Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Applications for registration
(2)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), any person who satisfies the Director that he has been authorized in writing for that purpose by a person who is absent from Malaysia, may make application on behalf of that person for the registration of a motor vehicle, and in any such case the application shall be deemed to have been signed and made by that person.
(3)
No motor vehicle shall be registered unless—
(a)
such vehicle bears a clear, distinct and untampered engine and chassis number; and
(b)
the prescribed fee has been paid:
Provided that paragraph (a) shall not apply to any electric motor vehicle which has no engine number.
(4)
No motor vehicle shall be registered which does not comply with this Act as to construction, weight, equipment, use and age unless such motor vehicle has been exempted from such compliance under powers conferred by this Act.
(5)
An application for the registration of a motor vehicle which is the property of the Government or of a public body shall designate, by reference to his office, an officer in the service of the Government or public body, as the case may be, in whose charge such motor
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vehicle will be and such person for the time being holding such office shall, for the purpose of any offence, be deemed to be the registered owner of such motor vehicle.
(6)
No officer shall be deemed by reason only of subsection (5) to be guilty of an offence committed before the date on which he assumed such office.
Registration numbers