LawgistThe Motor Vehicles Act
40Registration, where to be made
Subject to the provisions of section 42, section 43 and section 60, every owner of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to be registered by 1[any registering authority in the State] in whose jurisdiction he has the residence or place of business where the vehicle is normally kept.
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1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 16, for "a registering authority" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- 39 Necessity for registration
- 40 Registration, where to be made
- 41 Registration, how to be made
- 42 Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc
- 43 Temporary registration
- 44 Production of vehicle at the time of registration
- 45 Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration
- 46 Effectiveness in India of registration
- 47 Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State
- 48 No objection certificate
- 49 Change of residence or place of business
- 50 Transfer of ownership
- 51 Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc
- 52 Alteration in motor vehicle
- 53 Suspension of registration
- 54 Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53
- 55 Cancellation of registration
- 56 Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles
- 57 Appeals
- 58 Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles
- 59 Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle
- 60 Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government
- 61 Application of Chapter to trailers
- 62 Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority
- 63 Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles
- 64 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 65 Power of State Government to make rules
