(PTI)
Come January 1, 2019, and all motor vehicles will come fitted with tamper-proof high-security registration plates (HSRP) with several security features.The development assumes significance because even after over a decade of the government making HSRP mandatory, it is yet to be implemented in many states.”The security licence plate including third registration mark, wherever necessary, shall be supplied by vehicle manufacturers along with all the vehicles manufactured on or after 1st day of January 2019, and their dealers will place a mark of registration on such plates and affix them on the automobiles,” Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a draft notification.
It also said that dealers of vehicle manufacturers may also affix such plates, supplied by the vehicle manufacturers, on old vehicle after placing the registration mark.The ministry said it proposes to make amendments in the Central Motor Vehicle Rules with regard to installation of HSRPs on motor vehicles and has invited comments from the general public and stakeholders by May 10. The draft notification intends to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.Earlier this month, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari had told PTI that vehicles will soon come fitted with number plates and the cost will be included in the four-wheelers’ price.
