law: The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
  5. Suspension or
  
  cancellation of registration. -
  1.  
  
    If
  
  the registering authority is satisfied that the holder of certificate of
  
  registration has failed to comply with any of the provisions of sub-section (7)
  
  of section 4, it may give a notice by registered post or through electronic
  
  media or by any verifiable means to the holder of certificate of registration
  
  to rectify within a period of thirty days and in case such a holder fails to do
  
  so, it may revoke the certificate of registration on completion of enquiry.
  2.  
  
    If
  
  a complaint is received by the registering authority against a common carrier
  
  from a consignor in respect of,-
   
  
   i.  
  
    non-issuance
  
  of receipt of goods;
   
  
  
  
   ii.  
  
    non-disclosure
  
  of the whereabouts of the goods in transit when asked by the consignor or
  
  consignee; or
   
  
   iii.  
  
    detention
  
  of goods for delivery without valid reasons; or
   
  
   iv.  
  
    demand
  
  for unreasonable additional charges at the time of delivery, which were neither
  
  disclosed nor agreed upon between the consignor and the consignee earlier; or
   
  
   v.  
  
    non-payment
  
  of charges agreed and payable to truck-owners, it may give a notice by
  
  registered post or through electronic media or by any other verifiable means to
  
  the holder of certificate of registration to rectify the same within a period
  
  of thirty days and in case such holder fails to do so, it may revoke
  
  certificate of registration for a period as may be prescribed under the rules
  
  on completion of that enquiry.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
  
  3.  
  
    If
  
  the registering authority or any other authority so authorised under the Motor
  
  Vehicles Act, 1988 has received proof of violation of provision of sub-section
  
  (8) of section 4, it shall be competent to impose the penalty prescribed under
  
  section 194 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 on the common carrier,
  
  notwithstanding the fact that such penalty have been already imposed on and
  
  realised from the driver or the owner of the goods vehicle or the consignor, as
  
  the case may be.
  4.  
  
    Any
  
  action for revocation of certificate of registration shall not be taken under
  
  sub-sections (1) and (2) unless the holder of the certificate of registration
  
  is given an opportunity of being heard in the enquiry and reasons for such
  
  action are given in writing by the registering authority.
  5.  
  
    The
  
  registering authority in whose jurisdiction the main office of the common
  
  carrier is located shall be competent to take action under sub-sections (1) and
  
  (2) and any other registering authority who has noticed the violations or has
  
  received complaints under the said sub-sections, shall report such matter to
  
  the registering authority having jurisdiction over the main office.
  6.  
  
    When
  
  the certificate of registration is revoked, the holder of the certificate of
  
  registration shall surrender the certificate of registration to the registering
  
  authority within a period of thirty days and it would be incumbent on the
  
  holder of the certificate of registration to complete the delivery and
  
  transactions in respect of the consignments already accepted by the common
  
  carrier from any consignor prior to the revocation of the certificate of
  
  registration.
  7.  
  
  
  
    The
  
  holder of a certificate of registration may, at any time, surrender the
  
  certificate to the registering authority which granted the registration and on
  
  such surrender the registering authority shall, after obtaining declaration
  
  from the holder of the certificate of registration that no liability is
  
  outstanding against him and that he shall discharge such liability, if held
  
  liable, revoke the certificate of registration: Provided that if the surrender
  
  is in respect of a branch office, the endorsement in respect of the branch
  
  office shall be deleted from the certificate of registration and such deletion
  
  shall be notified by the registering authority having jurisdiction over the
  
  main office to such other authorities as may be prescribed.