Section 164 in The Punjab Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
164. Spare wheel and tools
. [Section 111] - (1) Save as otherwise specified by the Regional Transport Authority in respect of the public service vehicles being exclusively plied in the urban areas, every public service vehicle shall at all times be equipped with not less than one spare wheel or rim fitted with a pneumatic tyre in good and sound condition readily inflated and mounted in such a way that it can be readily dismounted and fitted to the vehicle in the place of any one of the road wheels:Provided that it shall not be necessary to have a second spare wheel during the completion of any journey during which the spare wheel has been used.(2)Every public service vehicle shall at all times be furnished with an efficient jack and other tools necessary to change a wheel or rim and tyre and with the equipment necessary to repair a puncture, including the following, namely :-(i)spanners to fit every nut on the vehicle;(ii)one screw driver;(iii)one hammer;(iv)one pair pliers;(v)two tyre levers;(vi)tyre repair outfit;(vii)tyre pump;(viii)wheel jack;(ix)one spare headlight bulb and one spare rear lamp bulb; and(x)a supply of spare fuses.(3). Every Transport vehicle other than a motor cab shall be furnished with suitably fashioned block attached by chain to the vehicle to be used as a check when the vehicle is halted on a slope.
