The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on July 22, 2026, issued the Draft Central Motor Vehicles (…. Amendment) Rules, 2026 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In the said rules, in rule 55A,—
o in sub-rules (1), (2), (3) and (4), for the words “registering authority”, wherever they occur, the words “State Transport Authority” shall be substituted;
o in sub-rule (1), after the words “authorisation certificate issued”, the word “electronically” shall be inserted;
o 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.
• 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.
• 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.
Stakeholders and the public are invited to submit objections or suggestions within 30 days from the date of publication. These inputs will be considered by the government before finalizing the amendments.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 649(E)]
