law: Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 
  4. Registration for multimodal transportation 
  (1) Any person may apply for registration to
  
  the competent authority to carry on or commence the business of multimodal
  
  transportation.
  (2) An application under sub-section  (1)
  
  shall be made in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a
  
  fee of ten thousand rupees.
  (3) On receipt of the application, the
  
  competent authority shall satisfy that the applicant fulfils the following
  
  conditions, namely:-
  (a) (i) that the
  
  applicant is a shipping company or a company engaged in the business of freight
  
  forwarding in India or abroad with a minimum annual turnover of fifty lakh
  
  rupees during the immediate preceding financial year or an average annual
  
  turnover of fifty lakh rupees during the preceding three financial years as
  
  certified by a chartered accountant within the meaning of the Chartered
  
  Accountants Act, 1949;
  (ii) that if the
  
  applicant is a company other than a company specified in sub-clause (i), the
  
  subscribed share capital of such company is not less than fifty lakh rupees;
  (b) that the applicant
  
  has offices or agents or representatives in not less than two other countries, and
  
  on being so satisfied, register the applicant as a multimodal transport
  
  operator and grant a certificate to it to carry on or commence the business of
  
  multimodal transportation:
  Provided  that the competent authority may, for
  
  reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to grant registration if it is
  
  satisfied that the applicant does not fulfill the said conditions.
  (4) A certificate granted under sub-section
  
  (3) shall be valid for a period of one year and may be renewed from time to
  
  time for a further period of one year at a time .
  (5) An application for renewal shall be made
  
  in such from as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by a fee of two
  
  thousand rupees.