Section 39(2) in The Punjab Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
(2)If owing the mechanical break-down or other cause a transport vehicle is, at the time when the certificate expires, outside the functional area of the Board of Inspection or an authorised testing station by which the certificate is to be renewed, any other Board of Inspection or an authorised testing station may, without prejudice to any penalty to which the owner may have become liable, if the vehicle is in the opinion of the Board of Inspection or authorised testing station fit for use by endorsement in Form "C.F. Sub" and subject to such conditions as the Board of Inspection or an authorised testing station may, specify may authorise its continued use for such a time as may reasonably be necessary for the vehicle to return to the area of the Board of Inspection or an authorised testing station by which the certificate should be renewed. The vehicle may thereupon be driven to such area in accordance with such endorsement, but shall not be used after return to that area until the certificate has been renewed.
