Chapter IV — Registration Of Motor Vehicles
Section 64 — Power of Central Government to make rules
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Power of Central Government to make rules.—The Central Government may make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) the period within which and the form in which an application shall be made and the documents, particulars and information it shall accompany under sub-section (1) of section 41; (b) the form in which the certificate of registration shall be made and the particulars and information it shall contain and the manner in which it shall be issued under sub-section (3) of section 41; (c) the form and manner in which the particulars of the certificate of registration shall be entered in the records of the registering authority under sub-section (5) of section 41; (d) the manner in which and the form in which the registration mark, the letters and figures and other particulars referred to in sub-section (6) of section 41 shall be displayed and shown;
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
Amended by the 2019 Amendment Act
In section 64 of the principal Act,— (i) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(da) providing for the period of validity of a certificate of registration under sub-section (7) of section 41;”; (ii) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ea) the period of renewal of certificate of registration of different types of motor vehicles under sub-section (10) of section 41;”; (iii) after clause (f), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(fa) the issue of temporary certificate of registration and temporary registration mark under section 43; (fb) the terms and conditions under which a motor vehicle sold by an authorised dealer shall not require production before a registering authority under sub-section (1) of section 44;”; (iv) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ja) the form and manner for the electronic submission of the intimation of change of address, documents to be submitted along with such intimation including proof of authentication under sub-section (1A) of section 49;”; (v) after clause (l), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(la) specifications, conditions for approval, retrofitment and other related matters for the alteration of motor vehicles under sub-section (1) of section 52; (lb) the conditions for the alteration of any motor vehicle into an adapted vehicle under sub-section (2) of section 52;”; (vi) after clause (n), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(na) the distinguishing mark to be carried on the body of transport vehicles under sub-section (6) of section 56; (nb) the conditions under which the application of section 56 may be extended to non-transport vehicles under sub-section (7) of section 56; (nc) the recycling of m
This is the amending instruction from the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 32 of 2019), quoted verbatim. Read it together with the text above — the consolidated version is the section as it reads once these changes are applied.
Before you rely on this. The base text above is the Act as consolidated by the India Code, which predates the 2019 amendment; any 2019 change is shown separately rather than merged in. Later amendments may also apply. For anything official, read the current text on the e-Gazette or the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways site.
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