Section 276 in The West Bengal Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
276. Design and construction of producer.
(1)Every producer shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the specifications with all reasonable care necessary to prevent danger from fire, gas poisoning and burns, and in particular, all pipes, joints, valves, and all covers to hoppers, generators, collars, filters and any other accessories shall be free from gas or air leaks, and all exposed hot surface shall be effectively screened from accidental contacts.(2)If an escape funnel be fitted to any generator for using during the blowing of air through the generator, the mouth of the funnel shall be above the roof level of the vehicle measured externally. A suitable valve or flame trap shall be fitted to the air inlet of all types of generator to prevent danger from blow back.(3)The fitting of a producer plant to any motor vehicle shall be reported to the Registering Authority as an alteration as required by section 52 of the Act, and the vehicle shall thereupon be produced for inspection by such authority and at such time and place as the Registering Authority may specify.(4)Motor vehicles fitted with producer gas plants shall also be produced periodically for inspection before the authority so specified once every three calendar months on such date as may be specified by the said authority.(5)The inspection referred to in sub-rules (3) and (4) may, if the inspecting authority considers it necessary, include a road test covering a distance not exceeding 40.23 kilometres.(6)The inspecting authority so specified shall be entitled to inspect any motor vehicle fitted with a producer has plant at any public place or any garage or to require by notice, in writing, the owner of any such vehicle to produce it for inspection whenever necessary.(7)No producer shall be fitted to a motor vehicle in such a way that the vehicle thereby contravenes the provision of rule in respect of width and overall height prescribed by the Central Government.
