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RULE 77 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 93
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[76A. Application of rules 76 to 80 to organisations notified under the United
Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947
76A
The provisions of rules 76 and 77 to 80 shall apply to the motor vehicles of
diplomatic officers of the organisations notified under the United Nations (Privileges
and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947) as they apply to a diplomatic officer or consular
officer with the modification that in rule 76,—
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[(a) in sub-rule (6), for the letters “CD”, the letters “UN” in case of United
Nations Organisations and its agencies and the letters “IOD” in case of
International Organisation and other agencies shall be substituted; and
(b) in sub-rule (7), for the letters “CC”, the letters “UN” shall be substituted in
case of United Nations Organisation and its agencies and the letters “IOC”
in case of International Organisation and other agencies shall be
substituted.]]
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[76B. Registration of vehicles of home-based non-diplomatic official of diplomatic

missions or consular posts
(1) A motor vehicle belonging to a non-diplomatic official of a diplomatic mission
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or a consular post in Delhi shall be assigned a registration mark consisting of letters
“CDP” preceded by the number allotted to the mission or post by the Ministry of
External Affairs of the Government of India followed by a number allotted to the vehicle
by the registering authority.
(2) A motor vehicle belonging to a home-based non-diplomatic official of a consular
post outside Delhi shall be assigned a registration mark consisting of the letters “CCP”
preceded by the number of the post allotted to it by the Ministry of External Affairs of
the Government of India and followed by the number allotted to the vehicle by the
registering authority.]
77. Exhibition of registration mark
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(1) The registration mark assigned under sub-rules (5) to (7) of rule 76 shall be
clearly exhibited in reflecting colour both at the front and rear of the vehicle on the plain
surface of a plate or part of the vehicle and the size of which shall be 41 centimetres by
14 centimetres—
(i) with deep blue background, the registration mark and the number being in
white in the case of motor vehicles referred to in sub-rule (6) of rule 76;
(ii) 4 [with deep blue background, the registration mark and the number being
in yellow], in the case of motor vehicles referred to in sub-rule (7) of rule 76;
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[(iii) with light green background, the registration mark and the number being
in white in case of motor vehicle referred to in rule 76B.]
(2) The registration mark shall be in English letters and Arabic numerals and—
(i) save in the case of a motorcycle or an invalid carriage, the letters shall be
not less than 6 centimetres high and 2 centimetres thick at any part, the
numerals shall be not less than 9 centimetres high and 2 centimetres thick

1 Inserted vide GSR 644(E), dt. 25-9-1995.
2 Substituted vide GSR 682(E), dt. 29-10-2020, w.e.f. 29-10-2020.
3 Inserted vide GSR 395(E), dt. 16-7-1997, w.e.f. 16-7-1997.
4 Substituted for “with yellow background, the registration mark and the number being in black” vide GSR
633(E), dt. 23-6-2017, w.e.f. 23-6-2017.
5 Inserted vide GSR 395(E), dt. 16-7-1997, w.e.f. 16-7-1997.