MVA: Chapter 4: REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

  1. Section 39. Necessity for registration
  2. Section 40. Registration, where to be made
  3. Section 41. Registration, how to be made
  4. Section 42. Special provision for registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc
  5. Section 43. Temporary registration
  6. Section 44. Production of vehicle at the time of registration
  7. Section 45. Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration
  8. Section 46. Effectiveness in India of registration
  9. Section 47. Assignment of new registration mark on removal to another State
  10. Section 48. No objection certificate
  11. Section 49. Change of residence or place of business
  12. Section 50. Transfer of ownership
  13. Section 51. Special provisions regarding motor vehicle subject to hire-purchase agreement, etc
  14. Section 52. Alteration in motor vehicle
  15. Section 53. Suspension of registration
  16. Section 54. Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53
  17. Section 55. Cancellation of registration
  18. Section 56. Certificate of fitness of transport vehicles
  19. Section 57. Appeals
  20. Section 58. Special provisions in regard to transport vehicles
  21. Section 59. Power to fix the age limit of motor vehicle
  22. Section 60. Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government
  23. Section 61. Application of Chapter to trailers
  24. Section 62. Information regarding stolen and recovered motor vehicles to be furnished by the police to the State Transport Authority
  25. Section 62A. Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles
  26. Section 62B. National Register of Motor Vehicles
  27. Section 63. Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles
  28. Section 64. Power of Central Government to make rules
  29. Section 65. Power of State Government to make rules

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