Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 - CHAPTER III - REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Rule 76

CHAPTER III

REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Rule  76

Special provisions for registration of vehicles of 
Diplomatic Officers etc.

76. Registration of vehicles of diplomatic or consular officers,-(1) Every application for registration of a motor vehicle under sub-section (1) of section 42 by or on behalf of any diplomatic officer or consular officer shall be made in triplicate by the head of the mission or consular officer in Form 42 and  be addressed to the registering authority through the Competent Authority accompanied by the relevant documents and fees referred to in Rule 47.

(2) The competent authority shall forward one copy of application to the registering authority concerned together with a statement certifying the status of the person applying for registration and shall return one copy of the application to the applicant. The third copy of the application may be retained by the competent authority for record.

(3) The registering authority shall, on receipt of the application duly endorsed under sub-rule (2), register the vehicle, subject to the provisions of section 44.

(4) The registering authority shall, issue to the owner of the motor vehicle registered by it  under sub-rule(3), a certificate of registration in Form 33  and shall enter in  a register to be kept by it,  particulars of such vehicle.

(5) The registering authority shall assign to the motor vehicle for display thereon in the manner specified in Rule 77, the registration mark in accordance with sub-rule (6) or sub-rule (7), as the case may be.

(6) A motor vehicle belonging to a diplomatic mission in Delhi or to any of its diplomatic officer shall be assigned a registration mark consisting of the letters “CD” preceded by the number allotted to the mission by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India and followed by a number allotted to the vehicle by the registering authority in the following manner, namely,-

                (i) an official vehicle meant for the use of the head of a mission shall be allotted the number “I”,

                (ii) personal vehicles of the head of the mission shall be allotted the number “I”,  followed by consecutively, in alphabetical order, by  a letter beginning with the letter “A”

                (iii) official vehicles, other than those referred to in clause (i), shall be allotted consecutive letters beginning with the number “2”.

                (iv) vehicles belonging to other officers of the mission shall be allotted numbers in consecutive order after the last number allotted under clause (iii).

                (v) vehicles acquired by a  mission or by its diplomatic officer other than  heads of missions, shall be allotted numbers in consecutive order after the last number allotted under clause (iv) irrespective of whether such vehicle is for official or personal use of the mission or any of its officres,

                (vi) a number allotted to a vehicle under any of  the clauses (i) to (v), which is lying unutilized due to sale or export of  such vehicle  or cancellation of its number may be allotted to  another vehicle under the same clause in respect of which an application has been made under sub-rule(1)