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RULE 50 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 67

(2) In the case of motor cycles the registration mark in the front shall be displayed
parallel to the handle bar on any part of the vehicle including mudguard facing the front
instead of, on a plate in line with the axis of the vehicle :
PROVIDED that :
(a) the registration mark exhibited at the rear of a transport vehicle shall be
affixed to the vehicle on the right hand side at a distance not exceeding one
metre from the ground as may be reasonably possible having regard to the
type of the body of the vehicle;
(b) the registration mark shall also be painted on the right and left side on the
body of the vehicle in the case of a transport vehicle;
(c) the registration mark shall also be painted and exhibited on the partition
provided between the driver and the passengers, facing the passengers’
seats or, where there is no such partition, on the front interior of the vehicle
near the roof to the left side of the driver’s seat facing the passengers’ seats
in the case of a stage carriage or a contract carriage and in the case of a motor
cab or a taxi cab it shall be sufficient if the registration mark is painted on
the dash-board;
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[(d) the letters of the registration mark shall be in English and the figures shall
be in Arabic numerals and shall be shown:
(A) in the case of transport vehicles in Black colour on Yellow background;
and
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[(AB) in case of motor cab under rent a cab scheme, 1989 or motor cycle (L1
and L2 category two wheeler) under rent a motor cycle scheme 1997,
in yellow colour on black background, however in case of battery
operated or electrically powered motor cab under rent a cab scheme
1989 or motor cycle under rent a motor cycle scheme 1997, in black
colour on green background; and]
(B) in other cases, in Black colour on White background,
the registration mark on the trailer shall be exhibited on the left hand side in Black
colour on Yellow background. In addition, the registration mark on the drawing
vehicle shall be exhibited on the trailer also and this shall be done on the right hand
side at the rear of the trailer or the last trailer, as the case may be, in Black colour
on retro-reflective tyre yellow background:
PROVIDED that where provisions of this clause have not been complied with in
respect of motor vehicle, on or before the commencement of the Central Motor
Vehicles (8th Amendment) Rules, 2001, then the provisions shall be complied
with,—
(i) in respect of transport vehicle, on or before 1st February, 2002; and
(ii) in other cases, on or before 1st July, 2002.]
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[(2A) In case of Battery Operated Vehicles, the registration mark shall be exhibited
in Yellow colour on Green background for transport vehicles and for all other cases, in
White colour on Green background.]

1 Substituted vide GSR 901(E), dt. 13-12-2001, w.e.f. 13-12-2001.
2 Inserted vide GSR 104(E), dt. 11-2-2020, w.e.f. 11-2-2020.
3 Inserted vide GSR 749(E), dt. 7-8-2018, w.e.f. 7-8-2018.