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Rule 50: Form and manner of display of registration marks on the motor vehicles

(1) On or after commencement of this rule, the registration mark referred to in sub-section (6) of section 41 shall be displayed both at the front and at the rear of all motor vehicles clearly and legibly in the form of security license plate of the following specifications, namely:-
i) the plate shall be a solid unit made of 1.0 mm aluminium conforming to DIN 1745/din 1783 or ISO 7591. Border edges and corners of the plate shall be rounded to avoid injuries to the extent of approx. 10 mm and the plates must have an embossed border. The plate shall be suitable for hot stamping and reflective sheet has to be guaranteed for imperishable nature for minimum five years. The fast colouring of legend and border to be done by hot stamping:

ii) the plate should bear the letters “IND” in blue colour on the extreme left centre of the plate. The letter should be one-fourth of the size of letters mentioned in Rule 51 and should be buried into the foil or applied by hot stamping and should be integral part of the plate.

iii) each plate shall be protected against counterfeiting by applying chromium-bases hologram, applied by hot stamping, Stickers and adhesive labels are not permitted. The plate shall bear a permanent consecutive identification number of minimum seven digits, to be branded into the reflective sheeting and hot stamping film shall bear a verification inscription;

iv) apart from the registration marks on the front and rear, the third registration mark in the form of self-destructive type, chromium based hologram sticker shall be affixed on the left-hand top side of the windshield of the vehicle. The registration details such as registration number, registering authority, etc., shall be printed on the sticker. The third registration mark shall be issued by the registering authorities/approved dealers of the license plates manufacturer along with the regular registration marks and thereafter if such sticker is destroyed it shall be issued by the licence plate manufacturer or his dealer;

v) the plate shall be fastened with non-removable/non-reusable snap lock fitting system on rear of the vehicle at the premises of the registering authority;
The license plates with all the above specifications and the specified registrations for a vehicle shall be issued by the registering authority or approved the license plates manufacturers or their dealers. The Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi or any of the agency authorized by the Central Government shall approve the license plates manufacturers to the above specification;

vi) the size of the plate for different categories or vehicles shall be as follows:-

For two and three wheelers 200 X 100 mm
For Light Motor Vehicles/Passenger cars 340 X 200 mm/500 X 120 mm
For medium commercial vehicles 340 X 200 mm
heavy commercial vehicles and
Trailer/combination.

Provided that this sub-rule shall apply to already registered vehicles two years from the date of commencement.

Provided further that the size of the registration plates for agricultural tractors shall be as follows:
Front – 285 x 45 mm
Rear – 200 x 100 mm

Provided also that the size of the registration plate for power tiller shall be 285 x 45 mm and shall be exhibited at the front. Further, in case of trailer coupled to power tiller, the size or registration plate shall be 200 x 100 mm and shall be exhibited on its rear:

Provided also that in case of a motor cycle, the size of 285 x 45 mm for front registration plate shall also be permitted.

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 vehicld including mudguard facing the front instead of, on a plate in line with the axis of the vehicle:

Provided that –
a) the registration mark exhibited at the rear of a transport vehicle shall be affixed to the vehicle on the right hand side a t 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;
b) the registration mark shall also be painted on the right and left side on the body of the vehicle in the case of a transport vehicle;

c) the registration mark shall also be painted and exhibited on the partition provided between the driver and the passengers, facing the passenger’s seats or, where there is no such partition, on the front interior of the vehicle near the roof to the left side of the driver’s seat facing the passengers’ seats in the case of a stage carriage or a contract carriage and in the case of a motor cab or a maxicab it shall be sufficient if the registration mark is painted on the dashboard;

d) the letters of the registration mark shall be in English and the figures shall be in Arabic numerals and shall be shown:-

(A) in the case of transport vehicles in Black colour on Yellow background;
and
(B) on other cases, in Black colour on White background,

the registration mark on the trailer shall be exhibited on the left hand side in Black colour on Yellow background. In addition, the registration mark on the drawing vehicle shall be exhibited on the trailer also and this shall be done on the right hand side at the rear of the trailer or the last trailer as the case may be in Black colour on retro-reflective type Yellow background.

Provided that where provisions of this clause have not been complied with in respect of motor vehicle, on or before the commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (8th Amendment) Rules, 2001, then the provisions shall be complied with, -
(i) in respect of transport vehicle, on or before 1st February 2002; and
(ii) in other cases, on or before 1st July 2002.

3) The registration mark shall be exhibited in two lines, the State code and registering authority code forming the first line and the rest forming the second line, on below the other:

Provided that the registration mark in the front may be exhibited in one Line:
Provided further that in models of 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 centre 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 display of registration mark in two lines.

5) In case of agricultural tractors, the registration mark need not be inclined to the vertical plane by more than 45 degrees.

6) The registration mark of the drawing agricultural tractor may not be exhibited on the agricultural trailer or trailers.

Rules 51. Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark.
The dimension of letters and figures of the registration mark and the space between different letters and numerals and letters and edge of the plain surface shall be as follows:-


Source - CCTP
Note - This may or may not be applicable to other states, but, is applicable for State of TN

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jd666

Great one.. Im so printing this and shoving it in the face of the next cop who stops me.

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Im sorry but isn't this referring to the new HRS type plates?

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aargee

Yes Ranjit; partly of HSRP. However, if you notice, except for point #4, all other things are common. And this should be the latest GMO on the number plate.

Point being that, apart from coloring, all the plates has to be hot stamped & not stickered or painted.

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gautam_k

last i heard, the HSRP was still in the pipeline with the govt not authorizing any company to manufacture the plates. The closest thing to HSRP(looks wise) was anti theft number plates manufactured by UTSAV safety systems pvt ltd who have put up a disclaimer on their site saying they wont be held responsible if someone claims that UTSAV sold them HSR plates.

Whats the situation now?

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aargee

Situation on Utsav? Its still the same.

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aargee

Some more clear & short info

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titanic4u

Great info, but totally going above my noob head,
Can you please post the pics of your number plates..

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@ aargee

I do not even see Cops following this here in Chennai. All they use is 1inch font for front and 1.3Inch for back. (I think this standard is given by Sticker shops )

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