Section 29A: Payment by cheque

29A. Payment by cheque (1) The Commissioner, or any person authorised by him, may, if he thinks fit, grant a licence under this Part on receipt of a cheque for the amount of the tax payable in respect of the licence. (2) (a) Where a licence is granted in respect of a vehicle on receipt of a cheque and the cheque is subsequently dishonoured or stopped by the drawer, the licence shall be void as from the date when it was granted. (b) The Commissioner shall thereupon send to the registered owner, by registered letter addressed to him at the address mentioned in the register, a notice requiring him to surrender the licence within 7 days of the date on which the notice was posted. (c) Any registered owner who fails to surrender the licence within the period referred to in under paragraph (b) shall commit an offence. (3) Where a licence has not been surrendered in accordance with subsection (2) (b), the Commissioner may, in addition, refuse to renew the licence for a subsequent period specified in the First Schedule until such time as the amount remaining due on account of a cheque being dishonoured or stopped by the drawer has been settled, together with any surcharge payable. [S. 29A amended by s. 23 of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]