Under the general rule in section 47(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, when a vehicle registered in…

Section 47(1) requires the owner of a vehicle kept in another State for more than twelve months to apply "to the registering authority, within whose jurisdiction the vehicle then is, for the assignment of a new registration mark", presenting the certificate of registration. The original authority does not assign it, and recording a change of address under s.49 does not meet this duty.