Section 17: Owner to notify destruction of vehicles

17. Owner to notify destruction of vehicles (1) Where a motor vehicle or trailer is— (a) destroyed; or (b) removed permanently from Mauritius, the person who, at the material time, is the owner of that motor vehicle or trailer shall, within 14 days of the destruction or removal, notify the Commissioner and surrender to him the registration book. (2) The Commissioner may, on receipt of the notification and the registration book, assign the registration mark of the motor vehicle or trailer, where the registration mark is an old registration mark, to any other motor vehicle or trailer which he subsequently registers. R27 – 21 [Issue 9] Road Traffic Act (3) (a) Where a motor vehicle or trailer is intended to be— (i) dismantled; (ii) broken up; or (iii) scrapped, the person who, at the material time, is the owner of the vehicle shall, not later than 7 days before the dismantling, breaking up or scrapping of the vehicle, where the registration make is an old registration mark, give notice in writing to the Commissioner, together with such particulars as the latter may require, and surrender to him the registration book relating to the vehicle. (b) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that the vehicle has been dismantled, broken up or scrapped, he may assign the registration mark, where the registration mark is an old registration mark, of the vehicle to any motor vehicle or trailer which he subsequently registers. (4) Where a motor vehicle or trailer has not, for a period of 12 consecutive months, been licensed or exempted from being licensed, the Commissioner shall— (a) cancel its registration; and (b) assign its registration mark, where the registration mark is an old registration mark, to any motor vehicle or trailer which he subsequently registers. [S. 17 amended by s. 23 (c) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]