Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, Chapter IV, Registration of Motor Vehicles- Sections 43 to 47 - Kerala RTO

  43. Temporary registration,- (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 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 for any unforeseen circumstances beyond the control  of the owner, the period may be extended by such further 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 such vehicles, which shall incorporate legibly the full name and  address of the person with whom such agreement has been entered into by the owner.

  44. Production of vehicle at the time of registration,-  The registering authority shall before proceeding to register a motor vehicle, or renew the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle or, as the case may be, for renewing the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle, other than a transport vehicle, require the person applying for registration of the vehicle or, as the case may be for renewing the certificate of registration  to produce the  vehicle either before itself or such authority as the State Government may by order appoint in order that the registering authority may satisfy itself that the particulars contained in the application are true and that the vehicle complies with the requirements of the rules made there under.

  45. Refusal of registration or renewal of  the certificate of registration,- The  registering authority may, by order, refuse to register any motor vehicle, or renew the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle (other than a transport vehicle), if in either case, the registering authority has reason to believe that it is a stolen vehicle or the vehicle is mechanically defective or fails to comply with the requirements of this Act or the rules made there under, or if the applicant fail to furnish particulars of any previous registration of the vehicle or furnishes inaccurate particulars in the application for registration of the vehicle or, as the case may be, for renewal of the certificate of registration thereof and the registering authority  shall furnish the applicant whose vehicle is refused registration, or whose application for renewal of the certificate of registration is refused, a copy of such order, together with the reason for such refusal.

  46. Effectiveness of registration in India,- Subject the provisions of section 47, a motor vehicle registered in accordance with this Chapter in any State shall not require to be registered elsewhere in India and a certificate of registration issued on in force under this Act in respect of such vehicle shall be effective throughout India.

  47. Assignment of new registration mark on removal to other State,- (1)  When a motor vehicle registered in one State has been kept in another State, for a period of exceeding twelve months, the owner of the vehicle shall, within such period and in such form containing such particulars as may be prescribed by the Central Government, apply to the registering authority, within whose jurisdiction the vehicle then is, for the assignment of a new registration mark and shall present the certificate of registration to that registering authority:

  Provided that an application under this sub-section shall be accompanied by-

( i )  by the no objection certificate obtained under section 48; or

(ii)  in case where no such certificate has been obtained, by-

          (a) the receipt obtained under sub-section (2) of section 48; or

          ( b ) the postal acknowledgement received by the owner of the vehicle if he has sent an application
                  in this behalf by registered post acknowledgement due to the registering authority referred to   
                  in section 48, together with a declaration that he has not received any communication from
                  such authority refusing to grant such certificate of requiring him to comply with any direction
                  subject to which such certificate may be granted:

Provided further that, in a case where a motor vehicle is held under a hire purchase, lease or hypothecation agreement, an application under this sub-section shall be accompanied by a no objection certificate from the person with whom such agreement has been entered into, and the provisions of section 51, as far as may be, regarding obtaining of such certificate from the person with whom such has been entered into, shall apply.

  (2) The registering authority, to which the application is made under sub-section (1), shall after making such verification, as it thinks fit, of the returns, if any, received under section 62, assign the vehicle a registration mark as specified in sub-section (6) of section 41 to be displayed and shown thereafter on the vehicle and shall enter the mark upon the certificate of registration before returning it to the applicant and shall, in communication with the registering authority by whom the vehicle was previously registered, arrange for the transfer of registration of the vehicle from the records of that registering authority to its own records.

  (3) Where a motor vehicle is held under hire purchase or lease, or hypothecation agreement, the registering authority shall, after assigning the vehicle a registration mark under sub-section (2), inform the person whose name has been specified in the certificate of registration as the person with whom the registered owner has entered into the hire purchase or lease or hypothecation agreement ( by sending to such person a notice by registered post acknowledgement due at the address of such person entered in the certificate of registration ) the fact of assignment of the said registration mark.

  (4) A State Government may make rules under section 65 requiring the owner of a motor vehicle not registered within the State, which is brought into or is for the time being in the State, to furnish to the prescribed authority in the State such information with respect to the motor vehicle and its registration as may be prescribed.

  (5) If the owner fails to make an application under sub-section (1) within the period prescribed, the registering authority may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, require the owner to pay, in lieu of any action that may be taken against him under section 177, such amount not exceeding one hundred rupees as may be prescribed under sub-section (7):

   Provided that action under section 177, shall be taken against the owner where the owner fails to pay the said amount.

  (6) Where the owner has paid the amount under sub-section (5), no action shall be taken against him under section 177.


  (7) For the purpose of sub-section (5), State Government may prescribe different amounts having regard to the period of delay on the part of the owner in making an application under sub-section (1)

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