543. The owner or the driver of a passenger vehicle referred to in section 542 shall not put it back into operation unless it is proved to the satisfaction of a peace officer that the taximeter gives a reading that corresponds to the scale in force.
A peace officer is authorized to impound or have impounded at the owner’s expense a passenger vehicle that was put back into operation in contravention of the first paragraph, until that proof is made.
1986, c. 91, s. 543; 2019, c. 182019, c. 18, s. 2441.