Motor vehicles and trailers to be registered. 52 of 1959,s.4, 14 of 1982,s.26. 8 of 2008, s. 44, LN 9 of 2007, 8 of 2009,s.38. 

6. (1) No person shall possess a motor vehicle or trailer, other than a vehicle exempted from the provisions of this Part, unless such vehicle is registered under this Act.

(1A) No motor vehicle imported for home use shall be used on a road unless it is registered:

Provided that a commercial vehicle which requires inspection shall be inspected and registered within thirty days of release by the customs.

(2) Application for the registration of any vehicle shall be made to a licensing officer in the prescribed form, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3) A licensing officer, before he registers any motor vehicle or trailer, may verify all the particulars in the form of application, and may, if he thinks fit, send the vehicle to an inspector for examination in order to satisfy himself that the vehicle is in a fit and proper condition for the purpose for which it is intended to be used and to conform in all respects to the provisions of this Act.

(4) If any application is made to register any commercial vehicle or trailer the load capacity of which has not been declared by the manufacturers of the chassis, a licensing officer shall not register the vehicle or trailer until an inspector has determined its load capacity; and the determination shall be final.

(5) A licensing officer, on being satisfied as to the accuracy of the particulars contained in a form of application for the registration of a vehicle, shall assign the vehicle a registration number, which shall be the identification mark of the vehicle; particulars of the vehicle shall be forwarded by the licensing officer to the Registrar, who shall enter such particulars in his records and shall issue to the owner of the vehicle a registration book, which book, or a duplicate thereof, shall be proof of registration of the vehicle.

(6) If a registration book has been lost, destroyed or defaced or the particulars thereon have become illegible, the owner of the vehicle shall apply in the prescribed form for a duplicate thereof, and the Registrar, if satisfied as to such loss, destruction, defacement or illegibility, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate registration book:

Provided that any registration book which has been lost and is subsequently found shall forthwith be returned to the Registrar for cancellation.

(7) In the event of any change of circumstance which affects the accuracy of the registered particulars of any vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall inform the Registrar of such change and shall forward to him the registration book in order that it may be amended together with the prescribed fee, and shall supply the Registrar with any further information which he may require.

(8) If the licensing officer has reason to believe that a motor vehicle or trailer in respect of which registration has been applied for is or may be of a type not previously registered under this Part, or is of a type so registered but constructed according to different specifications, he may refuse to register the vehicle or trailer until plans or specifications thereof have been submitted to and approved by the Registrar.

(9) If a vehicle is written off by an insurer, the insurer shall forthwith return the registration book and identification plates issued under this Act or the regulations to the Registrar for cancellation.