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796 MOTOR VEHICLES (HIGH SECURITY..........PLATES) ORDER, 2018

5. (i) For the affixation of HSRP on existing vehicles, the high security
registration plate including the third registration mark may be
supplied and affixed by the dealers of the vehicle manufacturers after
placing the mark of registration thereon.
(ii) The manufacturers or suppliers of high security registration plates,
if so authorised by the State concerned, may also supply the high
security registration plate including the third registration mark on
old vehicles after placing the registration mark.
6. A manufacturer of the motor vehicles and their dealers or the manufacturers
or suppliers of high security registration plates shall comply with the following
specifications, namely:—
(i) The high security registration plates shall have a certificate from the
Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi or any one of the testing
agencies authorised by the Central Government under rule 126 of
the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(ii) The Registration Plate shall conform to the specifications spelt out
in rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
(iii) The Registration Plate shall be guaranteed for imperishable nature
for a period mentioned in rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules,
1989 and in case of damage or withering due to natural usage before
such period, it shall be replaced by the motor vehicles manufacturer
or their dealers in respect of vehicles mentioned under para 4 above,
or the licence plate manufacturer or suppliers or their dealers, as the
case may be, in other cases.
(iv) The replacement for any existing registration plate may be made by
the motor vehicles dealers or the authorised high security registration
plate manufacturer or supplier, only after ensuring that the old plate
has been surrendered and destroyed.
(v) (a) To protect against counterfeiting, a chromium-based hologram
of the size 20 mm x 20 mm shall be applied by hot stamping
on the top left-hand corner of the plate in both front and rear
plates.
(b) The hologram shall contain CHAKRA in blue colour as
specified in the Annexure appended to this Order.
(vi) The permanent identification number of minimum 10 digits shall be
laser branded into the reflective sheeting on the bottom left-hand
side of the registration plate with the letter size being 5 mm:
PROVIDED that the permanent consecutive identification number
shall be preceded by two alphabets representing the name of the
vendor or the manufacturer or the supplier, as the case may be, for
whom the type approval certificate shall be issued by the test agencies:
PROVIDED FURTHER that the test agencies specified in column (2)
of the Table below shall use the alphabets specified in columns (3)
and (4) of the said Table as under:—