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward;
(f) “Memorandum of Agreement” means the reciprocal arrangement entered
into between the Government of the Republic of India and other country
for the purpose of facilitating and regulating the services of motor vehicles
operating between India and any other country.

1. Enforced w.e.f. 15-1-2021.