(1) Every transporter required to obtain a registration certiicate under section 9-C shall make an application for grant of a registration certificate under section 9-C in Form 6-B in duplicate to the Registering Authority:

Provided that if a transporter has no place of business in the State of Madhya Pradesh, he shall make an application for grant of a registration certificate at the first commercial tax office, including check post, immediately after entry into the State of Madhya Pradesh.

(2) No registration fee shall be required to be paid alongwith the application.

(3) Every transporter required to obtain a registration certificate under section 9-C, shall within sixty days from the date on which the provisions of section 9-C comes into force or If he commences operation after that date, shall within thirty days of such commencement, apply for grant of a registration certificate.

(4) On the day, the application for grant of a registration certificate is received, the Registering Authority shall register the transporter and issue a registration certificate in Form -7-B :

Provided that a transporter who has no place of business in the State of Madhya Pradesh and who makes an application for grant of a registration certificate at the check post, shall be registered by the officer in-charge of the check post in consultation with the Registering Authority having jurisdiction over the area in which the check post is situated and the record pertaining to the registration shall be forwarded to the Registering Authority.

(5) The registration certificate issued to a transporter who, being liable to pay tax under section 9-C obtains registration-certificate under section 17, shall cease to be in force from the date of validity of the registration certificate under section 17.