Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 65 : Power of the State Government to make rules : (1) A State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Chapter other than the matters specified in section 64. (2) Without…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 64 : Power of the Central Government to make rules : The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the period within which and the form in which an application…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 63 : 1.[Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles : Each State Government shall maintain in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government a register to be known as the State Register of Motor Vehicles, in respect…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 62B : 1.[National Register of Motor Vehicles : (1) The Central Government shall maintain a National Register of Motor Vehicles in such form and manner as may be prescribed by it: Provided that all State Registers of Motor Vehicles shall…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 62A : 1.[Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles : (1) No registering authority shall register any motor vehicle that contravenes any rule made under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 110. (2) No…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 62 : Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority : The State Government may, if it thinks necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, direct the…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 61 : Application of Chapter to trailers : (1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the registration of trailers as they apply to the registration of any other motor vehicle. (2) The registration mark assigned to a trailer…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 60 : Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government : (1) Such authority as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, may register any motor vehicle which is the property or for the time being…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 59 : Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle : (1) The Central Government may, having regard to the public safety, convenience and objects of this Act, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the life of a…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 58 : Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles : (1) The Central Government may, having regard to the number, nature and size of the tyres attached to the wheels of a transport vehicle (other than a motorcab), and its…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 57 : Appeals : 1.[(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the registering authority under sections 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55 or 56 may, within thirty days of the date on which he…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 56 : Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles : (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 59 and 60, a transport vehicle shall not be deemed to be validly registered for the purposes of section 39, unless it carries a…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 55 : Cancellation of registration : (1) If a motor vehicle has been destroyed or has been rendered permanently incapable of use, the owner shall, within fourteen days or as soon as may be, report the fact to the registering…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 54 : Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53 : Where the suspension of registration of a vehicle under section 53 has continued without interruption for a period of not less than six months, the registering authority within whose jurisdiction…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 53 : Suspension of registration : (1) If any registering authority or other prescribed authority has reason to believe that any motor vehicle within its jurisdiction (a) is in such a condition that its use in a public place would…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 52 : 1.[Alteration in motor vehicle : (1) No owner of a motor vehicle shall so alter the vehicle that the particulars contained in the certificate of registration are at variance with those originally specified by the manufacturer: Provided that…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 51 : Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc : (1) Where an application for registration of a motor vehicle which is held under a hire-purchase, lease or hypothecation agreement (hereafter in this section referred to as…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 50 : Transfer of ownership : (1) Where the ownership of any motor vehicle registered under this Chapter is transferred, (a) the transferor shall, (i) in the case of a vehicle registered within the same State, within fourteen days of…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 49 : Change of residence or place of business : (1) If the owner of a motor vehicle ceases to reside or have his place of business at the address recorded in the certificate of registration of the vehicle, he…
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 48 : No objection certificate : (1) The owner of a motor vehicle when applying for the assignment of a new registration mark under sub-section (1) of section 47, or where the transfer of a motor vehicle is to be…