Central Motor Vehicles (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023

[13th April 2023]

Whereas the draft rules further 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. 90(E), dated the 9th February, 2023 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 9th February, 2023 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 the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;

And whereas, copies of the said notification were made available to the public on the 9th February, 2023;

And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred clause (fa) of section 64 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:-

Rule - 1.

(1)     These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023.

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

Rule - 2.

In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 53A, after the words "on which the body has to be fabricated separately", the words "or in case of fully built motor vehicle which is to be altered for conversion to an adapted vehicle" shall be inserted.

Rule - 3.

In rule 53B of the said rules, after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided further that in case of fully built motor vehicle which is to be altered for conversion to an adapted vehicle or the motor vehicle is being registered in a State other than the State in which the dealer is situated, the validity of such temporary registration shall be for a period of forty five days from the date of its issue."