Section 44, The Road Traffic Act, 2007

(1) It shall not be lawful to sell or supply or to offer to sellor to supply for use on a road, a motor vehicle or trailer the construction of which does not conform to the regulations made under this Act. (2) It shall not be lawful to alter a motor vehicle or trailer so as to render its structure such that the use thereof on a road in that condition would be unlawful by virtue of any regulations made under (3) If a motor vehicle or trailer is sold, supplied, offered or altered in contravention of this section, any person who so sells, supplies, offers or alters it or causes or permit it to be sold, supplied, offered or altered, commits an offence. (4) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section in respect of the sale, supply, offer or alteration of a motor vehicle or trailer if he proves that he had reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle or trailer would not be used on a road in Sierra Leone, or would not be so used until it had been put into a condition in which it might lawfully be so used.