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RULE 76 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 91

75C. Access to National Register of Motor Vehicles
Electronic records preserved and retained in the Portal for National Register of
75C
Motor Vehicles may be accessed by such agencies or organisations as the Central
Government may specify.]
Special Provision for Registration of Motor Vehicles of Diplomatic Officers, etc.
76. Registration of vehicles of diplomatic and consular officers
(1) Every application for registration of a motor vehicle under sub-section (1) of
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section 42 by or on behalf of any diplomatic officer or consular officer shall be made in
triplicate by the head of the mission or consular officer in Form 42 and be addressed to
the registering authority through the competent authority accompanied by the relevant
documents and fees referred to in rule 47.
(2) The competent authority shall forward one copy of the application to the
registering authority concerned together with a statement certifying the status of the
person applying for registration and shall return one copy of the application to the
applicant. The third copy of the application may be retained by the competent authority
for record.
(3) The registering authority shall, on receipt of the application duly endorsed
under sub-rule (2), register the vehicle, subject to the provisions of section 44.
(4) The registering authority shall issue to the owner of a motor vehicle registered
by it under sub-rule (3), a certificate of registration in Form 43 and shall enter in a register
to be kept by it, particulars of such certificate.
(5) The registering authority shall assign to the motor vehicle for display thereon
in the manner specified in rule 77, the registration mark in accordance with sub-rule (6)
or sub-rule (7), as the case may be.
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[(6) A motor vehicle belonging to a diplomatic mission in Delhi or to any of its
diplomatic officer shall be assigned a registration mark consisting of the letters “CD”
preceded by the number allotted to the mission by the Ministry of External Affairs of
the Government of India and followed by a number allotted to the vehicle by the
registering authority in the following manner, namely:—
(i) an official vehicle meant for the use of the head of a mission shall be allotted
the number “I”;
(ii) personal vehicles of the head of the mission shall be allotted the number
“I”, followed consecutively, in alphabetical order, by a letter beginning with
the letter “A”;
(iii) official vehicles, other than those referred to in clause (i), shall be allotted
consecutive numbers beginning with the number “2";
(iv) vehicles belonging to other officers of the mission shall be allotted numbers
in consecutive order after the last number allotted under clause (iii);
(v) vehicles acquired by a mission or by its diplomatic officer other than heads
of missions, shall be allotted numbers in consecutive order after the last
number allotted under clause (iv) irrespective of whether such vehicle is for
official or personal use of the mission or any of its officers;

1 Substituted vide GSR 221(E), dt. 28-3-2001, w.e.f. 28-3-2001.