Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 - CHAPTER IIi - LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Rule 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and Rule 38

CHAPTER III

REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

                                                                        Trade certificate

33. Condition for exemption from registration,- For the purpose of the provision to section 39, a motor vehicle in the possession of a dealer shall be exempted from the necessity of registration subject to the condition that he obtains a trade certificate from the registering authority having jurisdiction in which the dealer has his place of business in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

34. Trade Certificate,-(1) An application for the grant or renewal of a trade certificate shall be made in form 16 and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in Rule 71.

(2) Separate application shall be made for each of the following classes of vehicles, namely,-

    (a)  motor cycle;

    (b)  Invalid carriage;

    ©  light motor vehicle

(a)    medium passenger motor vehicle;

(b)   medium goods vehicle;

(c)    heavy passenger motor vehicle;

(d)   heavy good vehicle

(e)   any other vehicle of the specified description.

34. Grant or renewal of trade certificate,- (1) On receipt of an application for the grant or renewal of a trade certificate in respect of  a vehicle, the registering authority may, if satisfied that the applicant is a bona fide dealer and requires the certificate specified in the application, issue to the applicant one or more certificates, as the case may be, in form 17 and shall assign in respect of each certificate a registration mark consisting of registration mark referred to in the notification made under sub-section (6) of section 41 and followed by two letters and a number containing three digits for each vehicle, for example,

        AB                  -              Represent the State Code

        12                   -              Registration District Code

        TCI -              Trade Certificate number for the vehicle

(2) No application for trade certificate shall be refused by the registering authority unless the applicant is given an opportunity of being heard and reasons for such refusal are given in writing.

36. Refund, - Where the registering authority refuses to issue of renew under Rule 35shall be in force for a period of 12 months from the date of issue or renewal thereof and shall be effective throughout India.

38. Issue of duplicate certificate,- (1) If at any time the trade certificate is lost or destroyed, its holder shall report to the police station in the jurisdiction of which  the loss or destruction has occurred and intimate the fact in writing to the registering authority by whom the certificate was issued and apply in form 18 to the said registering authority for  a duplicate certificate accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in Rule 81.

(2) On receipt of an application along with the fee, the registering may issue a duplicate trade certificate clearly marked “Duplicate”.

(3) If after the issue of a duplicate certificate the original is traced, the same shall be surrendered forthwith to the registering authority by which it was issued.