TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 126 Fraud and unlawful possession of licences

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 126

126 Fraud and unlawful possession of licences

(1) A person shall not—

(a) without lawful excuse (the proof of which shall be upon the person) have in the person’s possession—

(i) any licence; or

(ii) any article resembling a licence and calculated to deceive; or

(iii) any document which was formerly a licence, but which is void, cancelled, suspended, or surrendered; or

(b) forge, or without lawful excuse (the proof of which shall be upon the person) use, lend, or permit or allow to be used by any other person any licence; or

(c) unless the person is authorised by or under this Act or is a person acting under the direction of the chief executive or the commissioner or a judge of the Supreme Court or District Court or justices, make or cause or permit or allow to be made any endorsement or any addition or alteration or erasure whatsoever on or from a licence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) Any licence obtained by any false statement or misrepresentation shall be null and void.