The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
39.
Necessity for registration.
No person
shall drive any motor vehicle and no owner of a motor vehicle shall cause
or permit the vehicle to be driven in any public place or in any other place
unless the vehicle is registered in ccordance with this Chapter and the
certificate of registration of the vehicle has not been suspended or cancelled
and the vehicle carries a registration mark displayed in the prescribed
manner:
Provided that
nothing in this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in possession of a
dealer subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.