Section 20D: Withholding of document by Commissioner
consolidated text (as at 2012). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
20D. Withholding of document by Commissioner
(1) Where a document which is presented for purposes of registration—
(a) is the original; or
(b) contains information which may be useful for the discovery of
unpaid fee or for assessment of additional fee,
the Commissioner may withhold the document for a period not
exceeding 48 hours.
(2) The Commissioner may—
(a) make a copy of a document withheld under subsection (1); and
(b) cancel the registration book; and
(c) issue, free of charge, a new registration book, with the amendment made therein, to the owner.
(3) If the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer fails to notify the Commissioner of his new address within the period specified in subsection (1), he
shall commit an offence.