Page 62 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

48 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 62A

(2) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall assign a
registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in the rules made in this
behalf by the Central Government and shall issue a certificate in respect of that vehicle
to the effect that such vehicle complies for the time being with all the requirements of
this Act and the rules made thereunder and that the vehicle has been registered under
this section.
(3) A vehicle registered under this section shall carry the certificate issued under
sub-section (2).
(4) If a vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property or under the
exclusive control of the Central Government, the provisions of sections 39 and 40 shall
thereupon apply.
(5) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall furnish to any
State Government all such information regarding the general nature, overall dimensions
and axle weights of the vehicle the State Government may at any time require.
61. Application of Chapter to trailers
(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the registration of trailers as they
apply to the registration of any other motor vehicle.
(2) The registration mark assigned to a trailer shall be displayed in such manner
on the side of the drawing vehicles as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(3) No person shall drive a motor vehicle to which a trailer is or trailers are attached
unless the registration mark of the motor vehicle so driven is displayed on the trailer or
on the last trailer in the train, as the case may be, in such manner as may be prescribed
by the Central Government.
62. Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished
by the police to the State Transport Authority
The State Government may, if it thinks necessary or expedient so to do in the
public interest, direct the submission by the Inspector General of Police (by whatever
designation called) and such other police officers as the State Government may specify
in this behalf, of such returns containing the information regarding vehicles which have
been stolen and stolen vehicles which have been recovered of which the police are aware,
to the State Transport Authority, and may prescribe the form in which and the period
within which such return shall be made.
1 [62A. Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized
vehicles
(1) No registering authority shall register any motor vehicle that contravenes any
rule made under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 110.
(2) No prescribed authority or authorised testing station shall issue a certificate of
fitness under section 56 to any motor vehicle that contravenes any rule made under
section 110.

1 Inserted 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.