Registration Display
Last Updated On: 12/06/2014
Form and manner of display of registration marks on the motor vehicles
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The
registration mark referred to in sub-section (6) of Section 41 shall be
displayed both at the front and at the rear on all motor vehicles clearly and
legibly on a plain surface of a plate or part of the vehicle not inclined to
vertical by more than thirty degrees, at the front facing direct to the front
and at the rear facing direct to the rear.
In the case of motor cycles the
registration mark in the front shall be displayed parallel to the handle bar
or any part of the vehicle including mudguard facing the front instead of, on
a plate in line with the axis of the vehicle.
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Provided
that:-
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The
registration mark exhibited at the rear of a transport vehicle shall be
affixed to the vehicle on the right hand side at a distance not exceeding
one meter from the ground as may be reasonably possible having regard to
the type of the body of the vehicle.
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b
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The
registration mark shall also be painted on the right and left side on the
body of the vehicle in the case of a transport vehicle.
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c
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the
registration mark shall also be painted and exhibited on the partition
provided between the driver and the passengers, facing the passenger’s
seats or, where there is no such partition, on the front interior of the
vehicle near the roof to the left side of the driver’s seat facing the
passenger’s seats in the case of a stage carriage and in the case of a
motor cab or a taxi cab it shall be sufficient if the registration mark is
painted on the dash-board.
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d
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the
registration mark shall be exhibited on a plain plate or surface on the
left hand side and on the rear in the case of a trailer or the last
trailer, apart from the registration mark of the drawing motor vehicle to
which such trailer or trailers are attached.
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The
registration mark shall be exhibited in two lines, the State Code and
registering authority code forming the first line and the rest forming the
second line, one below the other:
Provided that the registration mark in the front may be exhibited in one
line.
Provided further that in models of vehicles having no sufficient provision at
the rear to exhibit the registration mark in two lines, it shall be
sufficient if in such vehicles registration mark is exhibited in a single
line.
Provided further that registration mark on a light motor vehicle may be in
the centre with illumination.
Every motor vehicle, except motor cab and motor car, manufactured on and from
the date of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment )Rules,
1993 shall be provided with sufficient space in the rear for display of
registration mark in two lines.
In case of agricultural tractors, the registration mark need not be inclined
to the vertical by more that 30 degrees.
The registration mark of the drawings agricultural tractors may not be
exhibited on the agricultural trailer or trailers.
Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark
The
dimension of letters and figures of the registration mark and the space
between different letters and numerals and letters and edge of the plain
surface shall be as follows:
Provided that when the registration mark is exhibited in one horizontal line,
there shall be a hypen between the letters (including code number of
Registering Authority) and the numerals. The length and thickness of the
hypen shall be not less than three-fourth and one-fourth of a centimeter
respectively.
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Class
of Vehicle
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Dimensions
not less than Height thickness Space between
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1.
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All
motor cycles and three wheeled invalid carriages
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Rear-letters
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35
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7
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5
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2.
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All
motor cycles and three wheeled invalid carriages
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Rear-numeral
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40
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7
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5
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3.
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Motor
cycles with engine capacity less than 70cc
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Front
letters & numerals
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15
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2.5
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2.5
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4.
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Other
motor cycles
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Front
letters & numerals
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30
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5
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5
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5.
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Three
wheelers of engine capacity not exceeding 500 cc
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Rear
and front numerals
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35
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7
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5
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6.
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Three
wheelers of engine capacity exceeding 500 cc
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Rear
and front numerals
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40
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7
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5
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7.
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All
other motor vehicles
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Rear
and front letters and numerals
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65
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10
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10
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8.
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Power
Tillers
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Front
letters and numerals
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15
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2.5
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2.5
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9.
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Trailers
coupled to power tillers
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Rear
letters and numerals
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30
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5
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5
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