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Motor Car Traders Act 1986
83BOffence to destroy documents required by the Act
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83B Offence to destroy documents required by the Act
S. 83B(1) amended by No. 8/2003 s. 72.
(1) A motor car trader must not destroy, conceal, mutilate or alter any document that she, he or it is required to keep by this Act or the regulations.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) if the person charged can show that the destruction, concealment, mutilation or alteration of the document was not done with the intention of defeating the purposes of this Act.
S. 83C inserted by No. 74/1996 s. 38.