MOTOR VEHICLES (DUPLICATE INSURANCE CERTIFICATE) ACT - 1979 (AFRCD 35)

• Section - 1 - Issue And Misuse Of Duplicate Motor Insurance Certificates.

  • Any person who:-
    
    (a) obtains any duplicate certificate of insurance in respect of any motor vehicle without the permission of the Ministry responsible for Fuel; or
    
    (b) uses or attempts to use any duplicate certificate of insurance issued in respect of any motor vehicle for the purpose of procuring at any time more than the prescribed quantity of petrol to which he is otherwise entitled in respect of such vehicle in accordance with the restrictions imposed on the sale of petrol by the Ministry responsible for Fuel and Power,
    
    shall be liable to pay to the Government a penalty of c500.00.

• Section - 2 - Validation Of Penalties Already Collected.

  • Any money collected by the Government before the coming into force of this Decree from any person who has done any such act as is referred to in section 1 of this Decree shall be deemed to be a penalty imposed under that section in respect of that act and lawfully collected.