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Form and manner of display of Registration marks on the motor vehicles:-

  1. The registration mark referred to in sub-section ( 6) of section 41 shall be displayed both at the front and at the rear on all motor vehicles clearly and legibly on a plain surface of a plate or part of the vehicle not inclined to vertical by more than thirty degrees , at the front facting direct to the front and at the rear facing direct to the rear.
  2. In the case of motor cycles the registration mark in the front shall be displayed parallel to the handle bar or any part of the vehicle including mud guard facing the front instead of , on a plate in line with the axis of the vehicle.

    Provided that :-
    1. The registration mark exhibited at the rear of a transport vehicle shall be affixed to the vehicle on the right hand side at a distance not exceeding one meter from the ground as may be reasonably possible having regard to the type of the body of the vehicle.
    2. The registration shall also be painted on the right and left side on the body of the vehicle in the case of a transport vehicle .
    3. The registration mark shall also be painted and exhibited on the partition provided between the driver and the passengers , facing the passengers seats or, where there is no such partition , on the front interior of the vehicle near the roof to the left side of the drivers seat facting the passengers seat in the case of a stage carriage or a contract carriage and in the case of a motor cab or a taxi cab it shall be sufficient if the registration mark is painted on the dash - board .
    4. The registration mark shall be exhibited on a plain plate or surface on the left hand side and on the rear in the case of a trailer or the last trailer , apart from the registration mark of the drawing motor vehicle to which such trailer or trailers attached .
  3. The registration mark shall be exhibited in two lines, the state code and the registering authority code forming the first line and the rest forming second line, one below the other:

    Provided that the registration mark front may be exhibited in one line :

    Provided further that in models that in vehicles having no sufficient provision at the rear to exhibit the registration mark in two lines, it shall be sufficient if in such vehicles registration mark is exhibited in a single line.

    Provided further that registration mark on a light motor vehicle may be in the center with illumination.

  4. Every motor vehicle, except motor cab and motor car, manufactured on and from the date of commencement of the central motor vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 1993 shall be provided with sufficient space in the rear for the display of registration mark in two lines.-
  5. In case of agricultural tractors, the registration need not be inclined to the vertical by more than 30 degrees .
  6. The registration mark of the drawing agriculture tractor may not be exhibited on the agriculture trailer or trailers.


Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark:-

The dimension of letters and figures of the registration mark and space between different letters and numerals and letters and edge of the plain surface shall be as follows


Sl.No Class of vehicle . Dimensions not less than Height thickness Space between
(1) (2) . (3) (4) (5)
1. All motor cycle and three wheeled invalid carriages Rear-letters 35 7 5
2. All motor cycle and three wheeled invalid carriages Rear-numeral 40 7 5
3. Motor cycle with engine capacity less than 70cc Front letters & numerals 15 2.5 2.5
4. Other motor cycle Front letters & numerals 30 5 5
5. Three wheelers of engine capacity not exceeding 500 cc Rear and front numerals 35 7 5
6. Three wheelers of engine capacity exceeding 500 cc Front letters & numerals 40 7 5
7. All other motor vehicles Rear and front letters,and numerals 65 10 10

Exhibition of Registration mark

The letters and numerals shall be exhibited as follows:

  1. in the case of Transport Vehicle other than a motor cab, registration mark shall be exhibited in two separate horizontal lines with letters and code numbers of the Registering Authority in one horizontal line, and numerals in another horizontal line below it.

  2. in all other cases, the registration mark may be exhibited with letters and numerals within two horizontal lines as aforesaid or in one horizontal line.


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