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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-22082024-256543 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 475] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2024/SHRAVANA 29, 1946 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] (1) MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th August, 2024 G.S.R. 514(E).—WHEREAS, the draft rules to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, were 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. 179(E), dated the 12th March, 2024, in the Gazette 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 official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; AND WHEREAS, copies of the said Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on the 12th March, 2024; AND WHEREAS, no objections and suggestions were received from the public in respect of the said draft rules; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by 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 Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely:- 1. Short Title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 125- (i) in sub-rule (1) after the second proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided also that safety belt assemblies and safety belt anchorages, fitted on vehicles of categories M1 and L7 manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2025, shall conform to IS 15140:2018 and IS 15139:2002 standards, respectively. Provided also that safety belt assemblies and safety belt anchorages, fitted on vehicles of categories M2, M3 and N manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2026, shall conform to IS 15140:2018 and IS 15139:2002 standards, respectively. Provided also that the installation of safety belts and restraint systems on vehicles of categories M1 and L7 manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2025 and vehicles of categories M2, M3 and N manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2026 shall conform to IS 16694:2018."; (ii) in sub-rule (1A), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided further that for motor vehicles of category M1 manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2025, the specifications of safety belt assemblies and safety belt anchorages in motor vehicles shall conform to IS 15140:2018 and IS 15139:2002 standards, respectively. Provided further that the installation of safety belts and restraint systems on vehicles of M1 category manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2025 shall conform to IS16694:2018." (iii) in sub-rules (9) and (10) for the letters and figures "AIS-145-2017", the letters and figures "AIS-145-2018" shall be substituted; (iv) in sub-rule (9) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that the vehicles of category M1, manufactured on and after the 1st day of April 2025, shall meet the requirement of safety belt reminder for all front facing rear seats as per AIS-145-2018." [F.No.RT-11036/15/2022-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 last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 407(E), dated the 15th July, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA | Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA | 2004.08