(1) These
rules may be called the Punjab Wheeled Vehicles (Lights) Rules, 1977. (2) They
shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. The hours during which every
wheeled vehicle shall carry lights or reflectors or lights and reflectors, as
the case may be, shall be from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before
sunrise. (1) Every
wheeled vehicle, other than a bicycle or cycle-rickshaw, shall be fitted with a
lamp or lantern in such a manner that its light is visible from front as well
as from rear from a distance of at least sixty meters. Such lamp or lantern
shall be fitted in the centre of the wheeled vehicle at the lowest point if the
same is driven by two animals and on the right extreme top of the vehicle in
case the same is driven by one animal. (2) Every
bicycle or cycle-rickshaw shall be fitted with a lamp in front of the handle in
such a manner that its light is visible from a distance of at least sixty
meters. Every wheeled vehicle shall be
fitted in the rear with two reflectors reflecting red light : Provided that the bicycle shall
be fitted with one such reflector only on the rear mud-guard. The lamp or lantern fitted in a
wheel vehicle under rule 3 shall, during the hours specified under rule 2, be
kept properly lighted. No wheeled vehicle shall reflect
red light from its front.THE PUNJAB WHEELED VEHICLES
(LIGHTS) RULES, 1977