law: 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.