Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part II · Classification, Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles and Drivers
61. Power to order production of motor vehicle and licence
Feedback & supportA Chief Police Officer or a road transport officer authorized in that behalf by the Director General, may by notice in writing, require the registered owner of a motor vehicle to produce for inspection, at the expense of the registered owner, at such convenient time and place as may be specified in such notice, such motor vehicle and the licence and registration certificate relating thereto, and such registered owner shall produce such vehicle, licence and registration certificate in accordance with the terms of such notice.
Chief Police Officer
“Chief Police Officer” means any police officer vested by the Inspector General of Police with the control of the Royal Malaysia Police in respect of any area or state under section 6 of the Police Act 1967 and designated as such by the Inspector General of Police; Road Transport 13
Such notice may be served upon the registered owner or to his servant or agent or may be sent by registered post to the address contained in the register of motor vehicles kept under this Part.
registered owner
“registered owner” means the person registered as the owner of a motor vehicle under paragraph 11(1)(b);
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road
“road” means— (a) any public road and any other road to which the public has access and includes bridges, tunnels, lay-bys, ferry facilities, interchanges, roundabouts, traffic islands, road dividers, all traffic lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, side-tables, median strips, overpasses, underpasses, approaches, entrance and exit ramps, toll plazas, service areas, and other structures and fixtures to fully effect its use; (b) for the purposes of sections 70 and 85, also includes a road under construction; and (c) for the purpose of sections 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 45A, also includes a parking place;
If any registered owner who is required under this section to produce any motor vehicle or licence or registration certificate fails so to do, he shall be guilty of an offence, unless he proves that, owing to a mechanical breakdown of such vehicle or other sufficient reason, the motor vehicle or licence or registration certificate could not be produced.
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle of any description, propelled by means of mechanism contained within itself and constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being used on roads, and includes a trailer;