law: The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
  3. Persons not to
  
  engage in business of common carrier without registration. -
  1.  
  
    No
  
  person shall engage in the business of a common carrier, after the commencement
  
  of this Act, unless he has been granted a certificate of registration.
  2.  
  
    Any
  
  person who is engaged, whether wholly or partly, in the business of a common
  
  carrier, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall,-
  a.   apply for a
  
  registration within ninety days from the date of such commencement;
  b.   cease to engage in
  
  such business on the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the date of
  
  such commencement unless he has applied for registration and the certificate of
  
  registration has been granted by the registering authority.