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Documents
Needed in Your Vehicle
For
purposes of checking by the traffic police, and otherwise, you are
required to keep certain documents in your vehicle at all times.
These include:
For non-transport vehicles
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Proof
of valid certificate of registration
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Proof
of valid certificate of insurance
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Proof
of payment of tax · P.U.C Transport Vehicles
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Proof
of valid certificate of registration
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Proof
of valid certificate of insurance
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Proof
of tax payment
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Fitness
certificate
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Permit
· P.U.C certificate
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Insurance
cover note, tax payment receipt and renewal of registration
certificate (if required) are valid evidence.
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Xerox
copies of the original documents (attested by a gazetted officer) are
also acceptable. However if the demanding authority wants to see the
original documents, the owner must produce them within 15 days.
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A
Xerox copy of the driving license is not acceptable
If the driving license
has been impounded (confiscated) or submitted to the
authorities, the receipt to this effect must be
carried (in original) in lieu of the license.
The authorities empowered to demand vehicle
documents for inspection are:
- any police officer in uniform
- an officer of the Motor Vehicles Department (RTO) |
