JUDGMENT

Sulaiman, C.J. - This is an application in revision from an order convicting the accused u/s 16, Motor Vehicles Act (Act 8 of 1914). The accused got his motor-car registered and the police authorities assigned to him the number "U.P. 561 B.S." Instead of reproducing these exact letters and figures the accused had, on his number plate, the latters "U.P. with the figure "561" and the letters! "B.S." written in Hindi script. When: prosecuted, his defence was that he had complied with the rules framed under the Motor Vehicles Act inasmuch as he had in substance reproduced the number assigned to his car. There is no question that the Local Government has, under the authority conferred upon it by the Motor Vehicles Act, framed rules called the U.P. Motor Vehicles Rules 1928, which was in force.

2. Rule 22 provides that the number assigned to a motor vehicle shall be shown in white figures and letters of uniform size on a black ground in the case of a private motor vehicle. Then Rule 12 provides that the registering authority shall assign to every motor vehicle at the time of registration a distinguishing number and shall record the name and address of the owner. At the end of the