Motor Vehicles Act Section 60 — Registration of vehicles belonging to the Central Government
CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) allows the Central Government to name a specific authority, through an official notification, to register any motor vehicle that belongs to the Central Government or is under its exclusive control, provided the vehicle is used for defence purposes and is not connected to any commercial activity. Once registered in this way, the vehicle does not need to be registered again under the normal rules of this Act, as long as it remains the property of, or under the exclusive control of, the Central Government.
Sub-section (2) says that the authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) must give it a registration mark following the rules made by the Central Government for this purpose. The authority must also issue a certificate for that vehicle stating that the vehicle currently meets all the requirements of this Act and its rules, and that it has been registered under this section.
Sub-section (3) requires that a vehicle registered under this section must carry the certificate issued under sub-section (2).
Sub-section (4) states that if a vehicle registered under this section stops being the property of, or under the exclusive control of, the Central Government, then the provisions of sections 39 and 40 of this Act will apply to it from that point.
Sub-section (5) requires the authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) to provide any State Government with all the information it asks for about the general nature, overall dimensions, and axle weights of the vehicle.
Official Text
(1) Such authority as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, may register any motor vehicle which is the property or for the time being under the exclusive control of the Central Government and is used for Government purposes relating to the defence of the country and unconnected with any commercial enterprise and any vehicle so registered shall not, so long as it remains the property or under the exclusive control of the Central Government, require to be registered otherwise under this Act.
(2) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall assign a registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in the rules made in this behalf by the Central Government and shall issue a certificate in respect of that vehicle to the effect that such vehicle complies for the time being with all the requirements of this Act and the rules made thereunder and that the vehicle has been registered under this section.
(3) A vehicle registered under this section shall carry the certificate issued under sub-section (2).
(4) If a vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property or under the exclusive control of the Central Government, the provisions of sections 39 and 40 shall thereupon apply.
(5) The authority registering a vehicle under sub-section (1) shall furnish to any State Government all such information regarding the general nature, overall dimensions and axle weights of the vehicle as the State Government may at any time require.