The Central Motor Vehicles Rules,1989
Section 117. Speedometer
Speed governors
(1) 1[Every motor vehicle (including construction equipment vehicle), other than an invalid carriage] or a vehicle, the designed speed of which does not exceed thirty kilometres per hour, shall be fitted with an instrument (hereinafter referred to as “speedometer”) so constructed and fixed in such a position as to indicate to the driver of the vehicle the speed at which the vehicle is travelling:
2[Provided that every agricultural tractor shall be fitted with an Engine RPM-cum-Hour Meter:]
3[Provided further that the requirement of provision of speedometer is exempted for construction equipment vehicle in which the driver’s cabin rotates about a vertical axis.]
4[(2) On an expiry of one year and three months from the date oi commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules,1999, every motor vehicle manufactured shall be fitted with a speedometer conforming to the requirements of IS: 11827 1995 specified by Bureau of Indian Standards.]
19[(3) On and after the commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (Sixth Amendment) Rules,2000, every construction equipment vehicle manufactured shall be fitted with a speedometer that shall confonn to the requirements of IS: 11827 specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards concerning the speedometer.]
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1. Substituted by G.S.R. 642(E), dated 28-7-2000, for “Every motor vehicle, other than an invalid carriage” (w.e.f. 28-7-2000).
2. Inserted by G.S.R. 338(E), dated 26-3-1993 (w.e.f 26-3-1993).
3. Inserted by G.S.R. 642(E), dated 28-7-2000 (w.e.f. 28-7-2000).
4. Substituted by G.S.R. 214(E), dated 18-3-1999 (w.e.f. 18-3-1999). Earlier sub-R. (2) wassubstituted by G.S.R. 338(E), dated 26-3-1993 (w.e.f. 26-3-1993).
