Registration certificate and insurance card
28(1)No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless
(a)
the registration certificate issued for it has been signed in accordance with subsection 27(3), and
(b)
the original registration certificate or a photostatic copy of it is being carried in the vehicle or by the driver of the vehicle.
28(1.1)No person shall operate a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under this Act unless a motor vehicle liability insurance card issued by an insurer and approved by the Registrar under section 279 with respect to that motor vehicle is being carried in the motor vehicle or by the driver of the motor vehicle.
28(2)The driver of a motor vehicle shall, upon the demand of a peace officer, forthwith present and deliver into the peace officer’s hands, for examination in detail by the peace officer,
(a)
the original or a photostatic copy of the registration certificate issued for the vehicle and signed in accordance with subsection 27(3), and
(b)
a motor vehicle liability insurance card as required under subsection (1.1) with respect to that motor vehicle.
28(3)This section does not apply when and during the time
(a)
an application for renewal of a vehicle registration has been approved by the Registrar but the registration certificate has not been issued or received, or
(b)
Repealed: 2020, c.18, s.1
(c)
the vehicle is being operated under the provisions of section 43.
28(4)The onus of proof shall be on the accused that an application for renewal of vehicle registration has been approved by the Registrar.
1955, c.13, s.19; 1959, c.23, s.4; 1961-62, c.62, s.7; 1966, c.81, s.3; 1967, c.54, s.4, 4A; 1973, c.59, s.1; 1975, c.86, s.2; 1987, c.6, s.65; 1994, c.31, s.3; 1995, c.18, s.2; 2020, c.18, s.1