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Rule 101 Wind screen wiper

Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 · Edition: Reference draft with the supplied Fifteenth Amendment, 2026

(1) An efficient power operated [* * *] windscreen wiper shall be fitted to every motor vehicle having a windscreen, other than three-wheeled invalid carriage [and motor cycles] . ]

(2) One year from the date of commencement of Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 1993, [all motor vehicles other than three-wheelers,motor cycles and invalid carriages [manufactured on and after 1st January, 2003in respect of Category M1 vehicles, and in respect of other vehicles, on and after 1st May, 2003] , having a wind screen shall be fitted with a wind screen wiping system which shall conform to the requirements laid down in the following standards, as amended from time to time, till such time the corresponding Bureau of Indian Standards specifications are notified :

(i) [IS: 15804-2008] , in the case of M-1 category of vehicles

(ii) [IS: 15802-2008] , in the case of other vehicles.]

[(2-A) [All construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters] having windscreen shall be fitted with an efficient power operated windscreen wiping system. The windscreen wiping system shall conform to the requirements of the standards as may be specified from time to time under these rules.]

(2B) [ On and after 1st April, 2015, all agricultural tractors having wind screen shall conform to AIS 011/2001, as amended from time to time till such time the corresponding Bureau of Indian Standards specifications are notified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986).]

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