40. Exemption of certain visitors from liability to register and license vehicles
(1) On compliance with subsection (2), the owner of a vehicle who brings such vehicle into Zimbabwe for the purpose of using it during a visit may, if he is the holder of one of the following documents in respect of such vehicle, use such vehicle in Zimbabwe without registering or licensing it under this Act for the relevant period set out hereunder:
(a) a registration certificate or registration book for such vehicle which conforms with the requirements of the Convention and which was issued in the territory where the vehicle was last licensed, the period of three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days;
(b) a valid licence issued in the territory where the vehicle was last licensed, the period of validity of such licence.
(2) Before the owner of a vehicle may avail himself of subsection (1) all the following conditions shall be complied with:
(a) on entering Zimbabwe he must produce his registration certificate, registration book or licence, as the case may be, to the first available registering officer or appropriate officer at the port of entry;
(b) the vehicle must bear the identification marks of the territory where it was last registered, together with such other distinguishing marks as may be prescribed under the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11];
(c) if Part IV of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] is in operation in relation to such vehicle on entering Zimbabwe he shall:
(i) submit to the first available registering officer or appropriate officer at the port of entry a certificate of insurance or a certificate of security which complies with the requirements of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] and which will be in force in respect of the use of such vehicle and which will be valid for the whole period during which such vehicle is to be used in Zimbabwe; or
(ii) take out, at the port of entry, a policy which complies with the requirements of subsection (1) of section 23 of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] and will remain valid for the whole period during which such vehicle is to be used in Zimbabwe.
41. Registration of vehicles by immigrants
(1) The owner of any vehicle registered outside Zimbabwe who brings such vehicle into Zimbabwe and who becomes a permanent resident of Zimbabwe shall, within thirty days of becoming a permanent resident, register and license such vehicle in accordance with this Act:
Provided that section forty shall apply during such period of thirty days.
(2) When making an application under subsection (1) the owner may surrender to the registering officer any valid licence issued in respect of such vehicle by an authority outside Zimbabwe.
(3) Subject to sections twenty-four and thirty-eight, the registering officer shall issue a licence to cover the period of validity of the surrendered licence and such further period up to the next succeeding terminal day if the validity of such surrendered licence does not end on a terminal day.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[subsection substituted by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001]