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(3) A certificate complying with the requirements of %he proviso to sub-section (2) shall be effective throughout British India as if it were a certscate of registration issued under this Act.
(5) If at any time the Central Government is satisBed that motor vehicles registered in British India under %his Act are not permitted to be driven in any Indian State or French or Portuguese Settlement without heah registration in such State or Settlement, or are permitted to be driven only subject to unmasonable con. .ditions or that like conditions and requirement8 to %hose imposed under this Act (including the specifics%ion of the particulars required by Form G as set forth i n the First Schedule) are not imposed hi a reasonable degree upon the issue and for the continued effectiveness of certificates of registration in any State or Settlement as aforesaid, the Central Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, declare that certificates of registration generally or in respect of any particular class of motor vehicle issued in any such or Settlement shall not be effective in British Bndia.
(4) Sub-section (2) shall not apply to any motor vehicle previously registered in British Zndia, if the .aertificate of registration of the vehicle in British India is for the time being suspended or cancelled for any reason other than that of permanent removal of the vehicle fiom British India.
(2) A Court by which any person is convicted of an offence specified in the Fifth Schedule shall, wh'ether or not an order of disqualification is made in respect of such conviction, endorse or cause to be endorsed particulars of such conviction on any licence held by the person convioted.
(3) Any person accused of an offence specified in the M t h Schedule shall when attending the Court bring with him his licence if it is in his possession.
20. (1) An endorsement on any licence shall be trans- Transfer endorsment `of` ferred to any new or duplicate licence obtained by the and licence issue free of holder thereof until the holder becomes entitled under ~;gmemont, the provisions of this section to have a licence issued `to` him free from endorsement.
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(6) Where on an appeal against any convictidn or order of a Court which has been endorsed on a licence, the appellate Court varies or sets aside the convicti~n or order, the appellate Court shall inform the licensing authority by which the licence was last renewed and the licensing authority which granted the licence, and shall amend or cause to be amended the endorsement ot such conviction or order.
`21.` (1) A Provincial Government may make rules Power tomake rules. for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-
- (a) the appointment, jurisdiction, control and functions of licensing authorities and other prescribed authorities ;
- (b) for the conduct and hearing of appeals that may be preferred under this Chapter ;
- (c) the issue of duplicate licences to replace licences lost, destroyed or mutilated, the replacement of photographs which have become obsolete, and the issue of temporary licences to persons receiving instruction in driving, and the fees to be charged therefor ;
- (d) the conditions subject to which a Regional Transport Authority may disqualify a person for holding a licence to drivo a publio service vehicle ;
- je) the medical examination and testing of applicants for licences and of drivers and the fees to be charged therefor ;
19. (1) The Court or authority making an order of disqualihation shall endorse or cause to be endorsed , upon the licence, if any, held by the person disqualified particulars of tho order of disquali6cation and of any conviction of an offence in respect of which an order of disqualification is made ; and particulars of any removal or variation of an order of disqualification made under sub-section (3) of section 18 shall be similarly so endorsed.
(2) Where a licence is required to be endorsed and the licence is at the time not in the possession of the Court or authority by which the endorsement is tc be made then-
(a) if the person in respect of whom the endorsement is to be made is at the time the holder of `a` licence, he shall produce the licence to tho Court or authority within five days, or such longer time `as` the Court or authority may `fix,` or
(6) `if,`
:riod of 'khree eriod $ring for hd ding /
- (f) the refund of fees paid under the provisions of this Act or of any enactment relating tro motor vehicles in force in British India at the commencement of this Act ;
- (g) the granting by registered medical practiti~ners of the certificates referred to in sub-section (3) of section 7 ; (h) the
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|licences.<br>to other|licences.||||||i,<br>i||(2)A motor vehicle already registered under any<br>enactment in force in British India at the commence-||
||||||||||ment of this Act shall be deemed to be registered under||
|,s for the<br>icles and||||||/|||this Aot until the 1st day of April, 1941, and on tho<br>application of the owner before that date shall be||
|3s issued|||||||||registered under this Act without payment of any||
|:qualify-|||||i|i|||registration fee.||
|'artIof||||I|I||||(3)A Provincial Government may, by rules made||
|0 ;|||I|I|||||under ~ection 41, provide that within a prescribed||
|Lers from|||1|1|||||period certificates of registration of any prescribed||
|lapter or|||i<br>j||||||class of transport vehicles deemed to be registered||
||||||||||under this Act by virtue of sub-section(2)shall be||
|may be<br>*||j<br>j<br>i|j||||||presented toaprescribed authority for the entry there-<br>in of all or any of the particulars specified in section<br>37.||
||||||||||24.(1)An application by or on behalf of the ownerhow<br>Reglstratlon,<br>tobe||
||||||||||of a motor vehicle for registration shall be in FormEmade||
||||||||||as set forthinthe First Schedule, shall contain the in-||
|hiole and<br>3mit the|1<br>1||||||||formation required by that form, and shall be accom.<br>panied by the prescribed fee.|.|
|my other|||||||||(2)The registering authority shall issue to the owner||
|or goods|i|i|||||||of a motor vehicle registered by it a certificate of||
|with this|i||||||||registrationinForm G as set forth in the First Schedule||
|svehicle|||||||||and shall enter in a record to be kept by it particulars||
|e vehicle|1||||||||of such certificate:||
|rescribed|'||||||||(3)The registering authority shall assign to the|The registering authority shall assign to the|
||!|!|||||||vehicle, for display thereon in the prescribed mannor,|vehicle, for display thereon in the prescribed mannor,|
|amotor<br>ofjurie.|1||||||||adistinguishing mark(inthis Act referred to as the<br>registration mark) consisting of one of the groups of|this Act referred to as the|
|1the ap.<br>of being|'i<br>i|i|||||||letters allotted to the province by the Sixth Schedule<br>followed by a number containing not inore than four|letters allotted to the province by the Sixth Schedule<br>followed by a number containing not inore than four|
|amotor|||||||||figures.||
|Chapter<br>.cles.<br>iand sea-|1||||||||25.(1)Notwithstanding<br>anything contained in<br>section23,the owner of a motor vehicle may applyto<br>any registering authority to have the vehicle tempo-|anything contained inTemporary<br>registratlor.<br>to<br>any registering authority to have the vehicle tempo-|
|:ause the<br>horityin|j<br>I<br>i|j<br>i|||||||rarily registeredinthe prescribed manner and for the<br>issue in the prescribed manner of a temporary|the prescribed manner and for the<br>issue in the prescribed manner of a temporary|
|place of|i|i|||||||certificate of registration and a temporary registration|certificate of registration and a temporary registration|
||||||||||mark.||
|Amotor|||||||||(2)Aregistration|registration|
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,+I any other case to the of sub-sectidn (1) .of section 23 and sub-section (3) and sub-section (4) +of this section, a motor vehicle registered by a competent .authority in any Indian State or in the Rench or Portuguese Settlements bounded by India shall not require to be registered in British India :
Provided that there is in force in respect of the vehid e a certificate conforming to and containing substantifilly the same particulars as the certificate of registra+ion in Form G as set forth in the First Schedule issued by such competent authority in respect of such vehicle.
Source: India Code