Page 47 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

SECTION 47 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 33

State Government to have the motor vehicle temporarily registered and such authority
shall issue a temporary certificate of registration and temporary registration mark in
accordance with such rules as may be made by the Central Government:
PROVIDED that the State Government may register a motor vehicle that plies,
temporarily, within the State and issue a certificate of registration and registration mark
for a period of one month in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government.]
1 [44. Production of vehicle at the time of registration
(1) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Central
Government in this behalf, a motor vehicle sold by an authorised dealer shall not require
production before a registering authority for the purposes of registration for the first
time.
(2) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the State
Government, a person in whose name a certificate of registration has been issued shall
not be required to produce the vehicle registered or transferred before a registering
authority.]
45. Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration
The registering authority may, by order, refuse to register any motor vehicle, or
renew the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle (other than a transport
vehicle), if in either case, the registering authority has reason to believe that it is a stolen
motor vehicle or the vehicle is mechanically defective or fails to comply with the
requirements of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, or if the applicant fails to
furnish particulars of any previous registration of the vehicle or furnishes inaccurate
particulars in the application for registration of the vehicle or, as the case may be, for
renewal of the certificate of registration thereof and the registering authority shall furnish
the applicant whose vehicle is refused registration, or whose application for renewal of
the certificate of registration is refused, a copy of such order, together with the reasons
for such refusal.
46. Effectiveness in India of registration
Subject to the provisions of section 47, a motor vehicle registered in accordance
with this Chapter in any State shall not require to be registered elsewhere in India and
a certificate of registration issued or in force under this Act in respect of such vehicle
shall be effective throughout India.
47. Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State
(1) When a motor vehicle registered in one State has been kept in another State,
for a period exceeding twelve months, the owner of the vehicle shall, within such period
and in such form containing such particulars as may be prescribed by the Central

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 44 read as under:
“44. Production of vehicle at the time of registration
The registering authority shall before proceeding to register a motor vehicle or renew the certificate
of registration in respect of a motor vehicle, other than a transport vehicle, require the person
applying for registration of the vehicle or, as the case may be, for renewing the certificate of
registration to produce the vehicle either before itself or such authority as the State Government
may by order appoint in order that registering authority may satisfy itself that the particulars
contained in the application are true and that the vehicle complies with the requirements of this
Act and of the rules made thereunder.”