Section 60
Power to detain vehicles for inspection
If any police officer in uniform has reason to believe that the provisions as to construction, equipment and use prescribed by this
Act have not been complied with in respect of any motor vehicle, he may require such vehicle to be stopped and may require the driver of such vehicle to drive it to some other place, and the vehicle may, if
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necessary, be detained by any police officer not below the rank of sergeant or any police officer in charge of a police station for the purpose of inspection by a police officer or a road transport officer or a person licensed to carry out inspection under this Act for the purpose of ensuring that such provisions have been complied with:
Provided that no motor vehicle shall be detained under this section for a period exceeding five working days.
(2)
If, on such inspection, it appears to a road transport officer that, by reason of any defects, being defects which are prescribed by rules as serious defects, such motor vehicle is or is likely to become unfit for use, or its use is or is likely to become dangerous unless the defects are remedied, he may prohibit the use of such motor vehicle:
Provided that where in the opinion of such road transport officer the defects are such as can be remedied within any period not exceeding ten days and are not defects which involve immediate risk to persons using the motor vehicle or to persons using a road, the prohibition shall not operate before the expiration of that period.
(3)
Subsections 59(3) to (9) shall apply to this section in the case where a prohibition order has been issued under subsection (2).