Vehicle owners may need to inform within 30 days if registration is cancelled

New Delhi: The ministry of road transport and highways will soon mandate that vehicle owners intimate the government within 30 days of the cancellation of their vehicle registration in cases of permanent damage or destruction, or if the vehicle is permanently taken out of India, to help update official records.

In the draft rules published on Wednesday, the ministry said it proposes to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, by inserting a clause requiring intimation of the cancellation of registration.

"If a motor vehicle has been destroyed or has been rendered permanently incapable of use, the owner shall, within 30 days or as soon as may be, electronically report the fact to the registering authority in Form 37A," it said. "If a motor vehicle has been permanently removed from India, the owner may electronically apply to the registering authority in Form 37A," it added.