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Central Rules · India · Chapter V — Construction, Equipment and Maintenance of Motor Vehicles

Rule 91 Definitions

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

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) class label, in relation to any dangerous or hazardous goods, means the class label specified in column 3 of the Table to rule 137;

(b) consignor, in relation to dangerous or hazardous goods intended for transportation by a goods carriage, means the owner of such dangerous or hazardous goods;

(c) dangerous or hazardous goods, means the goods of dangerous or hazardous nature to human life specified in Tables I, II, and III to rule 137;

(d) emergency information panel, means the panel specified in rule 134;

(e) primary risk, in relation to any dangerous or hazardous goods, means the most potent risk which such goods give rise to;

(f) subsidiary risk, in relation to any dangerous or hazardous goods, means the subsidiary risk which such goods are likely to give rise to in addition to the primary risk.

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