Registration of motor vehicles of diplomatic officers, etc.
35. (1) Where an application for registration of a motor vehicle is made by, or on behalf of, any diplomatic officer or consular officer or any other privileged person, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the special registering authority appointed by the Government in this behalf shall register the vehicle in such manner and in accordance with such procedure as may be provided by rules made in this behalf under sub section (3) and shall assign to the vehicle for display thereon a special registration mark in accordance with the provisions contained in those rules and shall issue a certificate that the vehicle has been registered under this section; and the vehicle so registered shall not, so long it remains the property of any diplomatic officer or consular officer or any privileged person be required to be registered otherwise than under this Ordinance.
(2) If any vehicle registered under this section ceases to be the property of any diplomatic officer or consular officer or any other privileged person, certificate of registration issued under this section shall also cease to be effective and the provision of section 33 shall thereupon apply.
(3) The Government may make rules for the registration of motor vehicles belonging to diplomatic officers and consular officers and privileged persons regarding the procedure to be followed by the special registering authority for registering such vehicles, the form in which certificates of registration of such vehicles are to be issued, the manner in which certificates of registration are to be sent to the owners of the vehicles and the physical verifications are to be done and the special registration marks are to be assigned to such vehicles.
Explanation. For the purposes of this section, “diplomatic officer”, “consular officers” or “privileged person” means any person who is recognised as such by the Government and if any question arises as to whether a person is or is not such an officer or person, the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
