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7606 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 703] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , DEC EMBER 8, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 17, 1945 CG-DL-E-09122023-250528 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th December, 2023 G.S.R. 886(E).—WHEREAS the draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, was published, as required by sub -section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R. 492(E), dated the 10th July, 2023, in the Gaz ette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub -section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to public; AND WHEREAS copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on the 10th July, 2023; AND WHEREAS no objections and suggestions were received from the public in resp ect of the said draft rules; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section(1) of section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehic les Rules, 1989, namely: - 1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the expiry of eighteen months from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Centr al Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, in rule 125C, in sub -rule (4), after the second proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: - “Provided also that the vehicles manufactured on or after the 1st October, 2025 shall be fitted with an air - condit ioning system for the cabin of vehicles of N2 and N3 category and the testing of the cabin fitted with air - conditioning system shall be as per IS14618:2022, as amended from time to time: Provided also that any vehicle of N2 and N3 category, manufactured i n the form of drive -away chassis, on or after the 1st October, 2025, the chassis manufacturer shall supply a type approved kit of air conditioning system as per IS 14618:2022 to facilitate the body builder in installing the kit. ". [F. No. RT -11028/02/2 016-MVL] MAHMOOD AHMED, Addl . Secy . Note. - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub -section(i) vide notification number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide G.S.R. 823(E) , dated the 6th November, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.