NOISE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM REGULATION
Tampering with Noise Control System Is Prohibited!
U.S. Federal law and Canadian provincial laws may prohibit the following acts or the causing
there of:
1. The removal or rendering inoperative by any person other than for purposes of maintenance,
repair or replacement of any device or element of design incorporated into any new vehicle
for the purpose of noise control prior to its sale or delivery to the ultimate purchaser or while
it is in use or,
2. The use of the vehicle after such device or element of design has been removed or rendered
inoperative by any person.
Among those Acts Presumed to Constitute Tampering Are the Acts Listed
Below:
1. Removal or alteration or the puncturing of the muffler or any engine component which con-
ducts removal of engine exhaust gases.
2. Removal or alteration or the puncturing of any part of the intake system.
3. Replacing any moving parts of the vehicle or parts of the exhaust or intake system, with parts
other than those specified by the manufacturer.
4. Lack of proper maintenance.
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