Section 39, National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 [S1V-SWJ]

39. Registration of transports operator.—(1) Every transport operator shall, within sixty days from the commencement of this Act or, where such person begins the carriage of goods by road after such commencement, within sixty days from the date of such beginning, make an application for registration to the State Transport Authority in Form 20, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees. (2) The State Transport Authority shall, on being satisfied that the application is in order, register the applicant and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (3) No transport operator shall carry on the carriage of goods by road unless registered under this section.