Car Number Plates Rules in Hyderabad , India

Car Number Plates Rules in Hyderabad , India

Form and manner of display of registration marks on the motor vehicles

The registration mark or Number plate referred to in sub-section (6) of Section 41 shall be displayed both at the front and at the rear on all motor vehicles clearly and legibly on a plain surface of a plate or part of the vehicle not inclined to vertical by more than thirty degrees, at the front facing direct to the front and at the rear facing direct to the rear.

In the case of motor cycles the number plate in the front shall be displayed parallel to the handle bar or any part of the vehicle including mudguard facing the front instead of, on a plate in line with the axis of the vehicle.

Provided that:-

a The number plate exhibited at the rear of a transport vehicle shall be affixed to the vehicle on the right hand side at a distance not exceeding one meter from the ground as may be reasonably possible having regard to the type of the body of the vehicle.
b The number plate shall also be painted on the right and left side on the body of the vehicle in the case of a transport vehicle.
c the number plate shall also be painted and exhibited on the partition provided between the driver and the passengers, facing the passenger's seats or, where there is no such partition, on the front interior of the vehicle near the roof to the left side of the driver's seat facing the passenger's seats in the case of a stage carriage and in the case of a motor cab or a taxi cab it shall be sufficient if the registration mark is painted on the dash-board.
d the registration mark shall be exhibited on a plain plate or surface on the left hand side and on the rear in the case of a trailer or the last trailer, apart from the registration mark of the drawing motor vehicle to which such trailer or trailers are attached.

The registration mark shall be exhibited in two lines in the number plates, the State Code and registering authority code forming the first line and the rest forming the second line, one below the other:

Provided that the registration mark in the front may be exhibited in one line.

Provided further that in models of vehicles having no sufficient provision at the rear to exhibit the registration mark in two lines, it shall be sufficient if in such vehicles registration mark is exhibited in a single line.

Provided further that registration mark on a light motor vehicle may be in the center with illumination.

Every motor vehicle, except motor cab and motor car, manufactured on and from the date of commencement of the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment )Rules, 1993 shall be provided with sufficient space in the rear for display of registration mark in two lines.

In case of agricultural tractors, the registration mark need not be inclined to the vertical by more that 30 degrees.

The registration mark of the drawings agricultural tractors may not be exhibited on the agricultural trailer or trailers.

Size of letters and numerals of the registration mark on Number plates

The dimension of letters and figures of the registration mark and the space between different letters and numerals and letters and edge of the plain surface shall be as follows:

Provided that when the registration mark is exhibited in one horizontal line, there shall be a hyphen between the letters (including code number of Registering Authority) and the numerals. The length and thickness of the hyphen shall be not less than three-fourth and one-fourth of a centimeter respectively.

	Class of Vehicle		Dimensions not less than Height thickness Space between
1.	All motor cycles and three wheeled invalid carriages	Rear-letters	35	7	5
2.	All motor cycles and three wheeled invalid carriages	Rear-numeral	40	7	5
3.	Motor cycles with engine capacity less than 70cc	Front letters & numerals	15	2.5	2.5
4.	Other motor cycles	Front letters & numerals	30	5	5
5.	Three wheelers of engine capacity not exceeding 500 cc	Rear and front numerals	35	7	5
6.	Three wheelers of engine capacity exceeding 500 cc	Rear and front numerals	40	7	5
7.	All other motor vehicles	Rear and front letters and numerals	65	10	10

Source : RTA Hyderabad