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SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1975

+TOO OFTEN, HOWEVER, THE FORMER OWNER COMPLETES HIS OWN HALF AND HANDS IT OVER, TOGETHER WITH THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION BOOK, TO THE NEW OWNER, ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LATTER WILL SUBMIT BOTH HALVES TO THE LICENSING OFFICE.

+BUT TOO OFTEN THE NEW OWNER FAILS TO DO SO, IN WHICH CASE THE VEHICLE REMAINS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER.

+THUS THE FORMER OWNER CONTINUES TO BE LIABLE FOR PARKING TICKETS, AND FOR SUPPLYING INFORMATION TO THE POLICE, IF THE VEHICLE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN OFFENCE,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT THE ONLY REAL SAFEGUARD HERE WAS FOR THE FORMER OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW OWNER HAD ALSO SUBMITTED HIS HALF OF THE FORM AND TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP HAD IN FACT BEEN REGISTERED. ONLY THEN SHOULD THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION BOOK BE HANDED OVER, HE ADDED.

+THERE HAVE BEEN CASES WHERE THE FORMER OWNER FAILS TO TAKE THIS PRECAUTION AND THEN FINDS HIMSELF UNABLE TO TRACE THE NEW OWNER, THE VEHICLE OR THE REGISTRATION BOOK, WHILE DURING THIS PERIOD, HE MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE WITH PARKING TICKETS AND POLICE ENQUIRIES ABOUT MATTERS BEYOND HIS KNOWLEDGE, HE SAID.

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