Amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24072026-274771 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 590] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026/ASHADHA 31, 1948 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st July, 2026 G.S.R. 649(E). -The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to section 39 and clause(s) (k) and (p) of section 64 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the public; Objections or suggestions, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary (MVL), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001, Email: [email protected]. Any objection(s) or suggestion(s) which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government. DRAFT RULES 1. Short title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (.... Amendment) Rules, 2026. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 55, (i) in sub-rule (1),— (a) for the word "owner", the word "transferor" shall be substituted; (b) after the words "fact of transfer", the words "on the portal" shall be inserted; (c) for the words “the registering authorities concerned in whose jurisdiction", the word “any registering authority of the State in which" shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-rule (2), — (a) for the words and symbol "and shall be accompanied by", the words and punctuation mark “and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in rule 81 and proof of identity of nominee (if any) of the transferee" shall be inserted; (b) clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be omitted (c) after clause (iv) so omitted, the following provisos shall be inserted namely, — "PROVIDED that the ownership of a motor vehicle shall not be transferred if such vehicle has an invalid, certificate of registration or certificate of insurance or pollution under control certificate, or has any pending challans or unpaid user fee: PROVIDED further that where a motor vehicle was delivered to an authorised dealer, an application for the transfer of ownership of such vehicle shall also be accompanied by Form 29C or where such vehicle was transferred between authorised dealers, by all Form 29CA, on the portal. 3. In the said rules, in rule 55A, - (i) in sub-rules (1), (2), (3) and (4), for the words “registering authority", wherever they occur, the words "State Transport Authority” shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-rule (1), after the words "authorisation certificate issued", the word "electronically" shall be inserted; (ii) in sub-rule (2), for the words "as specified in Rule 81", the words "prescribed by the State Government under section 211 of the Act" shall be substituted. 4. In the said rules, in rule 55B,- (i) in the marginal heading, after the words “authorised dealers of registered vehicles”, the words “by owner" shall be inserted; (ii) for the word "dually", wherever it occurs, the word "duly" shall be substituted; (iii) in sub-rule (1), for the words and punctuation "the registering authority, with whom", the words "any registering authority of the State, in which" shall be substituted; (iv) after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely, - "(1A) The possession of a motor vehicle shall not be transferred to an authorised dealer, if such vehicle: a. does not have a valid, certificate of registration, certificate of insurance and pollution under control certificate, b. is declared to be on superdari, or involved in any criminal case or case regarding transportation of prohibited goods or case of motor vehicle accident, c. has any pending, challans or demand for tax or user fee, or d. is held under a hire-purchase or lease or hypothecation agreement.” (v) in sub-rule (2), after the words "Registered owner of a motor vehicle", the words, numerals and punctuation mark “may take back the vehicle from an authorised dealer at any time before the expiry of fifteen days from submission of Form 29C, and" shall be inserted. 5. In the said rules, after rule 55B, the following rules shall be inserted, namely, — "55BA. Intimation to the registering authority and registered owner in case of transaction between authorised dealers (1) Subject to sub-rule (2), the authorised dealer of a motor vehicle, shall intimate any registering authority of the State in which the vehicle is currently registered, the fact of delivery of vehicle to another authorised dealer of registered vehicles, through Form 29CA, submitted electronically on portal, accompanied by appropriate fee prescribed by the State Government under section 211 of the Act, and on successful submission of Form 29CA, acknowledgement number shall be automatically generated through the portal. Explanation. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that Form 29CA shall be submitted by an authorised dealer, every time such vehicle is delivered to another authorised dealer or delivered back to the original authorised dealer subsequently. (2) Where a motor vehicle was delivered to an authorised dealer by its owner, the possession of such vehicle shall not be transferred more than twice between authorised dealers, including any transfer back to a previous authorised dealer, and accordingly not more than two Form 29CA shall be submitted for such motor vehicle, until its ownership is transferred through Form 30 on the Portal. Illustration. O, being the owner of a motor vehicle, delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer X. (a) X delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Y, and Y delivers it to authorised dealer Z. Z cannot deliver the vehicle to another authorised dealer unless the ownership of the vehicle is transferred through Form 30 on the portal. (b) X delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Y, and Y delivers it back to X. X cannot thereafter deliver the vehicle to another authorised dealer unless the ownership of the vehicle is transferred through Form 30 on the portal. (c) X delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Y, and Y delivers it to authorised dealer Z. Thereafter, ownership of the vehicle is transferred by O to B, a buyer identified by Z, through Form 30 on the portal. B may thereafter deliver the vehicle to another authorised dealer in accordance with this rule. (3) The possession of a motor vehicle shall not be transferred between authorised dealers, if such vehicle: a. does not have a valid, certificate of registration, certificate of insurance and pollution under control certificate, b. is declared to be on superdari, or involved in any criminal case or case regarding transportation of prohibited goods or case of motor vehicle accident, c. has any pending, challans or demand for tax or user fee, or d. is held under a hire-purchase or lease or hypothecation agreement. (4) Where a motor vehicle is delivered to another authorised dealer by the original authorised dealer and Form 29CA is submitted, the registering authority shall intimate the registered owner of the motor vehicle of the fact of delivery of the vehicle through electronic means. 55BB. Conditions for a motor vehicle in possession of an authorised dealer No motor vehicle shall be kept in the possession of any authorised dealer for more than six months from the date of intimation in Form 29C by the registered owner, without transferring the registration of such vehicle through Form 30, failing which the ownership of the vehicle shall be automatically transferred in the name of the last authorised dealer to whom the possession of such vehicle was transferred, as if such transfer of ownership was made under Section 50 of the Act and shall accordingly be reflected in the ownership serial number of such vehicle on the Portal. Explanation. For the purpose of this rule, an authorised dealer means a dealer having a valid authorisation certificate issued in Form 29B.". Illustration. O, being the registered owner of a motor vehicle, delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer X and submits Form 29C. (a) The ownership of the vehicle is transferred to B, a buyer identified by X, through Form 30 within six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. The provisions of this rule are complied with. (b) X delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Y in accordance with these rules. The ownership of the vehicle is not transferred through Form 30 within six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. The ownership of the vehicle shall stand transferred to Y, after expiry of six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. (c) X delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Y, and Y delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer Z in accordance with these rules. The ownership of the vehicle is not transferred through Form 30 within six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. The ownership of the vehicle shall stand transferred to Z, after expiry of six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. (d) O delivers the vehicle to authorised dealer X and submits Form 29C. X ceases to hold a valid authorisation certificate in Form 29B before expiry of six months. The ownership of the vehicle is not transferred through Form 30 within six months from the date of submission of Form 29C. The ownership of the vehicle shall nevertheless stand transferred to X. 6. In the said rules, in rule 55С, — (i) in sub-rule (1), — (a) after the words and numbers "After submission of Form 29C", the words and numbers "or Form 29CA electronically" shall be inserted; (b) after the words "shall be deemed owner of the motor vehicle", the words and punctuation marks ", including for the purpose of section 157,” shall be inserted; (c) the following explanation shall be inserted, namely, - “Explanation.- For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that the authorised dealer of registered vehicles shall be the deemed owner of the motor vehicle and solely responsible as specified under sub-rule (1) till intimation of fact of delivery to another authorised dealer in Form 29CA or submission of Form 29D."; (ii) in sub-rule (2), after the words and numbers "in his possession through Form 29C", the words "or Form 29CA" shall be inserted. 7. In the said rules, in rule 55D,- (a) in sub-rule (a), after the words "for the benefit of a prospective purchaser", the words "or another authorised dealer" shall be inserted; (b) in the proviso,— (i) for the words and punctuation "at least fifteen meters.", the words and punctuation "at least fifteen meters:" shall be substituted; (ii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— “PROVIDED further that such vehicle shall not be driven in any public place unless it has valid, certificate of registration, certificate of insurance and pollution under control certificate." 8. In the said rules, in rule 55F, for the letter and numeral "55C", the letter and numeral "55BA" shall be substituted. 9. In the said rules, in rule 81, in the table, serial number 1A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted. 10. In said rules, in Form 29,— (i) in the description of the addressee, the words and bracket "(In whose jurisdiction the Transferee resides)" shall be omitted; (ii) after the description of the addressee, the following shall be inserted: "Registration Number of Vehicle Note: Upon providing Registration Number of the vehicle, details such as owner name and address, make, chassis number, engine number in this Form shall be auto fetched from VAHAN portal." (iii) In the first paragraph, the words "Vehicle No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." shall be omitted; (iv) In the second paragraph, after the words "The Registration Certificate" the words and punctuation mark ", pollution under control (PUC) certificate" shall be inserted; (v) In the third paragraph, after the words "free from all encumbrances", the punctuation mark and words “, no challans are pending with respect to the vehicle, no demand of tax or any unpaid user fee is pending on the vehicle" shall be inserted. 11. In the said rules, in Form 29A,— (i) in the description of the addressee, for the words "To the Registering Authority", the words "To the State Transport Authority" shall be substituted; (ii) in the table,— (a) in serial number 4, in the second column, for the words, punctuation and brackets "Place of business (lay out plan with area to be attached)", the words, punctuation and brackets "Place(s) of business – (lay out plan(s) with area to be attached)" shall be substituted; (b) in serial number 7, in the second column, after the words "Udhyam Aadhaar", the words "or Corporate Identification Number or Aadhaar" shall be inserted; (c) in serial number 8, in the second column, after the words "Valid Goods and Services Tax registration", the words and brackets "(if applicable)" shall be inserted. (iii) after the declaration, the following Note shall be inserted, namely, — "Note: As per Rule 55BB, no motor vehicle shall be kept in the possession of any authorised dealer for more than six months, from the date of intimation in Form 29C by the registered owner, without transferring the registration of such vehicle through Form 30, failing which the ownership of the vehicle shall be automatically transferred in the name of the last authorised dealer to whom the possession of such vehicle was transferred on VAHAN and shall accordingly be reflected in the ownership serial number of such vehicle.". 12. In the said rules, in Form 29B,— (i) in serial number 3 of the table, for the word "business", the word and brackets "business(es)" shall be substituted; (ii) for the words "Signature/digital signature of Registering Authority", the words "Signature/digital signature of State Transport Authority" shall be substituted. 13. In the said rules, after Form 29C, the following Form shall be inserted, namely, "FORM 29CA [Refer rule 55BA] INTIMATION TO THE REGISTERING AUTHORITY, ABOUT THE FACT OF DELIVERY OF VEHICLE TO ANOTHER AUTHORISED DEALER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES Acknowledgement number (to be auto generated through portal) To The Registering Authority Registration Number of Vehicle Note: Upon providing Registration Number of the vehicle, details such as owner name and address, registration mark, make, chassis number, engine number in this Form shall be auto fetched from VAHAN portal. I. authorised representative / signatory of M/s... have on the day of the year delivered vehicle make Chassis No. Engine number or motor number in the case of Battery Operated Vehicles to authorised representative / signatory of M/s. having place of business as.. Authorisation certificate number (transferor) Authorisation certificate number (transferee) Issued by Valid up to The Registration Certificate, PUCC and Insurance Certificate have been handed over to him/her/them. Declaration I hereby declare that no challans are pending with respect to the vehicle, no demand of tax is pending on the vehicle, nor any challan is pending on the vehicle. The vehicle is not covered by any permit or the permit of the vehicle was surrendered to the authority that granted it. The vehicle is not involved in any criminal case or any case regarding transportation of prohibited goods, nor any case of accident is pending on vehicle. The vehicle is not held under an agreement of hire-purchase/ lease/ hypothecation. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the vehicle is not under superdari and is free from all encumbrances and no demand of tax or any challan or any unpaid user fee is pending on the vehicle and the information furnished herein is true. I undertake to hold myself responsible for any inaccuracy or suppression of information and I hereby authorise above mentioned authorised dealer of registered vehicles to apply on my behalf for renewal of registration certificate/renewal of certificate of fitness, duplicate registration certificate, NOC, insurance and transfer of ownership of motor vehicle. Signature/digital signature/e- signature of the recipient authorised dealer of the registered vehicle Signature/digital signature/e- signature of authorised dealer in possession of the registered vehicle The above mentioned vehicle, its Registration Certificate, PUCC and Insurance Certificate have been taken in my possession and I shall be solely responsible for validity of relevant documents of vehicle and any incident regarding this vehicle henceforth.”. 14. In the said rules, in Form 30, Date (i) in the description of the addressee, after the words “To, The Registering Authority", the following words and punctuation marks shall be inserted "Registration Number of Vehicle Note: Upon providing Registration Number of the vehicle, details such as owner name and address in this Form shall be auto fetched from VAHAN portal." (ii) in the second paragraph of Part I, the words "bearing Registration mark ." shall be omitted; (iii) in the third paragraph of Part II, after the words "free from all encumbrances" the words "and no demand of tax or any unpaid user fee or any challans are pending on the vehicle" shall be inserted. (iv) for the words "Signature or thumb impression of the Transferee" the words "Signature of the Transferee" shall be substituted. [F. No. RT-11028/08/2025-MVL] MAHMOOD AHMED, Addl. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and was lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. (E) dated the