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be deemed to be sufficient intimation to the original registering authority for the purpose
of sub-section (10) of section 41 of the Act.]
(3) A motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle shall not be deemed to be validly
registered for the purposes of section 39, after the expiry of the period of validity entered
in the certificate of registration and no such vehicle shall be used in any public place
until its certificate of registration is renewed under sub-rule (2).
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[(4) In case of transport vehicles, the validity of certificate of registration shall be
co-terminus with the validity of certificate of fitness.]
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[52A. Renewal of certificate of registration of Government vehicles

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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 52, the certificate of registration in
respect of a motor vehicle owned by—
(i) the Central Government; or
(ii) the State Government or Union Territory administrations; or
(iii) any Municipal Corporation or Municipality or Panchayat; or
(iv) a State transport undertaking established under the Road Transport
Corporation Act, 1950 (64 of 1950) and the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013);
or
(v) a Public sector undertaking; or
(vi) an autonomous body owned or controlled by the Central Government or
the State Government,
shall expire after the lapse of fifteen years, as provided in sub-section (7) of section 41,
from the date of initial registration of the vehicle:
PROVIDED that the certificate of registration of government vehicle if already
renewed before lapse of fifteen years from the date of initial registration, such certificate
shall be treated as cancelled on completion of fifteen years from the date of initial
registration of the vehicle:
PROVIDED FURTHER that, this rule shall not apply to the special purpose vehicles
(armoured and other specialised vehicles) used for operational purposes for defense of
the country and for the maintenance of law and order and internal security.
(2) Disposal of such vehicles shall, after the expiry of the fifteen years from the date
of initial registration of the vehicle, be ensured through the Registered Vehicle Scrapping
Facility set up in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of
Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021, as amended from time to time.]
53. Issue of duplicate certificate of registration
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[(1) If at any time the certificate of registration is lost or destroyed, the owner of a
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motor vehicle or authorised dealer of registered vehicle shall intimate the fact in writing
to any registering authority in the State in which the vehicle is currently registered.]
(2) An application for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration shall be
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made to [any registering authority in the State in which the vehicle was last registered]
in Form 26 and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in rule 81.

1 Inserted vide GSR 240(E), dt. 31-3-2021, w.e.f. 1-4-2021.
2 Inserted vide GSR 29(E), dt. 16-1-2023, w.e.f. 1-4-2023.
3 Substituted vide GSR 901(E), dt. 22-12-2022, w.e.f. 1-4-2023. Prior to substitution, sub-rule (1) read as under:
“(1) If at any time, the certificate of registration is lost or destroyed the owner shall report to the police
station in the jurisdiction of which the loss or destruction has occurred and intimate that fact in writing to
the registering authority by whom the certificate of registration was issued.”
4 Substituted for “the last registering authority” ibid.