Section 15
Motor vehicle licences
No person shall use or cause or permit to be used a motor vehicle in respect of which there is not in force a motor vehicle licence granted under this Act:
Provided that a motor vehicle lawfully brought into Malaysia in accordance with section 21 or 25 or in accordance with any rules made thereunder, shall be deemed to be a motor vehicle in respect of which a licence granted under this Act is in force.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to a motor vehicle which has been laid up:
Provided that a declaration has been made to the Director, in the prescribed form, that such vehicle has been laid up.
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(3)
Where a motor vehicle referred to in subsection (2) is subsequently found to be used or caused or permitted to be used, such vehicle shall not, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been laid up.
(4)
Any person who uses or causes or permits to be used a motor vehicle after declaring that it has been laid up shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than three hundred ringgit and not more than five thousand ringgit.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, “laid up” means to put away and to cease to use on the road.