CHAPTER 29

MOTOR VEHICLES

AN ACT to amend Chapter 10, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware entitled "An Act concerning motor vehicles and making uniform the law relating thereto."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Section 23, Title III, Article II of Chapter 10, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware be amended by repealing all of the said Section 23 of the said Chapter 10, Volume 36, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 23. When Registration Shall Be Refused. The Department shall not grant an application for the registration of a motor vehicle in any of the following events:

(a) When the applicant is not entitled thereto under the provisions of this Act.

(b) When the applicant has neglected or refused to furnish the Department with the information required in the appropriate official form or to give reasonable additional information required by the Department.

(c) When the fees required therefor by law have not been paid.

(a) When the applicant will not furnish satisfactory evidence of the motor vehicle to be registered having been inspected and determined to be safe and fit and properly equipped as hereinafter provided.

Section 2. That Section 24, Title III, Article II of Chapter 10, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware as amended by Chapter 10, Volume 37, Laws of Delaware, be further amended by repealing all of the said Section 24 of Chapter 10, Volume 36, Laws of Delaware, as amended, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 24. When Registration Shall be Rescinded, Cancelled, or Suspended.

(a) The Department shall rescind, cancel, or suspend the registration of any motor vehicle which shall be determined by said Department to be unsafe or unfit to be operated, or to be not equipped as required by law. Any motor vehicle, which has not been examined and determined safe and fit for operation and found equipped according to law by the agents of the Vehicle Commissioner of this State between the fifteenth day of July and the thirty-first day of August of each year, shall be conclusively determined to be unsafe, unfit, or not properly equipped by the Department.

(b) The Department shall rescind, cancel, or suspend the registration of a motor vehicle whenever the person, to whom the registration card or registration number plates therefor have been issued, shall make or permit to be made any unlawful use of the said card or said plates, or permit the use thereof by a person not entitled thereto.

(c) The Department shall rescind, cancel, or suspend the registration of any motor vehicle if it shall be determined by the said Department that such motor vehicle should not have been registered in the State of Delaware, or the person, to whom the registration card or registration number plates therefor have been issued, shall have made illegal use of said motor vehicle, provided an appeal may be taken by the said person from any decision of said Department to the Superior Court of the county wherein the said registrant resides.

Section 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall be cited as a part of the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Delaware, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved June 1, 1933.