(1) If any person makes an application for the provisional registration of any motor vehicle pursuant to Section 20, the competent authority shall inquire into whether the motor vehicle can be registered provisionally pursuant to Section 19, register such a motor vehicle provisionally and issue the provisional registration certificate in the form as referred to in Schedule-4.
(2) The provisional registration certificate shall also specify that the word provisional is also to be set down in the number plate of that motor vehicle. (3) The provisional registration certificate may be so issued that it remains valid for a maximum period of six months at one time or at several times.