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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION

G.S.R. 161(E).—Whereas, the draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor
Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, as required under 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 885(E), dated the 27th December, 2021, 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 notification were made available to the public on the 28th
December, 2021;

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
(Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2022.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

 

2. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, in Rule 93, in sub-rule (1) (A),-
(i) in clause (VI), after the Table, after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be
inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that vehicles carrying two wheelers can have maximum of three decks to
carry vehicles with load body not projecting over the driver's cabin:”;

(ii) in clause (VII), after the Table, after the second proviso, the following provisos shall be
inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that vehicles carrying two wheelers can have maximum of three decks to carry
vehicles with load body not projecting over the driver’s cabin:

[F. No. RT-11036/34/2021-MVL]
AMIT VARADAN, Jt. Secy.