Malaysia legislation
Section 13
Section 13
(a)
the registered owner shall, within seven days after such change of possession, forward to the Director of a registration area a statement in the prescribed form, and shall deliver to the new possessor or the new owner the registration certificate relating to the motor vehicle and, unless he is surrendering the licence under section 19, the licence;
(b)
the new possessor or new owner shall, within seven days after such change of possession, forward to such Director a statement in the prescribed form together with the registration certificate and the prescribed fee; and
(c)
the motor vehicle shall not be used for more than seven days after such change of possession unless the new possessor or the new owner is registered as the owner
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thereof and, if the licence has been surrendered by the registered owner, it shall not be used until the new owner or new possessor has taken out a new licence:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply in any case where the change of possession is consequent on a contract of hiring and the period of hiring does not exceed one month.
(2)
On any change of possession of a motor vehicle otherwise than on a voluntary transfer made by the registered owner—
(a)
the registered owner of the motor vehicle shall, within seven days after the change of possession, deliver the registration certificate relating to the motor vehicle to the person into whose possession the vehicle has passed, and shall, in writing, inform the Director of a registration area of the change of possession;
(b)
where the registration certificate is so delivered, the person into whose possession the motor vehicle has passed shall, within seven days after the change of possession, forward to the Director the registration certificate relating to the motor vehicle, and shall apply to such Director to be registered as the new owner in place of the registered owner;
(c)
where a Director is satisfied that the registration certificate relating to the motor vehicle has not been delivered under paragraph (a) to the person into whose possession the motor vehicle has passed, and that such person is entitled to the possession of the motor vehicle, the Director may, upon application made by such person and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to such person a duplicate of the registration certificate; and
(d)
the person into whose possession a motor vehicle has passed shall, upon making the prescribed application and upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon production to the Director of the registration certificate or a duplicate thereof, be entitled to be registered as the new owner of such motor vehicle.
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(3)
Upon the registration of a new owner of a motor vehicle, the
Director shall make the necessary alterations in the register and in the registration certificate relating to such motor vehicle, and shall deliver the altered registration certificate to the new owner:
Provided that the Director may, if he considers it expedient so to do, issue in lieu of the altered registration certificate a new registration certificate.
Interim change of possession of motor vehicles