Malaysia legislation

Section 53B

of *ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1987

Section 53B

(a)

is served with a notice under section 53A in respect of a camera-recorded offence; and

(b)

was not a driver of the vehicle to which the camera-recorded offence relates at the time the offence was committed, shall, within thirty days from the date of the service of the notice, supported by letter to the authority issuing the notice, produce the

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name and address of the driver of the motor vehicle at the time the offence was committed.

(2)

A registered owner of a motor vehicle who is served with a notice in respect of a camera-recorded offence shall be deemed to be not guilty if—

(a)

that registered owner complies with subsection (1)

relating to the offence; and

(b)

the authority issuing the notice is satisfied that the registered owner did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the name and address of the person who was a driver of the vehicle at the time the offence was committed.

(3)

Any registered owner of a motor vehicle who falsely nominates another person as a driver of the motor vehicle at the time the camera-recorded offence occurred, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than three thousand ringgit and not more than ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Duty not to give, publish or disclose information on camera-recorded offence