Chapter VIII — Control Of Traffic

Section 127Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)

Text of the section

Removal of motor vehicles abandoned or left unattended on a public place.—1[(1) Where any motor vehicle is abandoned, or left unattended, on a public place for ten hours or more or is parked in

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