MVA Section 45: Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 4: REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
¶45. Refusal of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration.—The registering authority may, by order, refuse to register any motor vehicle, or renew the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle (other than a transport vehicle), if in either case, the registering authority has reason to believe that it is a stolen motor vehicle or the vehicle is mechanically defective or fails to comply with the requirements of this Act or of the rules made thereunder, or if the applicant fails to furnish particulars of any previous registration of the vehicle or furnishes inaccurate particulars in the application for registration of the vehicle or, as the case may be, for renewal of the certificate or registration thereof and the registering authority shall furnish the applicant whose vehicle is refused registration, or whose application for renewal of the certificate of registration is refused, a copy of such order, together with the reasons for such refusal.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 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
- 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
- 62A. Prohibition of registration and issuance of certificate of fitness to oversized vehicles
- 62B. National Register of Motor Vehicles
- 63. Maintenance of State Registers of Motor Vehicles
- 64. Power of Central Government to make rules
- 65. Power of State Government to make rules