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RULE 23C THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 23

State Register
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[23. National Register of Driving Licenses
(1) The Central Government shall notify and maintain a Portal for National Register
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of Driving Licenses, which shall be a repository of electronic records containing all
particulars pertaining to licenses issued and renewed in each State in Form 10A.
(2) Data on such Portal shall be retained, stored and preserved in a machine
readable electronic, printable, shareable form.
(3) Those states which have not transmitted all information including contained
data in the State Register of Driving Licenses to the Central Government, shall
electronically transmit all information including contained data in the State Register of
Driving Licenses in Form 10A to the Central Government within six months from the
date of commencement of the notification for collating electronic records on the Portal
for National Register of Driving Licenses.
23A. Access and Updation of the National Register of Driving Licenses by Licensing
Authorities
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(1) The Portal for National Register of Driving Licenses shall be used by Licensing
Authorities or such authorised officers designated by the State Government in each State
to,—
(i) access electronic records available on the Portal for National Register of
Driving Licenses;
(ii) electronically update any particulars pertaining to licenses, in real time, in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and these rules;
(iii) create a new electronic record in real time, in respect of any driving license
issued or renewed by the licensing authority.
(2) The Portal for National Register of Driving Licenses shall, at all times, display
the date and time of the creation of or last updation made to any electronic record
contained in the Portal for National Register of Driving Licenses, by any licensing
authority.
(3) In order to access the Portal for National Register of Driving Licenses for the
purposes of sub-rule (1), any licensing authority or such authorised officers designated
by the State Government shall require valid login credentials.
(4) The Central Government may specify the manner of authentication of every
electronic record created or updated by any licensing authority on the Portal for National
Register of Driving Licenses.
23B. Duty of licensing authorities to Update National Register of Driving Licenses
Every licensing authority shall be responsible for,— 23B
(i) electronically updating any change in particulars pertaining to licenses on
the Portal for National Register of Driving Licenses immediately, in real
time;
(ii) creating a new electronic record in real time, in respect of any driving license
issued or renewed by him.
23C. Access to National Register of Driving Licenses
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Electronic records preserved and retained in the Portal for National Register of
Driving Licenses may be accessed by such agencies or organisations as the Central
Government may deem fit.]

1 Substituted vide GSR 240(E), dt. 31-3-2021, w.e.f. 1-4-2021.