29Registration procedure

29. Registration procedure

[(1), (2) deleted]

(3) The registration of a vehicle granted under section 28A is valid for such period of not less than 6 months and not more than 18 months as is determined by the Director General and specified in the certificate of registration.

(4) Regulations made under this Act may make differing provision in respect of the registration fees to be payable in relation to specified classes or kinds of vehicles or by reference to the ownership of the vehicle or to the location of the vehicle or the purposes for which the vehicle is designed or adapted or is to be used, and may provide that no such fee is payable in specified circumstances.

(5) Subject to the provisions of section 28, where an application for the renewal of the registration of a vehicle is made under section 28A —

(a) within the period of 30 days immediately preceding the day on which the registration expires; or

(b) within the period of 15 days immediately succeeding the day on which the registration expired,

the Director General must renew the registration for a period of 12 months and the renewal is deemed to be a continuation of the registration and to have effect on and from the day next succeeding the day on which the registration expires or expired.

(6) Where an application for the renewal of the registration of a vehicle is made after the expiration of the period of 15 days immediately succeeding the day on which the registration expired, the Director General may renew the registration for a period which terminates 12 months after the date of expiration of the registration which has already expired but that renewal takes effect on and from the day on which it is effected and the fee payable is the fee applicable to a full 12 month period.

[(7)-(10) deleted]

(11) A person must not, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, knowingly make any false or misleading statement in relation to the registration of a vehicle under this Act, or to any application in respect thereof.

[Section 29 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76 of 1996 s. 27; No. 39 of 2000 s. 53; No. 7 of 2002 s. 9; No. 8 of 2025 s. 14 and 15.]