The Motor Vehicles Act

Necessity for registration

Registration, where to be made

Registration, how to be made

Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc

Temporary registration

Production of vehicle at the time of registration

Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration

Effectiveness in India of registration

Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State

No objection certificate

Change of residence or place of business

Transfer of ownership

Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc

Alteration in motor vehicle

Suspension of registration

Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53

Cancellation of registration

Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles

Appeals

Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles

Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle

Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government

Application of Chapter to trailers

Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the  State Transport Authority

Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles

Power of Central Government to make rules

Power of State Government to make rules


REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES


No person shall drive any motor vehicle and no owner of a motor
vehicle shall cause or permit the vehicle to be driven in any public place or in any other place unless the
vehicle is registered in accordance with this Chapter and the certificate of registration of the vehicle has
not been suspended or cancelled and the vehicle carries a registration mark displayed in the prescribed
manner:

Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in possession of a dealer subject to
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government. 

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