(1) The application for registration under section 14 shall be made to the appropriate Assessing Authority in Form VAT-I and shall be signed in the case of a-

(i) proprietorship, by the proprietor of the business;

(ii) partnership, by all the partners;

(iii) Hindu Joint Family business, by the Manager or Karta of the Hindu Joint Family;

(iv) company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, or under any other law, by the Chairman, Managing Director or the Principal Officer managing the business;

(v) society, by the Chairman, secretary or an officer managing the business;

(vi) club or an association of persons, by the person managing the affairs of the club or the association, duly authorised by the members in this behalf; and

(vii) Government Department, by the Head of Department or any other officer or officers duly authorised in writing by him.

(2) Omitted w.e.f. 12-07-2013.

(3) The application for obtaining a general registration certificate shall also be made in Form VAT-I by a dealer who opts to pay tax under section 9 or under sub-section (2) of section 16 and the words application for "GENERAL REGISTRATION" shall be conspicuously mentioned therein.

(4) Application for e-Registration.

Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 3, an application for grant of registration certificate under the Act may be submitted by a dealer electronically, through the official web-site of the Excise and Taxation Department to the office of the Appropriate Assessing authority to grant registration as specified in rule 3:

Provided that a dealer, who has submitted application under this sub-rule, shall submit all the required documents in hard copy thereof within 10 working days from the day of submission of application in Form VAT-1, to the Appropriate Assessing authority to grant registration.