Section 158: Production of registration book and licence

158. Production of registration book and licence (1) A police officer in uniform or who, not in uniform, produces his police identity card, and any other person authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred by this section, who produces his authority, may demand from— (a) the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer— (i) the registration book; [Issue 1] R27 – 124 Revised Laws of Mauritius (ii) the current licence for the vehicle or trailer in force at the date of the demand; and (iii) in the case of a public service vehicle, the road service licence authorising the use of that vehicle at that time and place; and (b) any person driving a motor vehicle on a road— (i) his driving licence; or (ii) his provisional driving licence; and (iii) in the case of a licence under subparagraph (ii), the driving licence of the person supervising the driving in accordance with the conditions attached to the provisional driving licence under section 44 (2). (2) (a) Any person who fails, on demand, to produce any document referred to in subsection (1) shall commit an offence. (b) Where a person, at the time the production of the document is required— (i) undertakes in writing to produce; and (ii) produces in person, the document, within 5 days, at such police station as may be specified by him, he shall not commit an offence under paragraph (a). (3) In the case of a motor vehicle or trailer that is subject to Part VIII, a road transport inspector may exercise all the powers conferred by this section on a police officer.