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PROVIDED that the national permit may be extended for another period of five
years subject to certificate of fitness granted by the manufacturer or a chartered engineer,
in case the manufacturer ceases to operate in India.]
(3) A national permit shall be deemed to be invalid from the date on which a goods
carriage covered by the permit completes 15 years in case of a multi-axle goods carriage
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and [12 years] where the vehicle is other than a multi-axle goods carriage, unless such
goods carriage is replaced.
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Explanation : For the purpose of this rule, the period of [12 years] or 15 years, as
the case may be, shall be computed from the date of initial registration of the motor
vehicle covered under its permit or the prime mover in case of an articulated vehicle.]
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[(4) No national permit shall be granted in respect of multi-axle trailer approved
to carry a Gross Vehicle Weight of more than 50 tonnes, which is more than 25 years old
at any point of time, the period of 25 years being computed from the date of initial
registration of the said trailer.
Explanation : For the purpose of this rule, “Multi-axle trailer” means a trailer having
more than two axles.]
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[(4A) No national permit shall be granted in respect of a modular hydraulic tralier,
which is more than twenty-five years old at any point of time, the period of twenty-five
years being computed from the date of initial registration of the said modular hydraulic
trailer:
PROVIDED that the national permit may be extended for another period of five
years subject to certificate of fitness granted by the manufacturer or a chartered engineer
or approving authority, in case the manufacturer ceases to operate in India:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the national permit shall be valid irrespective of the
combination of modular hydraulic trailers subject to the condition that each individual
modular hydraulic trailer is having valid national permit.
Explanation : For the purposes of this section, “national permit” means a permit
issued to ply the motor vehicle under this section, throughout the territory of India.]
4
[(5) A national permit shall be in such security printed watermark paper and shall
carry such hologram as the State Government or the State Transport Authority, as the
case may be, issuing such permit, may specify:
PROVIDED that the use of such security printed watermark paper carrying such
hologram shall come into force on or before six months from the date of commencement
of the Central Motor Vehicles (Third Amendment) Rules, 2002.]
89. Quarterly return to be filed by a national permit holder
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1 Substituted vide GSR 799(E), dt. 30-12-1993.
2 Inserted vide GSR 221(E), dt. 28-3-2001, w.e.f. 28-3-2001.
3 Inserted vide GSR 212(E), dt. 20-3-2015, w.e.f. 1-4-2015.
4 Inserted vide GSR 400(E), dt. 31-5-2002, w.e.f. 31-5-2002.
5 Omitted vide GSR 221(E), dt. 28-3-2001, w.e.f. 28-3-2001.