Bare Act · Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter IV

Chapter IV · Sections

39 · Necessity for registration. 40 · Registration, where to be made. 41 · Registration, how to be made. 42 · Special provision for registration... 43 · Temporary registration. 44 · Production of vehicle at the time... 45 · Refusal of registration or renewal... 46 · Effectiveness in India of... 47 · Assignment of new registration... 48 · No objection certificate. 49 · Change of residence or place of... 50 · Transfer of ownership. 51 · Special provisions regarding motor... 52 · Alteration in motor vehicle. 53 · Suspension of registration. 54 · Cancellation of registration... 55 · Cancellation of registration. 56 · Certificate of fitness of... 57 · Appeals. 58 · Special provisions in regard to... 59 · Power to fix the age limit of... 60 · Registration of vehicles belonging... 61 · Application of Chapter to... 62 · Information regarding stolen and... 62A · Prohibition of registration and... 62B · National Register of Motor... 63 · Maintenance of State Registers of... 64 · Power of Central Government to... 65 · Power of State Government to make...

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Registration, where to be made.

Subject to the provisions of section 42, section 43 and section 60, every owner of a motor vehicle shall cause the vehicle to be registered by ¹[any registering authority in the State] in ²[which] he has the residence or place of business where the vehicle is normally kept.

Footnotes (from the official text)

¹ Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 16, for “a registering authority” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).

² Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “whose jurisdiction” (w.e.f. 15-08-2026).

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