Motor vehicle classification determines compliance; road capable off highway vehicles must meet motor vehicle rules, including homologation. Vehicles equipped to be driven on public roads under their own power, even incidentally or briefly, qualify as motor vehicles under Section 2(28) and must comply with the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, including homologation. Equipment purely designed for off highway use within enclosed premises and not capable of traveling on public roads under its own power is not a motor vehicle and falls outside the Motor Vehicles Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules.
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Motor vehicle classification determines compliance; road capable off highway vehicles must meet motor vehicle rules, including homologation.
Vehicles equipped to be driven on public roads under their own power, even incidentally or briefly, qualify as motor vehicles under Section 2(28) and must comply with the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, including homologation. Equipment purely designed for off highway use within enclosed premises and not capable of traveling on public roads under its own power is not a motor vehicle and falls outside the Motor Vehicles Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules.
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