MOTOR VEHICLES (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1942 - SECT 34
Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid
MOTOR VEHICLES (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1942 - SECT 34
Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid
34 Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid
(1) Any person who uses or causes, permits or suffers any other person to use
upon a public street any insured motor vehicle shall, if the appropriate
amount of insurance premiums payable in relation thereto has not been paid, be
guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding 0.5 penalty unit for every day on which it is so used.
(2) The
Government Insurance Office may recover as a debt from any such person, the
difference between the amount of premium (if any) actually paid in relation to
such motor vehicle and the appropriate amount of premium.
(3) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Act failure by any person to lodge or pay in full
the appropriate amount of insurance premium in respect of the insurance of a
motor vehicle (whether such failure is due to error or omission, or to any
change of circumstances or other matter affecting the amount payable as the
appropriate amount of insurance premium) shall not affect the validity of any
third-party policy issued or deemed to have been issued, nor any registration
of the motor vehicle.
