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Suspension of registration.– (1) A registering authority or any other prescribed authority may, after giving the owner an opportunity of making any representation he may wish to make, for reason to be recorded in writing, suspend the registration certificate of a motor vehicle, if–
(a) the vehicle is not insured as required by law; or
(b) any fees or taxes payable in respect of the vehicle under this Ordinance or the rules framed thereunder, or the West Pakistan[44] Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1958[45], have remained unpaid for a period exceeding three months from the date such fees or taxes were due; or
(c) in the case of a public service vehicle, it is not covered by a valid certificate of fitness; or
(d) the authority has reason to believe that the vehicle is in such a condition that its use in a public place would constitute a danger to the public, or that it fails to comply with the requirements of Chapter VI or of the rules made thereunder; or
(e) a substantially false statement has been made in the application for registration of the vehicle; or
(f) the registration certificate has been deliberately defaced or mutilated or unauthorised additions or alterations have been made therein;
and such suspension shall remain in force till the vehicle is duly insured as required by law, or the fees or taxes have been paid, or a valid certificate of fitness in respect of the vehicle has been obtained, or the defects are remedied to the satisfaction of such authority, or the false statement in the application for registration has been replaced by a correct statement in the prescribed manner, as the case may be.
(2) A registering authority or any prescribed authority may, after giving the owner an opportunity of making any representation he may wish to make and for reasons to be recorded in writing, suspend for a period not exceeding six months, the certificate of registration of a vehicle, if it is satisfied that–
(i) the vehicle is used for subversive activities against the State; or
(ii) the vehicle is used for hire or reward without obtaining a permit from the Provincial or a Regional Transport Authority as required under section 44; or
(iii) the vehicle has been found by a Court to have been used by the owner of the vehicle or with his knowledge or connivance in the commission of a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment of not less than five years.
(3) An authority other than a registering authority shall when making a suspension order under sub-section (1), intimate in writing the fact of suspension and the reasons therefor to the registering authority within whose jurisdiction the vehicle is at the time of the suspension.
(4) A registering authority or other prescribed authority suspending the registration certificate of a motor vehicle under this section shall communicate the fact of suspension together with the reasons therefor in writing to the owner of the vehicle, and the owner shall thereupon forthwith surrender to that authority the certificate of registration [46][, licence number plates] and any token or card issued to authorise the use of the vehicle in a public place.
(5) Where the registration of a motor vehicle has been suspended under sub-section (1) for a continuous period of not less than one month, the registering authority, within whose jurisdiction the vehicle was when the registration was suspended, shall, if it is not the original registering authority, inform that authority of the suspension, and when the suspension has continued without interruption for a period of not less than six months, the registering authority within whose jurisdiction the vehicle was when the registration was suspended may, if it is the original registering authority, cancel the registration and the entry relating to the vehicle in its records, and if it is not the original registering authority, shall forward the certificate of registration and any token or card surrendered under sub-section (4) to that authority which may cancel it forthwith.
(6) The certificate of registration [47][, licence number plates] and any token or card surrendered under sub-section (4) shall be returned to the owner when the order suspending registration is rescinded.
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Cancellation of registration.– (1) If a motor vehicle has been destroyed or has been rendered permanently incapable of use, the owner shall, as soon as may be, report the fact to the registering authority within whose jurisdiction he resides and shall forward to that authority the certificate of registration of the vehicle together with [48][licence number plates and] any token or card issued to authorise the use of the vehicle in a public place.
(2) The registering authority shall, if it is the original registering authority, cancel the registration and the certificate of registration, or, if it is not, shall forward the report and the certificate of registration, to the original registering authority and that authority shall cancel the registration and the certificate of registration.
(3) Any registering authority may order the examination of another vehicle within its jurisdiction by such authority as Government may by order appoint and, if upon such examination and after giving the owner an opportunity to make any representation he may wish to make it is satisfied that the vehicle is in such a condition that its use in a public place would constitute a danger to the public and that it is beyond reasonable repair, may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, cancel the registration of the vehicle.
(4) If a registering authority is satisfied that a motor vehicle has been permanently removed out of the Province, it shall cancel the registration of the vehicle.
(5) A registering authority or any prescribed authority cancelling the registration of a motor vehicle under this section shall communicate the fact, together with the reasons therefor, in writing to the owner of the vehicle and the owner of the vehicle shall thereupon forthwith surrender to that authority the certificate of registration of the vehicle [49][, licence number plates] and any token or card issued to authorise the use of the vehicle in a public place.
(6) A registering authority making an order of cancellation under this section shall, if it is the original registering authority, cancel the certificate of registration and the entry relating to the vehicle in its records, and if it is not the original registering authority, intimate in writing the fact of cancellation and the reasons therefor, and forward the certificate of registration and any token or card surrendered to it under sub-section (6) to the original registering authority, and that authority shall cancel the certificate of registration and the entry relating to the motor vehicle in its records.
(7) The expression “original registering authority” in this section and in sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 means the registering authority in whose records the registration of the vehicle is recorded.
