Chin Lee to remove tint from his vehicles

National Security Min-ister Howard Chin Lee is calling on all citizens of the country to remove illegal tint from their vehicles as part of the anti-crime plan. The National Security Minister told Newsday that he will have the tint from his vehicles removed today and replaced with tint within the legal confines. He said that someone has to set the example, and if members of the public are being made to remove tints from their vehicles, then persons in high office should do the same. Police sources said yesterday that the law does not state exemptions for the use of tint although “national security” is given as an explanation why high profile persons have their vehicles outfitted with the illegal tint. Minister Chin Lee said yesterday that in almost all the kidnappings, vehicles with dark tint were used to transport victims. He said that with the crackdown against heavy tints, the police will be better able to monitor the movements of suspicious persons. Thirty degrees of tint is considered lawful by licensing officers.

The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Chapter 48:50:23B states that “no motor vehicle windscreen or any other window which is fitted with glass so tinted, treated or darkened as to obscure the view of the inside of the vehicle from the outside...shall be used upon any road, and no licence or permit shall be issued in respect thereof.” Act 25 of 1997 gives the Transport Commissioner the power to cancel a vehicle’s registration for infringing the legislation. During a roadblock exercise at the Uriah Butler Highway yesterday, 50 drivers with heavy tint were ordered to peel off their tint.