MoT: Physical Road Tax And Driving Licence No Longer Required

Minister of Transport, YB Anthony Loke, announced that Malaysian motorist are now no longer required to display any physical form of road tax or motor vehicle licence (LKM). This, however, applies to private vehicles owners, but will take effect beginning 10 Feb 2023.

This comes after countless years of public outcry about the current road tax quality which comes in a sticker form. It’s renowned to easily tear and fade under the Malaysian weather conditions.

According to Loke, this move was part of his ministry's ongoing effort to digitalize the Road Transport Department’s (JPJ) services in particular for the motor vehicle licences and driving licences.

He further added that Section 20 of the Road Transport Act 1987, which required motor vehicle licences to be displayed on vehicles, will no longer be enforced for private individuals. This exemption was provided by power given to the Minister of Transport under Seksyen 127 (1) (b) Road Transport Act 1987. He however added that, at the moment, it is only applicable to Malaysian citizens who privately own vehicles.

All vehicles that are owned by private firms, foreigners, commercial vehicles, as well as public service vehicles, on the other hand, are still required to display their motor vehicle licence as per usual. Loke also says that this new initiative would be monitored before any follow up roll-outs are done to other categories of road vehicles.

Loke also encourages the public to register themselves on the JPJ web platform https://public.jpj.gov.my/ or via the MyJPJ mobile application. These platforms would provide users all the details of their LLM and any private owned LKM registered onto the JPJ system.

We at Caricarz.com have given this MyJPJ App a go ourselves. The entire process from registration to pulling vehicle owners data such as the LKM and LLM was a breeze. Furthermore, under the profile section, the registered individual would be able to see all vehicles registered under their identification with corresponding LKM expiry date.

YB Loke also stressed that this effort to digitalize the JPJs LKM and LLM does not mean individuals would not have to or be exempted from renewing their LKM or LLM. Both these licences are compulsory under the Road Transport Act 1987, Subseksyen 20(1), 90(1) and 26(1).