The Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, 4 of 1939 (Rep., Act 59 of 1988) · I — .

Section 39. (I)

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

39. (I) The authority specified in Part B of the t;$',"E,"ly,",nhe Fourth Schedule may register any motor vehicle which ; hy;," ; f is the property of the Central Goverllment ; and any Government. vehicle so registered shall not, so long as it remains the property of the Central Government, require to be registered otherwise under this Act. (2) A transport vehicle registered under this section shall carry a certificate of fitness in Form H as set forth in the First Schedule issued by the aiit.hority referred $0 in sub-section (I). (3) An authority registering a vehicle under subsection (I) shall assign a registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in the Fourth Schedule and shall issue a certificate in respect of the vehicle that the vehicle has been registe~ed under this section. (4) If a vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property of the Central Government, the provisions of section 23 shall thereupon apply. (5) The authority registering a vehicle under subsection (I) shall furnish to any Provincial Government all such information regarding the general nature, overal dimensions, and axle weights of the vehicle as the Provincial Government may a t any time require.

Source: India Code