Section 43 — Temporary registration.

43. Temporary registration.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 40 the owner of a 

motor vehicle may apply to any registering authority or other prescribed authority to have the vehicle 

                                                           
1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 11, for “original registering authority” (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). 



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temporarily registered in the prescribed manner and for the issue in the prescribed manner of a temporary 

certificate of registration and a temporary registration mark. 

(2) A registration made under this section shall be valid only for a period not exceeding one month, 

and shall not be renewable: 

Provided that where a motor vehicle so registered is a chassis to which a body has not been attached 

and the same is detained in a workshop beyond the said period of one month for being fitted 
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[with a body 

or any unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the owner], the period may, on payment of such 

fees, if any, as may be prescribed, be extended by such further period or periods as the registering 

authority or other prescribed authority, as the case may be, may allow. 

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[(3) In a case where the motor vehicle is held under hire-purchase agreement, lease or hypothecation, 

the registering authority or other prescribed authority shall issue a temporary certificate of registration of 

such vehicle, which shall incorporate legibly and prominently the full name and address of the person 

with whom such agreement has been entered into by the owner.]