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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter IVSection 43
Section43

Temporary registration

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Summary

An owner can apply to the registering authority for a temporary registration, certificate and registration mark. It is valid for up to one month and is not renewable, except a bare chassis detained in a workshop for fitting a body or due to unforeseen events beyond the owner’s control may be extended on payment of prescribed fees. If the vehicle is under hire-purchase, lease or hypothecation, the temporary certificate must show the full name and address of the other party.

Example

Rohan buys a chassis and applies for temporary registration while a body is fitted. The workshop keeps the chassis for six weeks; the registering authority extends the temporary registration on payment of the prescribed fee. If Rohan had bought the vehicle under a hire-purchase, the temporary certificate would show the financier’s full name and address.

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Enacted text

(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 is 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.

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IV

Chapter IV

Registration of Motor Vehicles

In this chapter

  • 39Necessity for registration
  • 40Registration, where to be made
  • 41Registration, how to be made
  • 42Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc
  • 43Temporary registration
  • 44Production of vehicle at the time of registration
  • 45Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration
  • 46Effectiveness in India of registration
  • 47Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State
  • 48No objection certificate
  • 49Change of residence or place of business
  • 50Transfer of ownership
  • 51Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc
  • 52Alteration in motor vehicle
  • 53Suspension of registration
  • 54Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53
  • 55Cancellation of registration
  • 56Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles
  • 57Appeals
  • 58Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles
  • 59Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle
  • 60Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government
  • 61Application of Chapter to trailers
  • 62Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority
  • 63Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles
  • 64Power of Central Government to make rules
  • 65Power of State Government to make rules
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