Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Registration of Motor Vehicles
5. Registration of motor vehicles and trailers
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Save as hereinafter provided, no person shall use or, being the owner, shall permit any other person to use a motor vehicle or trailer on a road unless such vehicle is registered under this Act and has affixed thereto in the prescribed manner the prescribed identification mark. Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for 3 months:
person
“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
Provided that no person shall be liable to a penalty for a breach of this section if he proves that he has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its requirements.
A registration book containing such particulars as are prescribed shall be supplied by the licensing officer to the owner of every vehicle so registered.
licensing officer
“licensing officer” includes the Director, and any licensing officer appointed under section 3;
If a vehicle does not bear on it an identification mark as provided by this section, this fact shall be regarded as prima facie evidence that the vehicle has not been registered, and any police officer in uniform may thereupon detain such vehicle until he has reason to believe that such vehicle has been registered under this section.
vehicle
“vehicle” means any vehicle, including a trailer, constructed, adapted or capable of being used on roads, whether mechanically propelled or not.
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road
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
Terms defined in s 2
licensing officer
Defined · s 2“licensing officer” includes the Director, and any licensing officer appointed under section 3;
motor vehicle
Defined · s 2“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner” means the person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered by a licensing officer: Provided that in the case of a vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase agreement, the term means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
person
Defined · s 2“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
road
Defined · s 2“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
trailer
Defined · s 2“trailer” means any vehicle, which has no independent motive power of its own, and which is attached to or driven by a motor vehicle or is designed or intended to be so attached or drawn, but does not include a side-car in the case of a motorcycle;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” means any vehicle, including a trailer, constructed, adapted or capable of being used on roads, whether mechanically propelled or not.
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