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SECTION 41 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 31

(7) A certificate of registration issued under sub-section (3), whether before or
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after the commencement of this Act, in respect of a motor vehicle, [xxx], shall, subject
to the provisions contained in this Act, be valid only for a period of fifteen years from
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the date of issue of such certificate [or for such period as may be prescribed by the
Central Government] and shall be renewable.
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(8) An application by or on behalf of the owner of a motor vehicle, [xxx] for the
renewal of a certificate of registration shall be made within such period and in such
form containing such particulars and information as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.
(9) An application referred to in sub-section (8) shall be accompanied by such fee
as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(10) Subject to the provisions of section 56, the registering authority may, on receipt
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of an application under sub-section (8), renew the certificate of registration [for such
period, as may be prescribed by the Central Government] and intimate the fact to the
original registering authority, if it is not the original registering authority:
2 [PROVIDED that the Central Government may prescribe different period of
renewal for different types of motor vehicles.]
5 [(11) If the owner fails to make an application under sub-section (1), or, as
the case may be, under sub-section (8), within the period prescribed, the registering authority
may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, require the owner
to pay, in lieu of any action that may be taken against him under section 177,
such amount not exceeding one hundred rupees as may be prescribed under sub-section (13):
PROVIDED that action under section 177 shall be taken against the owner where the
owner fails to pay the said amount.
(12) Where the owner has paid the amount under sub-section (11), no action shall be taken
against him under section 177.
(13) For the purpose of sub-section (11), the State Government may prescribe different
amounts having regard to the period of delay on the part of the owner in making an application
under sub-section (1) or sub-section (8).]
(14) An application for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration shall be
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made to the [last registering authority] in such form, containing such particulars and
information along with such fee as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
STATE AMENDMENT
Rajasthan
In section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988).—
(a) in sub-sections (7) and (8), omit the expression “other than a transport vehicle”,
(b) after sub-section (7) so amended, insert the following proviso namely:—
“PROVIDED that in the case of transport vehicles, State Government may require
the transport vehicles to be re-registered in the manner prescribed; subject to the
age limit, if any, prescribed under section 59 of the Act”; and
1. Words “other than a transport vehicle” omitted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of
2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-4-2021 vide SO 1433(E), dt. 31-3-2021.
2. Inserted, ibid.
3. Words “other than a transport vehicle” omitted, ibid.
4. Substituted for “for a period of five years”, ibid.
5. Sub-sections (11), (12) and (13) omitted, ibid.
6 Substituted for “original registering authority” by Act 54 of 1994, w.e.f. 14-11-1994.