law: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
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  Cancellation of registration suspended under section 53.
  Where the 
  
  suspension of registration of a vehicle under section 53  has continued without  
  
  interruption for  a period  of not  less  than  six months,  the  registering  
  
  authority  within  whose  jurisdiction  the vehicle was  when the  registration 
  
  was  suspended, may,  if it is the original registering  authority, cancel the 
  
  registration, and if it is not the  original registering authority, shall 
  
  forward the certificate of registration to that authority which may cancel the 
  
  registration.