The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, published by authority on Friday, October 24, 2025, contains an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. This notification, issued by the Home Department (Transport-I) under G.O. Ms. No. 544, dated October 24, 2025, grants the Governor of Tamil Nadu the power conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 111 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to enact the following ammendment: in rule 319, after the fourth proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided also that in the case of mini bus, there shall be, on the left side of the vehicle, an entrance-cum-exit or an entrance in the rear and an exit in the front of the vehicle."
The notification is registered as No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14 with R. Dis. No. 197/2009 and is priced at Re. 0.80 Paise.
Dheeraj Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: The rules being amended in the notification.
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Central Act that confers powers to make amendments.
Home Department (Transport-I): Department responsible for the notification
Tamil Nadu: The state to which the rules and amendments apply.