Section 13

the owner of the motor vehicle shall give such information as he may be required by an authorized person, a police officer or a customs officer to give as to the identity and address of the person who was driving the said motor vehicle at or about the time of the alleged offence, and as to the licence held by that person, and if he fails to do so within seven days of the date on which the information was required from him he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the information required; and

any other person who was or should have been in charge of the motor vehicle shall, if so required as aforesaid, give any information which it is in his power to give, and which may lead to the identification of the driver, and if, within seven days of the date on which the information was required from him, he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Any person who wilfully furnishes any false or misleading information under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any written law to the contrary, any information given under this section by any person charged with any offence against this Act may be used as evidence at the hearing of the charge against him.

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies)

Notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary any statement made by any person to any authorized person, police officer, or customs officer that a particular motor vehicle was being driven by or belonged to that person or that it belonged to a firm in which such person was a partner or to a corporation of which such person was a director, officer or employee on a particular occasion shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of determining by whom the vehicle was being driven or to whom it belonged.

Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1)

or (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

For the purpose of this section, “owner”, in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement.

Provisions as to evidence