Skip to content

Section 24

Recovery of fees

of Road Transport Act 1987

ActIn forceProvision 28 of 176
Section 24
(1)

If any fee payable under this Part remains unpaid after one month from the date on which such fee should have been paid, or if the fee which has been paid is less than the appropriate amount, the

Director shall issue a notice requiring the defaulter to pay the amount due within fourteen days from the date of such notice.

44 Laws of Malaysia ACT 333

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with the requirement of such notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit and the court before which such person is convicted may, in addition to such fine, order such person to pay the amount of any fees due and remaining unpaid at the time of conviction, and any such amount so ordered to be paid may be recovered in accordance with the law relating to the recovery of fines; and any amount so recovered shall be remitted by the court to the appropriate Director.

(3)

In any prosecution under this section, a certificate purporting to be signed by a Director stating that—

(a)

on a date stated in the certificate a notice requiring the accused to pay such amount of fees due from him as stated in the certificate was duly issued in accordance with subsection (1); and

(b)

the accused had failed to comply with such requirement, shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein.