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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 91

Replacement of section 192 of the principal enactment

91. Section 192 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
192.
(1) Where a derelict motor vehicle is so left on any part of a highway as to cause any obstruction or nuisance, the Commissioner or the licensing authority or the local authority or the police officer in charge of the station concerned may, by notice served either generally or by registered post, require the owner or person in charge of that vehicle to take steps to remove the obstruction or nuisance.
(2) Every owner or person in charge of the vehicle on whom a notice is served under sub section (1), shall comply with the requirements set out therein.
(3) If the owner or person in charge of any derelict motor vehicle cannot for any reason be found or he or the person in charge makes default in complying with any notice served under subsection (1), the Commissioner or the licensing authority or the local authority or the police officer may cause the vehicle to be removed and make such order as may be necessary for its disposal.
(4) No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be instituted or maintained against the Commissioner or a licensing authority or a local authority or a police officer in respect of any order bona fide made under subsection (3).".

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