Prohibition As To Letting Or Hiring - Section 39

(1) No person shall hire or let for hire a motor vehicle unless the person by whom the motor vehicle is to be driven is a person licensed to drive a motor vehicle as required by this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 39 (1).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a resident of any other province of Canada who does not reside or carry on business in Ontario for more than six consecutive months in any one year or to a resident of a country or state that grants similar exemptions and privileges to residents of Ontario, who does not reside in Ontario for more than three consecutive months in any one year, provided the person is the holder of a drivers licence issued by the province, country or state in which he or she resides. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 39 (2).

(3) Every person, whether a resident of Ontario or not, hiring a motor vehicle shall produce his or her drivers licence for the inspection of the person from whom the vehicle is being hired. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 39 (3).