The Government of Tamil Nadu on April 26, 2023, issued the Central Motor Vehicles (Seventeenth Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The following amendments have been stated:
• After rule 167, the following rule has been inserted, namely:–
“167A. Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety.– (1) The electronic enforcement device used for issuance of a challan shall have an approval certificate signed by a designated authority of the State Government certifying that the device is accurate and operating properly and the approval certificate shall be renewed on a yearly basis
Explanation.- (1) For the purpose of this rule, “electronic enforcement device” means a speed camera, closed circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera, dashboard camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh in the machine (WIM) and any such other technology specified by the State Government.
(2) Body wearable cameras may be worn by Police Officers, transport officials or any other official authorized by the State Government and such officer or official shall notify the offender that he is being recorded by the body camera similarly, a dashboard camera may be placed on the dashboard of any police vehicle or in any other vehicle as authorized by the State Government for enforcing the traffic rules and such officer or official shall notify to the offender that he is being recorded by the dashboard camera.
(3) State Governments shall ensure that appropriate electronic enforcement devices are placed at high-risk and high-density corridors on National Highways and State Highways, and at critical junctions at least in major cities with more than one million population (as per data available based on Million Plus Urban Agglomerations or Cities: census of India 2011 or as per the latest census) including the 04 cities as specified in the table below, and the electronic enforcement device shall be placed in such a manner so as not to cause any obstruction, line-of-sight issues or interruption in traffic flow –
The TABLE specifies the List of 04 Non-attainment/Million plus cities in Tamil Nadu under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
They shall come into force on April 26, 2023.
[Notification No. G.O. Ms. No.200, Home (Tr. V)]
