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RULE 53C THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 73
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[53A. Application for temporary registration
53A
An application for temporary registration in case the motor vehicle is being
registered in a state other than the state in which the dealer is situated or in case of a
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purchased chassis on which the body has to be fabricated separately [or in case of fully
built motor vehicle which is to be altered for conversion to an adapted vehicle], shall be
made electronically on the Portal by the owner to any registering authority or other
authority as may be prescribed by the State Government, in Form 20, and shall be
accompanied by the documents required to be submitted along with an application for
registration of motor vehicles as per sub-rule (1) of rule 47 along with the appropriate
fee as specified in rule 81.
53B. Issue of temporary certificate of registration
53B
(1) The temporary registration certificate shall be generated electronically in Form
23B immediately on receipt of application for temporary registration along with
requisite fees.
(2) Any temporary registration granted under sub-rule (1) shall be valid for an
initial period of six months from the date of its issue:
PROVIDED that where the motor vehicle registered under sub-rule (1), is a chassis
to which a body has not been attached and the same is detained in a workshop beyond
the said period of six months for being fitted with a body or due to any unforeseen
circumstances beyond the control of the owner, the registering authority may, on
submission of application in Form 20B and payment of appropriate fee as specified in
rule 81 by the owner, extend the initial period of validity one or more times by 30 days
each, as the registering authority may deem fit:
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[PROVIDED FURTHER that in case of fully built motor vehicle which is to be
altered for conversion to an adapted vehicle or the motor vehicle is being registered in
a State other than the State in which the dealer is situated, the validity of such temporary
registration shall be for a period of forty-five days from the date of its issue.]
(3) Upon granting an extension of the initial period of validity of certificate of
temporary registration by any further period or periods under sub-rule (2), the
registering authority shall make an appropriate entry in Form 23B.
53C. Assignment of temporary registration marks
(1) The authority granting a temporary certificate of registration shall assign a
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temporary registration mark to the vehicle, for example:—
T-Represent temporary certificate;
08-Month of issuance of temporary certificate of registration 20- Year of
issuance of temporary certificate of registration; AB- Represent State Code;
1234-Serial Number of Temporary Registration;
AB-Alphabet of Temporary Registration (Except O and I).
(2) The owner shall ensure that the said mark is affixed to the front and rear of the
motor vehicle.]

1 Inserted vide GSR 240(E), dt. 31-3-2021, w.e.f. 1-4-2021.
2 Inserted vide GSR 289(E), dt. 13-4-2023, w.e.f. 13-4-2023.