Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(1) The Central Government may make rules regulating the construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles and trailers with respect to all or any of the (d) the use of safety glasses including prohibition of the use of tinted safety glasses; (e) signalling appliances, lamps and reflectors; (f) speed governors; (g) the emission of smoke, visible vapour, sparks, ashes, grit or oil; (h) the reduction of noise emitted by or caused by vehicles; (i) the embossment of chassis number and engine number and the date of manufacture; (j) safety belts, handle bars or motor cycles, auto-dippers and other equipment's essential for safety of drivers, passengers and other road users. (k) Standards of the components used in the vehicle as inbuilt safety devices; (l) Provision for transportation of goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life; (m) Standards for emission of air pollution's; 65[(n) installation of catalytic convertors in the class of vehicles to be prescribed; (o) the placement of audio-visual or radio or tape recorder type of devices in public vehicles; (p) warranty after sale of vehicle and norms therefore:] 64. Cl. (b) substituted by Act 54 of 1994, S.32 (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). Prior to its omission Cl. (b) read as under :- “(b) the size, nature and condition of tyres;” generally in respect of motor vehicles or trailers or in respect of motor vehicles or trailers of a particular class or in particular circumstances. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, - (a) the Central Government may exempt any class of motor vehicles from the provisions of this Chapter; (b) a State Government may exempt any motor vehicle or any class or description of motor vehicles from the rules made under sub-section (1) subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government. Corresponding Law. - Section 110 corresponds to section 69- B of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. Objects and Reasons. - Clause 110 empowers the Central Government to make rules regarding equipment and in built safety measures to be provided in motor vehicle at the manufacturing point such as safety belt, standards of component, controlling air and noise pollution, etc. and also regarding exemption to be granted in certain cases.