Suspension of registration certificate.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Suspension of registration certificate.—If on inspection as provided under section four (h) hereof, the Director of Public Works or his deputies find any motor vehicle to be unsightly, dangerous, overloaded, or capable of causing excessive damage as aforesaid, he may refuse to register the same, or if already registered he may, upon twenty-four hours notice to the owner or operator, suspend such registration and require the number plates to be surrendered to him for a period not to exceed thirty days. When the record of any particular motor vehicle or of its chauffeurs shows for any twelve months period, more than three warnings to the owner or chauffeur for violations of this Act, or of the Public Service Acts, or more than one conviction by the courts, the Director of Public Works may in his discretion or upon recommendation of the Public Service Commissioner, suspend the certificate of registration and require the surrender of the number plates for a period not to exceed sixty days. After two such suspensions, the owner may be refused re-registration of the vehicle concerned for one year. The action of the Director of Public Works or his deputies under this section shall be communicated in writing to the owner of the motor vehicle.