KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — A woman driving a Honda City with a personalised car plate resembling her name has been fined by the Kedah Road Transport Department (JPJ) for failing to meet the required specifications.
In a statement today, Kedah JPJ said the woman, in her 30s and the car’s owner, admitted that the registration number was a gift from her husband.
It also said an enforcement team stopped her vehicle at 6:40pm yesterday at Kilometer 49.5 of the North-South Expressway, heading north.
Further inspection revealed that the registration number on the plate did not comply with regulations and resembled a word.
“This is an offence under Regulation 6(7) of the Motor Vehicles (Registration & Licensing) 1959.
“A notice has been issued for further action,” the statement read.
Kedah JPJ also said that the team issued a JPJ (P) 22 notice and a vehicle inspection order under Section 61(1) of the Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987.
The offender faces a fine of up to RM300.
