GOVERNMENT OF
KERALA
Transport (B) Department
Notification
No 12362/2209/Trans Dated, Thiruvananthapuram 22nd
July,2011
The following draft of the rules further to amend the Kerala
Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 which the Government of Kerala propose to make in
exercise of the powers conferred by
sub-section (1) of section 111 of Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, is hereby
published for general information, as required by sub-section (1) of section
212 of the said Act.
Notice is hereby given that the
said drat rules will be taken up for consideration on or after thirty days from
the date of publication of this and that objections or suggestions, if any,
that may be received from any person in respect of the said draft Rules on or
before the time specified above will be considered by the Government.
Objections or suggestions, if any, in duplicate, shall be addressed to the
Secretary to Government, Transport Department, Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram.
1.
Short title and commencement,- (1) These rules may be called the Kerala
Motor Vehicle Amendment Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come
into at once.
2. Amendment
of the Rules- In the Kerala Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 after rule 291, the following
rule shall be inserted, namely:-
291A. Institution Emergency Exit in Educational Bus, - (1) Every educational institution bus shall be
provided with an emergency exit in the form a frame fixed with safety glass
with dimensions on one hundred and centimeters horizontally and one hundred and
twenty centimeters vertically or in the form of a door with the same dimensions
hinged at the top, capable of being operated both from inside and outside.
(2) The emergency exit shall be fitted at the
rear wind screen and the words “EMERGENCY EXIT” shall be prominently inscribed
in red color on a white background both inside and outside the emergency exit:
Provided that sub-rule (1) and (2) are not applicable
where there are rear doors in the educational institution bus provided by the
manufacturer:
Provided further that sub-rule (1) and (2)
shall not apply to educational institution buses having wheel base less than,
300 centimeter.
(3) Every educational Institution bus shall
be provided with side windows on either sides having not less than 55 centimeter height and 70 centimeter
length.
(4) Provisions of sub-rule (1), (2) and (3)
shall not so apply to an educational institution bus registered before
01-08-2007 but shall apply when its body is constructed, at any time,
subsequent to the above date.
By order of the Governor
Dr.K
ELANGOVAN
Secretary
to Government
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