NOTIFICATION

Whereas, Rule 118 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as CMVR), mandates that transport vehicles of certain categories by equipped with Speed Limiting Devices (SLDs) to ensure regulated speed and enhanced road safety;

And whereas, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India, vide GSR 290(E) dated 15th April, 2015, notified the categories of vehicles required to be fitted with SLDs conforming to AIS-018/2001 standards, and laid down their maximum permissible speed;

And whereas, the Hon'ble Supreme Court, in tis order dated 30th November 2017 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 295/2012 - Dr. S. Rajaseekaran vs. Union of India, accepted the recommendation for linking Speed Limiting Devices with the VAHAN national  database for effective enforcement and transparency;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, read with Rule 118 of CMVR, and in continuation of the above-cited directions, the Government of Mizoram hereby notifies the following provisions regarding the mandatory installation, regulation, and enforcement of Speed Limiting Devices (SLDs) in transport vehicles within the territorial jurisdiction of the State.

1.  Applicability

Every transport vehicle notified by the Central Government under sub-section (4) of section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), save as provided herein, and manufactured on or after the 1st October, 2015 shall be equipped or fitted by the vehicle manufacturer, either in the manufacturing stage or dealership stage, with a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum pre-set speed of 80 kilometre per hour conforming to the Standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from tie to time: 

Provided further that the transport vehicles that are-

i. two wheeler;

ii. three wheelers;

iii, quadricycles;

iv. four wheeled and used for carriage of passengers and their luggage, with seating capacity not exceeding eight passengers in addition to driver seat (M1 category) and not exceeding 3500 kilogram gross vehicle weight; 

v. fire tenders;

vi. ambulances;

vii. police vehicles;

viii. verified and certified by a teasing agency specified in Rule 126 to have maximum rated speed of not more than 80 kilometer per hour,

shall not be required to be equipped or fitted with speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function):

Provided further that the transport vehicles manufactured on or after 1st October, 2015 that are dumpers, tankers, school buses, those carrying hazardous goods or any other category of vehicle, as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette from time to time, shall be equipped or fitted by the vehicle manufacturer, either in the manufacturing stage or dealership stage, with a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) having maximum speed of 60 kilometer per hour conforming to the Standard AIS 018/2001, as amended from time to time.

2. Speed Limiting Standards

The speed limiting devices must conform to AIS-018/2001, as amended from time to time and shall limit maximum speed as follows:

3. Installation Requirements

i. All new transport vehicles shall be fitted with complaint SLDs by the vehicle manufacturer at the time of production before registration.

ii. All existing transport vehicles registered prior to 1st October, 2015, which are not already fitted with a speed governor (speed limiting device or speed limiting function) shall be retrofitted with complaint SLDs type-approved by any of the test agencies authorized under Rule 126 of CMVR within 90 (ninety) days from the date of this notification.

4. Integration of Retrofitted Speed Limitation Devices (SLD)/ Speed Governor Data on Transport Vehicles with the VAHAN Database

i.  NIC will issue a unique username and password to each approved Speed Limitation Device (SLD) manufacturers for uploading the type approval data on VAHAN Portal

ii.  Speed Limitation Device (SLD) Manufacturers should upload the data in VAHAN Portal as indicated below;

  a. Speed Limitation Device (SLD) /Speed Governor make and model.

  b. Type Approval Certified (TAC) and/ or Conformity of Production Certificate (COP) as applicable.

  c. Vehicle model name.

  d. Unique identification number as per following format -

iii. All Speed Limitation Device (SLD)/ Speed Governor Manufacturers will upload the production stock data of the type approved Speed Limitation Device (SLD)/ Speed Governor on VAHAN Portal.

iv. SLD Manufacturers will put the unique identification number on each Speed Limitation Device (SLD)/ Speed Governor.

v. All Speed Governor manufacturers shall ensure that registration number of that particular vehicle is engraved on the type approved SLD at the time of installation on vehicle.

vi. DTOs shall enter the unique identification number of SLD device at the time of fitness testing. In case of vehicles will speed limiting function stalled at the time of manufacturing, the unique identification shall be OEM.

vii. All the above requirements are waived in cases where speed limiting function is already provided for at the time of manufacturer of vehicle.

5. Compliance and Enforcement

• No Fitness Certificate shall be issued or renewed for any vehicle covered under these rules without a complaint, functional, and verified SLD .
• Enforcement authorities may undertake field inspections and cheeks to detect non-compliance and tampering.
• Any violation shall attract appropriate penalties, including:

•             Refusal or cancellation of fitness certificate
•             Suspension of registration/permit
•             Penalty as per relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

 This notification shall come into force with immediate effect, and all concerned authorities shall ensure its strict and time-bound compliance in the interest of public safety and in line with the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

Memo No. C.18015/19/2024-TRP Dt. 4th July, 2025

Sd/- ZOSANGLIANA

Secretary to the Govt. of Mizoram,

Transport Department