Section 41:
Registration, how to be made.
(1) An application by or on behalf of the owner of a motor
vehicle for registration shall be in such form and shall be accompanied by such documents, particulars
and information and shall be made within such period as may be prescribed by the Central Government:
Provided that where a motor vehicle is jointly owned by more persons than one, the application shall
be made by one of them on behalf of all the owners and such applicant shall be deemed to be the owner of
the motor vehicle for the purposes of this Act.
1[Provided further that in the case of a new motor vehicle, the application for registration in the State
shall be made by the dealer of such motor vehicle, if the new motor vehicle is being registered in the same
State in which the dealer is situated.]
(2) An application referred to in sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by such fee as may be
prescribed by the Central Government.
(3) The registering authority shall issue 2[a certificate of registration in the name of the owner] in such
form and containing such particulars and information and in such manner as may be prescribed by the
Central Government.
(4) In addition to the other particulars required to be included in the certificate of registration, it shall
also specify the type of the motor vehicle, being a type as the Central Government may, having regard to
the design, construction and use of the motor vehicle, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
(5) The registering authority shall enter the particulars of the certificate referred to in sub-section (3)
in a register to be maintained in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(6) The registering authority shall assign to the vehicle, for display thereon, a distinguishing mark
(in this Act referred to as the registration mark) consisting of one of the groups of such of those letters
and followed by such letters and figures as are allotted to the State by the Central Government from time
to time by notification in the Official Gazette, and displayed and shown on the motor vehicle in such form
and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
3[Provided that in case of a new motor vehicle, the application for the registration of which is made
under the second proviso to sub-section (1), such motor vehicle shall not be delivered to the owner until
such registration mark is displayed on the motor vehicle in such form and manner as may prescribed by
the Central Government.]
(7) A certificate of registration issued under sub-section (3), whether before or after the
commencement of this Act, in respect of a motor vehicle, 4***, shall, subject to the provisions contained
in this Act, be valid only for a period of fifteen years from the date of issue of such certificate 3[or for
such period as may be prescribed by the Central Government] and shall be renewable.
(8) An application by or on behalf of the owner of a motor vehicle, 4***, for the renewal of a
certificate of registration shall be made within such period and in such form, containing such particulars
and information as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(9) An application referred to in sub-section (8) shall be accompanied by such fee as may be
prescribed by the Central Government.
(10) Subject to the provisions of section 56, the registering authority may, on receipt of an application
under sub-section (8), renew the certificate of registration 5[for such period, as may be prescribed by the
Central Government] and intimate the fact to the original registering authority, if it is not the original
registering authority.
3[Provided that the Central Government may prescribe different period of renewal for different types
of motor vehicles.]
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(14) An application for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration shall be made to the 7[last
registering authority] in such form, containing such particulars and information along with such fee as
may be prescribed by the Central Government. STATE AMENDMENT
Rajasthan
Amendment of section 41, Central Act 59 of 1988.—In section 41 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
(Central Act 59 of 1988),-
(a) in sub-sections (7) and (8), the expression, “other than a transport vehicle,” shall be deleted;
(b) after sub-section (7) so amended, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that in the case of transport vehicles, State Government may require the transport vehicles
to be re-registered in the manner prescribed, subject to the age limit, if any, prescribed under section 59 of
the Act.”; and
(c) in sub-section (10) after the words “for a period of five years” and before the words “and
intimate”, the expression “on payment of all taxes, penalties and interest, if any, levied by the State
Government” shall be inserted.
[Vide Rajasthan Act 1 of 2002, s. 2.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 17, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
2. Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for "to the owner of a motor vehicle registered by it a certificate of registration" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
3. Ins. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 17, (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
4. The words "other than a transport vehicle" omitted by s. 17, ibid., (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
5. Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for "for a period of five years" (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
6. Sub-sections (11), (12), (13) omitted by s. 17, ibid., (w.e.f. 1-7-2021).
7. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 11, for "original registering authority" (w.e.f. 14-11-1994).