On January 29, the transport ministry announced that all private vehicle owners would be given an exemption on the renewal of road tax and driving licence from February 1 until March 31, in line with the scaling down of road transport department (JPJ) operations during the second movement control order (MCO).
Now, the ministry is planning to extend the exemption period for the renewal of road tax until the end of May, Bernama reports. Transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that the two month extension is a precautionary measure as there are still states that continue to record a high number of Covid-19 cases such as Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
“I have discussed about the exemption extension with the JPJ director-general for them to make necessary preparations. At the same time, the ministry is thinking of an effective way to settle unpaid road tax cases in phases, to avoid congestion (at JPJ counters) once the exemption is lifted,” he said.
During the exemption period, licensed drivers may still operate their motor vehicles on-road as long as the vehicle has valid insurance, but the vehicle is required to have valid insurance coverage. Drivers are advised to retain a copy of their vehicle’s insurance certificate (e-cover note) as proof, in case this is needed for verification if requested by enforcement personnel.
All road tax (Lesen Kenderaan Motor, LKM) and competent driving licence (CDL) that have lapsed during the timeframe will have to be renewed within 30 days of the end of the new exemption period, when that is announced.
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Nowadays people can use online medium for renewal. For instance, roadtax can be renewed through MyEG. Driving license through MOT website. Maybe for those who have no internet access can apply through counter.
Roadtax follow Insurance date. Sama jer
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Clean, no graft & protection. Kedaulatan undang2…
Diri sopan, cara sopan, sikap sopan, menampakkan manusia yang sopan…
whole year free road tax lar… tunggu apa?
Still not awarded for the new road tax disc supplying contract for so long? Harga masuk tak kena?
Most likely means interstate travel won’t be allowed until May?
Why not let all major insurance company’s issue road tax labels just as Pos Malaysia. We can then renew the insurance and road tax from our usual insurance company’s and save on service charges, courier charges and get 10% discount on personally renewing the insurance.
With myege and other online agencies we cannot renew from our own insurance company’s
Haiz..i buy insurance last months but now cannot renew road tax online because insurance not enough coverage..
So need to buy top up insuran again when you renew road top.
For those expensive car, they can save few hundred
I’ve gone to the post office near my home just this afternoon just to renew my road tax. I was the only client then and was told to come back after 1 June 2021 for the renewal. This rule of forbidding renewal of road tax at post office (while allowing renewal of driving license) is really mind boggling only genius can think of. What crowd are they talking about if they just allow post office to serve the usual clients for existing services? I’m sure you will see sea of crowd after 1 June 2021, when they open up for renewal. Ini bukan bodoh namanya, apa lagi?