Clause 12

If any person possesses or uses any vehicle, other than a bicycle or a trisha, for which a licence under this Part of this Ordinance is not in force or causes or permits it to be so used or, being the holder of a general licence or general licences issued under this Ordinance, uses at any one time a greater number of motor vehicles than he is authorized to use by virtue of that licence or those licences, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and if any person possesses or uses a bicycle which has not been registered or a trisha which has not been licensed under this Part of this Ordinance, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Proceedings for a penalty under subsection (1) of this section may be brought at any time within a period of twelve months from the date on which the offence was committed.

Where a licence has been taken out as for a motor vehicle to be used solely for a certain purpose and the motor vehicle is at any time during the period for which the licence is in force used for some other purpose, the person so using the motor vehicle or causing or permitting it to be so used shall, if the rate of fee chargeable in respect of a licence for a motor vehicle used for that other purpose is higher than the rate chargeable in respect of the licence held by him, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and on a second or subsequent conviction shall in addition be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

If in any proceedings under this section any question arises as to the number of motor vehicles used or as to the character, weight and horse-power of any motor vehicle or as to the number of seats provided in a motor vehicle or as to the purposes for which any motor vehicle has been used it shall be sufficient for a witness for the prosecution to swear that, in consequence of inquiries which he has made or of reports which he has received, he has reasonable grounds for believing that the number of motor vehicles used or the character, weight and horse-power of any motor vehicle or the number of seats provided in a motor vehicle or the purposes for which any motor vehicle has been used or any one or more of these facts was or were such as would be necessary to establish the offence charged, and thereupon the burden shall be on the defendant to prove that the number of motor vehicles used or the character, weight and horse-power of any motor vehicle, the number of seats provided in a motor vehicle or the purposes for which any motor vehicle has been used (as the case may require) was or were in fact such that the offence charged was not in law committed by him.