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(2) An authority other than a registering authority shall when making a suspension
order under sub-section (1), intimate in writing the fact of such suspension and the
reasons therefor to the registering authority within whose jurisdiction the vehicle is at
the time of the suspension.
(3) Where the registration of a motor vehicle has been suspended under sub-section
(1) for a continuous period of not less than one month, the registering authority, within
whose jurisdiction the vehicle was when the registration was suspended, shall, if it is
not the original registering authority, inform that authority of the suspension.
(4) The owner of a motor vehicle shall, on the demand of a registering authority or
other prescribed authority which has suspended the certificate of registration of the
vehicle under this section, surrender the certificate of registration.
(5) A certificate of registration surrendered under sub-section (4) shall be returned
to the owner when the order suspending registration has been rescinded and not before.
54. Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53
Where the suspension of registration of a vehicle under section 53 has continued
without interruption of a period of not less than six months, the registering authority
within whose jurisdiction the vehicle was when the registration was suspended, may,
if it is the original registering authority, cancel the registration, and if it is not the original
registering authority, shall forward the certificate of registration to that authority which
may cancel the registration.
55. Cancellation of registration

(1) If a motor vehicle has been destroyed or has been rendered permanently
incapable of use, the owner shall, within fourteen days or as soon as may be, report the
fact to the registering authority within whose jurisdiction he has the residence or place
of business where the vehicle is normally kept, as the case may be, and shall forward to
the authority the certificate of registration of the vehicle.
(2) The registering authority shall, if it is the original registering authority, cancel
the registration and the certificate of registration, or, if it is not, shall forward the report
and the certificate of registration to the original registering authority and that authority
shall cancel the registration.
(3) Any registering authority may order the examination of a motor vehicle within
its jurisdiction by such authority as the State Government may by order appoint and, if
upon such examination and after giving the owner an opportunity to make any
representation he may wish to make (by sending to the owner a notice by registered
post acknowledgement due at his address entered in the certificate of registration), it is
satisfied that the vehicle is in such a condition that it is incapable of being used or its
use in a public place would constitute a danger to the public and that it is beyond
reasonable repair, may cancel the registration.
(4) If a registering authority is satisfied that a motor vehicle has been permanently
removed out of India, the registering authority shall cancel the registration.
(5) If a registering authority is satisfied that the registration of a motor vehicle has
been obtained on the basis of documents which were, or by representation of facts which
was, false in any material particular, or the engine number or the chassis number
embossed thereon are different from such number entered in the certificate of registration,
the registering authority shall after giving the owner an opportunity to make such