law: The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
  4. Application for
  
  grant or renewal of registration. -
  1.  
  
    Any
  
  person, who is engaged or intends to engage in the business of a common
  
  carrier, shall apply for the grant or renewal of a certificate of registration
  
  for carrying on the business of common carrier to the registering authority.
  2.  
  
    An
  
  application under sub-section (1) shall be made, to the registering authority
  
  having jurisdiction in the area in which the applicant resides or has his
  
  principal place of business stating that the application is for the main
  
  office, in such form and manner and accompanied by such fees payable to the
  
  registering authority as may be prescribed.
  3.  
  
    An
  
  application for grant or renewal of certificate of registration for the main
  
  office shall contain the details of branch office, if any, to be operated
  
  outside the jurisdiction of the State or Union territory in which the main
  
  office is to be registered in such form and manner as may be prescribed:
  
  Provided that an application for the purpose to open or close a branch office shall
  
  be made to the registering authority having jurisdiction over the main office.
  4.  
  
  
  
    A
  
  registering authority shall, before granting or renewing a certificate of
  
  registration, satisfy itself that the applicant fulfills such conditions as may
  
  be prescribed.
  5.  
  
    The
  
  registering authority may, on receipt of an application under sub-section (2)
  
  or sub-section (3) and after satisfying itself that the applicant fulfills the
  
  requirements of sub-section (4), grant the certificate of registration or renew
  
  it, as the case may be, for carrying on the business of a common carrier, in
  
  such form and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that no
  
  application for the grant or renewal of a certificate of registration shall be
  
  refused by the registering authority unless the applicant has been given an
  
  opportunity of being heard and the reasons for such refusal are given in
  
  writing by the registering authority within sixty days from the date of receipt
  
  of such application: Provided further that if such refusal has not been
  
  communicated within sixty days of the date of application, the registering
  
  authority shall grant or renew certificate of registration within a further
  
  period of thirty days.
  6.  
  
    A
  
  certificate of registration granted or renewed under sub-section (5) shall
  
  contain the details of branch offices to be operated in various States and
  
  Union territories, and shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date
  
  of such grant or renewal, as the case may be: Provided that in the case of
  
  registration in respect of branch offices referred to in sub-section (3), the
  
  validity of such registration shall be restricted to the validity of the
  
  registration granted in respect of the main office.
  7.  
  
    The
  
  holder of a certificate of registration shall-
  a.   maintain a register
  
  in such form and manner as may be prescribed;
  b.   for shifting the main
  
  office mentioned in the certificate of registration submit an application to
  
  the registering authority which granted the certificate of registration:
  
  Provided that such registering authority shall grant or refuse permission for
  
  shifting the main office within thirty days from the date of receipt of such
  
  application and that no application for shifting the main office shall be
  
  refused unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard and
  
  reasons for such refusal are given in writing by the registering authority:
  
  Provided further that in case the registering authority has not either granted
  
  or refused the permission within thirty days it shall be deemed that the
  
  permission for shifting has been granted.
  c.   submit to the
  
  registering authority under whose jurisdiction the main office is located and
  
  the Transport Research Wing of the Ministry or Department of the Central
  
  Government dealing with road transport and highways such information and return
  
  as may be prescribed within one hundred and twenty days after the thirty-first
  
  day of March every year;
  d.   display at a
  
  prominent place in its or its main office and each branch office, if any, a
  
  certificate of registration in original or certified copy thereof attested by
  
  the concerned registering authority, a notary or a Gazetted Officer of the
  
  Central or State Government.
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  8.  
  
    A
  
  common carrier shall not load the motor vehicle beyond the gross vehicle weight
  
  mentioned in the registration certificate whose registration number is
  
  mentioned in the goods forwarding note or goods receipt, and the common carrier
  
  shall not allow such vehicle to be loaded beyond the gross vehicle weight.