37. The registering authority shall, before proceeding to register a motor vehicle, require the person applying for registration of the vehicle to produce the vehicle to the Inspector of Motor Vehicles ¹[or such other person as the Authority may specify in this behalf] in order that the registering authority may satisfy itself that the particulars contained in the application are true and that the vehicle complies with the requirements of Chapter VI and of the ²[regulations] made thereunder and that the vehicle is not mechanically defective.