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CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Section 40: Registration, where to be made

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

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 in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 32 of 2019, s. 16, for “a registering authority” (w.e.f. 1-9-2019).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “whose jurisdiction” (w.e.f. 15-08-2026).

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