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32 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 43

(c) in sub-section (10), after the words “for a period of five years” and before the words
“and intimate”, insert the expression “on payment of all taxes, penalties and interest,
if any, levied by the State Government”
[Vide Rajasthan Act 1 of 2002 w.e.f. 13-3-2002]
42. Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers,
etc.
(1) Where an application for registration of a motor vehicle is made under sub-
section (1) of section 41 by or on behalf of any diplomatic officer or consular officer,
then notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of sub-section (6) of that
section, the registering authority shall register the vehicle in such manner and in
accordance with such procedure as may be provided by rules made in this behalf by
the Central Government under sub-section (3) and shall assign to the vehicle for display
thereon a special registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in those
rules and shall issue a certificate (hereafter in this section referred to as the certificate of
registration) that the vehicle has been registered under this section; and any vehicle so
registered shall not, so long as it remains the property of any diplomatic officer or
consular officer, require to be registered otherwise under this Act.
(2) If any vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property of any
diplomatic officer or consular officer, the certificate of registration issued under this
section shall also cease to be effective, and the provisions of sections 39 and 40 shall
thereupon apply.
(3) The Central Government may make rules for the registration of motor vehicles
belonging to diplomatic officers and consular officers regarding the procedure to be
followed by the registering authority for registering such vehicles, the form in which
the certificates of registration of such vehicles are to be issued, the manner in which
such certificates of registration are to be sent to the owners of the vehicles and the
special registration marks to be assigned to such vehicles.
(4) For the purposes of this section “diplomatic officer” or “consular officer” means
any person who is recognised as such by the Central Government and if any question
arises as to whether a person is or is not such an officer, the decision of the Central
Government thereon shall be final.
1 [43. Temporary Registration
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 40, the owner of a motor vehicle
may apply to any registering authority or other authority as may be prescribed by the

1 Substituted 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. Prior to substitution, section 43 read as under:
“43. Temporary registration
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 40, the owner of a motor vehicle may apply to
any registering authority or other prescribed authority to have the vehicle temporarily registered
in the prescribed manner and for the issue in the prescribed manner of a temporary certificate of
registration and a temporary registration mark.
(2) A registration made under this section shall be valid only for a period not exceeding one
month, and shall not be renewable:
PROVIDED that where a motor vehicle so registered in a chassis to which a body has not been
attached and the same is detained in a workshop beyond the said period of one month for being
fitted with a body or any unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the owner, the period
may, on payment of such fees, if any, as may be prescribed, be extended by such further period or
periods as the registering authority or other prescribed authority, as the case may be, may allow.
(3) In a case where the motor vehicle is held under hire-purchase agreement, lease or hypothecation,
the registering authority or other prescribed authority shall issue a temporary certificate of
registration of such vehicle, which shall incorporate legibly and prominently the full name and
address of the person with whom such agreement has been entered into by the owner.”