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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24022024-252343 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 115] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024/PHALGUNA 4, 1945 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd February, 2024 G.S.R. 126(E). -The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public; The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government; Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary (MVL), email: [email protected], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001. DRAFT RULES 1. Short title and commencement - (1) These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles(...............Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (herein after referred as the said rules), in the rule 115C, (i) in sub-rule 5, - (a) for Clause (c) of the said rule, the following shall be substituted, namely: - "(c) Type approval for vehicles retrofitted with LPG kits shall be valid for six years from the date of issue of such approval and shall be renewed for every six years at a time." (b) for clause (d) of the said rule, the following shall be substituted, namely: - "(d) Type approval for vehicles retrofitted or modified for LPG operation shall be given for vehicles of specific make and such kit shall be considered fit for Retrofitment in any vehicle within a specified range of engine capacity with the applicability of tests as mentioned below.: +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | S. No.| Engine Capacity | Test applicable as per table under sub rule (5) | | | | clause(a) | +=======+=====================+=================================================+ | 1. | Less than 1200 сс | Mass emission and CO2 emission | +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | 1201 to 1600 сс | Mass emission and CO2 emission | +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | 1601 to 2000 cc | Mass emission and CO2 emission | +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | 2001 to 2500 сс | Mass emission and CO2 emission | +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | 2501 and above | Mass emission and CO2 emission | +-------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ (c) after clause (i), the following item shall be inserted, namely: - "(j) For the purpose of granting revalidation for the existing approval, performance tests shall be carried out as per the table below, along with tests as applicable in clause (d): - +-------+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | S. No.| Applicable Test | Reference Document | +=======+======================================+===================================================+ | 1. | Mass emission test (Type I test) | 1.CMV Rule 115 (18)(i),115 (19),115 (20) | | | | or 115 (22) as applicable MoRTH/CMVR/ | | 2. | On-Board diagnosis | TAP115/116 Part XIV Chapter 14 | | 3. | In-service conformity and IUPR | Annexure 3 2.AIS-137 | | | performance ratio) | | +-------+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | CO2 emission | CO2 to be measured and reported | +-------+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ [F. No. RT-11036/60/2021-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. ____________ (E) dated ____________.