CHAPTER III
REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Rules 52 and Rule 53
Rules 52 and Rule 53
52. Renewal of registration
certificate,- (1) An application by or on behalf of the owner of a motor
vehicle, other than a transport vehicle, for the renewal of a certificate of registration, shall be made to the registering
authority in whose jurisdiction the vehicle
is in form 25 not more than sixty days before its expiry, accompanied by the appropriate
fee as specified in Rule 81.
(2) On receipt of an application
under sub-rule (1), the registering
authority shall refer the vehicle to the authority referred to in sub-section (1)
of section 56 and after obtaining a
certificate of fitness from that authority, renew the certificate of
registration, the renewal shall be made from the date of grant of the
certificate of fitness for a period of 5 years.
(3) A motor vehicle other than a
transport vehicle shall be deemed to be validly registered for the purpose of
section 39, after the expiry of the period of validity entered in the certificate
of registration and no such vehicle shall be used in any public place until its
certificate of registration is renewed under sub-rule (2).
53. Issue of duplicate certificate
of registration,- (1) If at any
time, the certificate of registration is lost or destroyed the owner 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 of registration
was issued.
(2) An application for the issue of a duplicate certificate
of registration shall be made to the last registering authority in form 26 and shall
be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in Rule 81.