Defective vehicles. Power to seize registration plates and licence

(1) Any police officer in uniform or on showing his authority as a member of the Police Department, having reason to believe that any motor vehicle or trailer is in a defective condition may require the driver to take such vehicle or trailer to the nearest inspector or transport officer who shall examine it as to its suitability or otherwise to be used on a road and as to what shall be done before it may be so used. Should the inspector find out that the vehicle is defective he shall issue a certificate in the form in Schedule N hereto and the police officer shall remove and retain the registration plates and/or licence, and the person in charge of the vehicle shall be directed to take the vehicle to the nearest place where repairs can be effected, and the registration plates and/or licence shall not be returned until an inspector certifies in the form in Schedule O hereto that the vehicle is no longer defective. Schedule N. Schedule O. (2) It shall be lawful for an inspector to examine and test any motor vehicle or trailer upon a road, and where a vehicle has been involved in an accident or there is reason to believe that it has been so involved it shall be lawful for an inspector forthwith to enter upon any premises where he believes the vehicle to be kept in order to examine and test the same, and to remove the vehicle, if necessary, for further examination. Power to enter premises where vehicle involved in accident. (3) Where a transport officer has decided to cancel or suspend a vehicle licence under section 17 of the Act, he shall notify in writing the owner of the vehicle in respect of which such licence was issued, and the owner shall thereupon deliver up the licence to the transport officer and shall not use or cause or permit to be used such vehicle. 132