MVA Section 60: Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter 4: REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
¶60. Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government.—(1) Such authority as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, may register any motor vehicle which is the property or for the time being under the exclusive control of the Central Government and is used for Government purposes relating to the defence of the country and unconnected with any commercial enterprise and any vehicle so registered shall not, so long as it remains the property or under the exclusive control of the Central Government, require to be registered otherwise under this Act.
(2) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall assign a registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in the rules made in this behalf by the Central Government and shall issue a certificate in respect of that vehicle to the effect that such vehicle complies for the time being with all the requirements of this Act and the rules made thereunder and that the vehicle has been registered under this section.
(3) A vehicle registered under this section shall carry the certificate issued under sub-section (2).
(4) If a vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property or under the exclusive control of the Central Government, the provisions of sections 39 and 40 shall thereupon apply.
(5) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall furnish to any State Government all such information regarding the general nature, overall dimensions and axle weights of the vehicle as the State Government may at any time require.
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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
- 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
- 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