Section 20R: Using a vehicle without a test certificate
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.
20R. Using a vehicle without a test certificate
(1) A person who—
(a) uses; or
(b) causes or permits to be used,
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a motor vehicle or trailer in respect of which no test certificate
has been issued shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees.
(2) Where an application is made under section 22 for a
licence in respect of a motor vehicle or trailer, the Commissioner
shall not issue the licence unless a valid test certificate covering
the period for which the licence is to be issued is produced to
him.
(3) Where any test certificate is issued within one month
before the expiry of the current test certificate, the new test
certificate shall be treated as being valid for the period stated
on it as from the date of expiry of the first test certificate.