Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Registration of Motor Vehicles
7. Examination of vehicles
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Before registering any motor vehicle or trailer, the licensing officer shall verify all the particulars entered in the application form, and may, if he deems it necessary, send any vehicle to be examined by an examiner for the purpose of ensuring that it is of suitable construction and in suitable condition for the purpose for which it is sought to register the vehicle.
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
Any police officer shall have power to send, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed, for examination by an examiner any motor vehicle or trailer which appears to him to be in such a state of disrepair as to constitute a danger to other users of the road or to any person carried in the motor vehicle.
examiner
“examiner” means any person appointed to be an examiner under section 3(2);
Every licensing officer shall have power to call up for examination at a specified time and place by an examiner at any time any motor vehicle or trailer for the purpose of ensuring that the vehicle or trailer is in a fit and proper state of repair and conforms with the provisions of this
licensing officer
“licensing officer” includes the Director, and any licensing officer appointed under section 3;
Act and the regulations made thereunder.
If any owner of a motor vehicle or trailer is aggrieved at any decision of an examiner, he may within 30 days thereof require that the decision be confirmed by the Director who may confirm the decision or modify it in such respects as appear to him to be required.
owner
“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;
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for the examination, by any person authorised by the Minister, of any vehicle and for purposes connected therewith, and for the issue, where the vehicle is found on such examination
person
“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
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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;
to comply with any prescribed requirements relating to its construction and condition, of a certificate that at the date of such examination those requirements had been complied with.
Regulations made under subsection (5) may make different provision in respect of different vehicles or classes of vehicles.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Land Transport and includes any Deputy Director appointed under section 3(2);
examiner
Defined · s 2“examiner” means any person appointed to be an examiner under section 3(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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