(A) Any police officer having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same either by means of portable or stationary scales, and may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales.
(B) Whenever the officer upon weighing a vehicle and load, as above provided, determines that the weight is unlawful, the officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of the vehicle to such limit as permitted under the traffic code.
('73 Code, § 71.41)