119CMVR/177 MV Act – Driving Without Horn

119CMVR/177 MV Act – Driving Without Horn

119CMVR/177 MV Act Fine – 500 (five hundred rupees)

119 The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989- Horns. –

(1) [On and after expiry of one year from the date of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Rules, 1999, [every motor vehicle, agricultural tractor, power tiller and construction equipment vehicle]manufactured shall be fitted with an electric horn or other devices conforming to the requirements of IS: 18841992,specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards] for use by the driver of the vehicle and capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the vehicle:

[Provided that vehicles manufactured on and from the 1st October, 2014, the horn installation requirements for motor vehicles shall be as per IS:15796-2008, specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards, as amended from time to time.]

[(1A) Every combine harvester shall be fitted with an electric horn or other devices confirming to the requirements of IS 1884 : 1993 specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards for use by the driver of the vehicle and capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the vehicle:

Provided that the horn installation requirement for combine harvester shall be as per IS 15796:2008 specification as amended from time to time.]

(2) No [motor vehicle including agricultural tractor] [and combine harvester] shall befitted with any multi-toned horn giving a succession of different notes or with any other sound-producing device giving an unduly harsh, shrill, loud or alarming noise.

(3) Nothing contained in sub-rule (2) shall prevent the use on vehicles used as ambulance or for fire fighting or salvage purposes or on vehicles [used by police officers or operators of construction equipment vehicles or officers of the Motor Vehicles Department][in the course of their duties or on construction equipment vehicles,] of such sound signals as may be approved by the registering authority in whose jurisdiction such vehicles are kept.

[Provided that requirements for sirens of Road Ambulances shall be in accordance with AIS:125 (Part 1)-2014, as amended from time to time, till the corresponding BIS specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986).]

Section 177 of MV Act 1988 :- General provision for punishment of offences —

Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or notification made thereunder shall, if no penalty is provided for the offence be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and for any second or subsequent offence with fine which may extend to one thousand and five hundred rupees.

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