Page 66 - The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

52 THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 SECTION 66

(d) the issue or renewal of certificate of registration and fitness and duplicates
of such certificate to replace the certificates lost, destroyed or mutilated;
(e) the production of certificate of registration before the registration authority
for the revision of entries therein of particulars relating to the gross vehicle
weight;
(f) the temporary registration of motor vehicles, and the issue of temporary
1
certificate of registration and marks [under the proviso to section 43];
(g) the manner in which the particulars referred to in sub-section (2) of section
58 and other prescribed particulars shall be exhibited;
(h) the exemption of prescribed persons or prescribed classes of persons from
payment of all or any portion of the fee payable under this Chapter;
(i) the forms, other than those prescribed by the Central Government, to be
used for the purpose of this Chapter;
(j) the communication between registering authorities of particulars of
certificates of registration and by owners of vehicles registered outside the
State of particulars of such vehicles and of their registration;
(k) the amount or amounts under sub-section (13) of section 41 or sub-section
(7) of section 47 or sub-section (4) of section 49 or sub-section (5) of section
50;
(l) the extension of the validity of certificates of fitness pending consideration
of applications for their renewal;
(m) the exemption from the provisions of this Chapter, and the conditions and
fees for exemption, of motor vehicles in the possession of dealers;
(n) the form in which and the period within which the return under section 62
shall be sent;
2 [(o) the manner in which the State Register of Motor Vehicles shall be maintained
under section 63;]
(p) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.
CHAPTER V
CONTROL OF TRANSPORT VEHICLES
66. Necessity for permits
(1) No owner of a motor vehicle shall use or permit the use of the vehicle as a
transport vehicle in any public place whether or not such vehicle is actually carrying
any passengers or goods save in accordance with the conditions of a permit granted or
countersigned by a Regional or State Transport Authority or any prescribed authority
authorising him the use of the vehicle in that place in the manner in which the vehicle is
being used:
PROVIDED that a stage carriage permit shall, subject to any conditions that may
be specified in the permit, authorise the use of the vehicle as a contract carriage:
PROVIDED FURTHER that a stage carriage permit shall, subject to any conditions
that may be specified in the permit, authorise the use of the vehicle as a goods carriage
either when carrying passengers or not:

1 Inserted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-9-2019 vide SO
3110(E), dt. 28-8-2019.
2 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.