Chap. 96.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 33, as amended, of Chapter
342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932,
and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia,
relating to registration fees. [fH B 184]

Approved March 10, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-three, as amended of chapter three hundred and forty-two of the
acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred and_ thirty-two,
approved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and
known, désignated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code or Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 33. When registration shall be esvobed—-te) The division
shall revoke, rescind and cancel the registration of any motor vehicle,
trailer or semi-trailer which the division shall determine is unsafe or
unfit to be operated or is not equipped with proper brakes, proper
lights, proper horns or warning devices, proper mirror, muffler or
cutout, windshield wiper or proper steering gear adequate to insure the
safe control of the vehicle as required by this act, or when such vehicle
is equipped with a smoke screen device, or when required by law a
proper electrical or mechanical signalling device.

(b) The division shall revoke, rescind and cancel the registration
of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, and shall revoke, rescind,
cancel or repossess the registration card, registration or license number
plate or plates, or operator’s license or chauffeur’s license, whenever
the person to whom the registration card, or registration or license
number plate or plates or operator’s or chauffeur’s license has been
issued shall make or permit to be made an unlawful use of the same
or permit the use thereof by a person not entitled thereto, or fail or
refuse to pay, within the time prescribed by law, any lawful road taxes
due the State of Virginia.

(c) Should any person, firm or corporation, after receiving a
license from the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, as herein
provided, operate or attempt to operate, in unlawful competition with
the holder of a motor vehicle carrier’s certificate, such person, firm or
corporation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon con-
viction thereof before any court having jurisdiction of the territory
within which any part of such operation or competition takes place shall
be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than two hundred
and fifty ($250.00) dollars, and each day’s operation or competition
shall constitute a separate offense, and upon receiving a record of such
conviction, the director shall revoke all motor vehicle license and
registration of such convicted person, firm or corporation, which re-
vocation shall continue until the fine and cost imposed have been paid.
But nothing contained in this subsection shall apply to taxicabs and
for-hire vehicles for the transportation of passengers whose business
originates in cities and towns but who may make occasional trips out-
side of such corporate limits.

(d) From any such action by the division, an appeal shall lie as
of right to any court of record having competent jurisdiction.

(e) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any motor vehicle,
trailer or semi-trailer, license for which has been revoked pursuant
to the provisions of this section, to fail or refuse to surrender and
deliver up to the division or any of its officers upon demand, registra-
tion card and license tags so revoked, and any person convicted of a
violation of this provision shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars
or by imprisonment in jail for not less than thirty days or by both
such fine and imprisonment.