CHAPTER 201

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

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ACT

Amended by
Act No. 4 of 1959 Act No. 4 of 1978
Act No. 5 of 1960 Act No. 15 of 1978
Act No. 32 of 1962 Act No. 9 of 1981
Act No. 3 of 1964 Act No. 18 of 1983
Act No. 13 of 1968 Act No. 39 of 1986
Act No. 48 of 1968 Act No. 3 of 1987
Act No. 3 of 1970 Act No. 40 of 1987
Act No. 10 of 1971 SRO 8 of 1989
Act No. 46 of 1972 Act No. 33 of 1990
Act No. 7 of 1973 Act No. 1 of 1991
Act No. 15 of 1973 Act No. 27 of 1991
Act No. 7 of 1974 Act No. 52 of 1991
Act No. 34 of 1974

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Transport Board.
4. Licensing Authority, Licensing Officers and inspectors.

PART II

Registration of Motor Vehicles

5. Motor vehicle registers.
6. Registration of motor vehicles, and display of identification mark
and motor vehicle licence disc, etc.
7. Examination of motor vehicles.
8. Tax payable on registration of certain motor vehicles.
9. Cancellation of registration.
10. Exemptions from need for registration.
11. Transfer of registration.

PART III

Licensing of Motor Vehicles

12. Using vehicle without prescribed licence an offence.
13. Chief of Police may grant special licence to owner of private motor
car.
14. Restrictions on licensing of certain motor vehicles and trailers.
15. Application for licence.
16. Conditions to be satisfied before licence issued.
17. Alterations in conditions on which licence is issued.
18. Cancellation or refusal of licence.
19. Transfer of ownership.
20. Duplicate licences.
21. Licence fees.
22. Dealers’ general licence.
23. Uses of dealers’ general licence.
24. Register of dealers’ general licences.
25. Cancellation of dealers’ general licence.
26. Dealers’ general licence not transferable.
27. Dealer to accompany vehicle when used.
28. Record of vehicles used under authority of dealers’ general licence.
29. International certificates and temporary licences for motor
vehicles.

PART IV

Driving Permits
30. Driving without a permit an offence.
31. Issue of driving permits.
32. Driving tests.
33. Physical fitness.
34. Applications for driving permits.
35. Classes of vehicles.
36. Restrictions on driving permits for certain vehicles.
37. Minimum age.
38. Driving test fees.
39. Form of driving permits.
40. Fees for driving permits, and power to exempt.
41. Production of driving permits.
42. Register of driving permits.
43. Period of driving permits.
44. Re-issue of lost or defaced driving permit.
45. Restrictions on the issue of new driving permit after expiration of
former permit.
46. Temporary driving permits and international driving permits.

PART V

Driving and other Offences and General Conditions Relating to the Use of Roads
47. Speed.
48. Driving when under influence of drink or drug.
49. Reckless driving.
50. Careless driving.
51. Warning to be given of intended prosecution.
52. Using motor vehicle without consent of owner.
53. Interfering with motor vehicle.
54. Restrictions on persons being carried on bicycle.
55. Restriction on cyclists riding abreast or holding on to other moving
vehicles.
56. Duty to stop in case of accident.
 PART VI

Legal Proceedings, Suspension, Cancellation and Endorsement of Driving Permits

57. Power to convict for reckless or dangerous driving on trial for
manslaughter.
58. Power to proceed on charge for careless driving at hearing of
charges under section 48 or 49.
59. Power of court to order disqualification and to endorse and cancel
permits.
60. Applications for removal of disqualification.
61. Right of appeal.
62. Production of driving permit for endorsement.
63. Custody of permit while suspended or cancelled.
64. Suspended permit to be of no effect.
65. Temporary suspension of permit pending determination of charges.
66. Fraudulent application for driving permit.
67. Particulars of endorsement to be copied on new permit.
68. Non-disclosure of endorsement.
69. Issue of new permit free from endorsement.

PART VII

General
70. Fees.
71. Fraudulent imitation, etc., of documents.
72. Offences and general penalty.
73. Liability at common law.
74. Refusing to give name and address or giving false name or address.
75. Giving false information.
76. Duplicate licences, permits and certificates.
77. Liability of driver and owner for offences.
78. Power to require motor vehicles licensed according to maximum
gross weight to be weighed.
79. Recovery of cost of damage to road or bridge.
80. Certificate as to damage to be admissible in evidence.
81. Regulations.
82. Special orders may be made by Chief of Police.
83. Rules, etc., preserved.
84. Grant of concessions to operate motor omnibuses and car rental
services.
85. In the event of a conflict of laws the provisions of this Act to
prevail.
First Schedule Percentage of Market Price
Second Schedule Annual Fees and Period for Payment
Third Schedule Speed Limits

CHAPTER 201
MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT
An Act relating to motor vehicles and road traffic.
[Amended by Act No. 4 of 1959, Act No. 5 of 1960, Act No. 32 of 1962, Act No. 3 of 1964,Act
No. 13 of 1968, Act No. 48 of 1968, Act No. 3 of 1970, Act No. 10 of 1971, Act No. 46 of 1972,
Act No. 7 of 1973, Act No. 15 of 1973, Act No. 7 of 1974, Act No. 34 of 1974, Act No. 4 of 1978,
Act No. 15 of 1978, Act No. 9 of 1981, Act No. 18 of 1983, Act No. 39 of 1986, Act No. 3 of
 1987, Act No. 40 of 1987, SRO 8 of 1989, Act No. 33 of 1990, Act No. 1 of 1991, Act No. 27 of
1991, Act No. 52 of 1991.]

[1st January, 1939.]

PART I

Preliminary

1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act.

2. Interpretation
In this Act, and in the regulations made thereunder—
“commercial vehicle” means a goods vehicle available for hire and not used by the
owner for the transport of his or her own goods exclusively;
“driver” includes any person actually driving a motor vehicle at any given time and
any person in charge thereof for the purpose of driving whenever the same is
stationary on a road;
“goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is so constructed as to show that its
primary purpose is the carriage or haulage of goods, merchandise or other loads;
“hiring car” or “taxi” means a public service vehicle having seating
accommodation for not more than six passengers and which is of a type approved by
the Licensing Authority as suitable for the ordinary purposes of a taxi;
“inspector” means a person appointed under the provisions of this Act to examine
motor vehicles or for other purposes of this Act;
“Licensing Authority” means the authority appointed in accordance with the
provisions of section 4 for the registration, licensing and control of motor vehicles;
“maximum gross weight” or “M.G.W.”, in reference to a goods vehicle, means the
tare together with the load including the weight of the driver and loaders, and in
reference to an omnibus means the tare together with the weight of the driver,
conductor and number of passengers for which the vehicle is licensed. For the
purposes of this definition the weight of a driver, loader, conductor or passenger shall
be taken as 126 lbs.;
“motorcycle” means a motor vehicle with less than four wheels and the weight of
which unladen does not exceed 800 lbs.;
“motor lorry” means a goods vehicle which is, itself, constructed to carry goods,
merchandise or other loads;
“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for
use on roads;
“night” means from half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise;
“omnibus” means a public service vehicle other than one licensed as a “hiring car”
or “taxi”, and includes a light omnibus having seating accommodation for not more
than 10 passengers, and an ordinary omnibus having seating accommodation for more
than 10 passengers;
“overtaking” includes passing or attempting to pass any other vehicle proceeding in
the same direction;
 “owner”, in the case of a motor vehicle that is registered, means the person in
whose name the vehicle is registered:
Provided that in the case of a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire purchase
agreement it means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement:
Provided further that whenever the registered owner of a motor vehicle is absent from
Grenada the person in actual charge or possession of the vehicle in Grenada shall be
deemed to be the owner thereof;
“parking place” means a place where motor vehicles, or motor vehicles of any
particular class or description, may wait;
“private motor car” means any motor vehicle, other than a goods vehicle the weight
of which unladen exceeds 800 lbs., and which does not fall within the definition of a
public service vehicle;
“public service vehicle” means a motor vehicle used for carrying passengers for
hire or reward, whether at separate and distinct fares for their respective places or not;
“road” means any street, road or open space to which the public are granted access
and any bridge over which a road passes, and includes any privately owned street,
road or open space to which the public are granted access either generally or
conditionally;
“tare” means the actual weight of a motor vehicle when unladen but inclusive of
the body, accumulators, loose tools, spare wheels and other usual equipment and a full
supply of water and fuel used for the purposes of propulsion;
“tax” means the motor vehicles tax imposed by section 8(1);
“ton” means the long ton of 2,240 lbs.;
“tractor” means any motor vehicle constructed for the purpose of hauling trailers
whether or not it is itself capable of carrying passengers or goods but does not include
a motor lorry so constructed except when such motor lorry is hauling a trailer;
“traffic” includes bicycles, tricycles, motor vehicles, other vehicles of every
description, pedestrians, and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
“trailer” means any vehicle which has no independent motor power of its own and
which is attached to a tractor or other motor vehicle, but does not include a side-car
attached to a motorcycle;
“vehicle” includes carriages, wagons, carts, motor vehicles, bicycles, tricycles,
vans, handcarts, trucks, barrows and all other machines for the porterage of goods or
persons.

3. Transport Board
(1) There is established a body called the Transport Board (hereinafter referred to as
“the Board”) consisting of the Chief Technical Officer (Works) as chairman, the Chief of
Police and five other members to be appointed by the Minister. The Minister may appoint
any person to act in the place of the chairman or any other member of the Board in case
of his or her absence or inability to act as such chairman or other member. The Board
may act by any four of their members, and may so act notwithstanding any vacancy in the
number of members constituting the Board. The Board shall have the power to regulate
their procedure.
(2) The Board shall act in an advisory capacity and shall advise the Minister on all
matters appertaining to road transport and traffic and in particular as to the following
matters—
(a) transport, rates, fares, tolls, dues or other charges;
(b) licence fees in respect of motor and other vehicles;
 (c) customs and excise duties in respect of transport, vehicles and fuel therefore;
(d) the needs of areas as a whole in relation to traffic (including the provision of
adequate suitable and efficient services and the elimination of unnecessary
or unremunerative services) and the co-ordination of all forms of passenger
and goods transport, including transport by sea;
(e) the regulation and control of traffic; and
(f) any other matter affecting traffic or transport that the Minister may refer to
the Board.
(3) The Board shall hear and determine any appeal submitted by an aggrieved person
against any order or decision of the Licensing Authority, or of a Licensing Officer, and
the Board’s decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
(4) The Board shall perform such other duties as are assigned to them by this Act and
the regulations made thereunder or by a direction of the Minister.

4. Licensing Authority, Licensing Officers and inspectors

(1) The Chief of Police, or such officer as the Minister may appoint, shall be the
Licensing Authority for the registration and licensing of all motor vehicles. He or she
shall be vested with the administration of this Act and may, subject to the approval of the
Minister, appoint such Licensing Officers and inspectors as may be necessary in certain
localities for the due carrying out of the provisions of this Act and the regulations made
thereunder.
(2) All Licensing Officers and inspectors shall be under the direction of the Licensing
Authority.
(3) All licences and certificates of registration shall be issued by Licensing Officers
on behalf of the Licensing Authority.

PART II

Registration of Motor Vehicles

5. Motor vehicle registers

(1) The Licensing Authority shall keep registers of motor vehicles in the prescribed
forms and separate registers shall be kept by the Licensing Officer in any locality as
directed by the Licensing Authority.
(2) Every Licensing Officer shall forward to the Licensing Authority a copy of every
entry made in his or her local register.
(3) The Licensing Authority shall supply to any person applying for a copy of the
entries relating to any specified vehicle a copy of these entries on payment of a prescribed
fee, but such person must show that he or she has a reasonable cause for requiring such a
copy.

6. Registration of motor vehicles, and display of identification mark and motor

vehicle licence disc, etc.
(1) Application for the registration of a motor vehicle shall be made by the owner on
the prescribed form, which shall be duly completed by the applicant and be accompanied
by the prescribed registration fee and by a receipt issued by the Comptroller of Inland
Revenue showing that tax in respect of that vehicle has been paid.
(2) The Licensing Officer to whom application is made shall forthwith enter
particulars of the vehicle in the register, and shall assign to the vehicle a registered letter
or letters and number or numbers, the letter or letters representing the class of such
vehicle or the parish in which the applicant resides which shall become the identification
mark of the vehicle.
(3) A certified copy of the entry in the register in the prescribed form shall be given to
the owner of the vehicle, and such certificate of registration shall be receivable as prima
facie evidence that the vehicle to which it relates has been registered.
(4) The fact that a motor vehicle does not have on it an identification mark as required
by this section is prima facie evidence that the vehicle has not been registered, and a police
officer may detain such a motor vehicle until appropriate enquiries have been made.
(5) The onus of proving that a motor vehicle has been registered rests upon the owner
thereof.
(6) The owner of a motor vehicle shall notify the Licensing Authority of all
circumstances or events that effect the accuracy of the entries in the register and, at the
same time, shall forward his or her certificate of registration for amendment. A Licensing
Officer may require the owner of a motor vehicle at any time to furnish all information
for the verification of the entries in the register relating to such vehicle.
(7) Whenever the registered owner of a motor vehicle is about to absent himself or
herself from Grenada leaving his or her registered vehicle in Grenada, he or she shall
notify the Licensing Authority in writing of the name and address of the person in whose
charge or possession the vehicle will be left.
(8) No person shall be registered as the owner of a motor vehicle unless he or she is at
least seventeen years of age.
(9) Save as hereinafter provided, no person shall use, or being the owner shall permit
any other person to use, a motor vehicle on a road unless such vehicle, and any trailer
drawn by such vehicle, is registered under this Act and has affixed thereto the prescribed
identification mark and unless there is affixed to such vehicle in the prescribed manner a
valid vehicle licence disc issued by the Licensing Authority:
Provided that a person shall not be held to be in contravention of this subsection if he
or she proves that he or she has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its requirements
and that the vehicle was being driven on a road for the purpose of being registered or
licensed.
(10) (a) A police officer may impound any motor vehicle found in use on a road
without there being affixed thereto a valid vehicle licence disc. A motor vehicle so
impounded shall be delivered to the Licensing Authority and shall be liable to be sold by
public auction if not reclaimed by the owner or his or her agent within seven days on
production of a valid vehicle licence disc and a receipt issued from the Treasury showing
payment by him or her of a penalty of one hundred dollars. If a motor vehicle is sold as
aforesaid the owner thereof shall be entitled to receive the proceeds of sale less the sum
of one hundred dollars and the amount of the fee outstanding in respect of the vehicle
licence disc and the proceeds (if any remain) shall be paid to him or her upon his or her
written application and the production of satisfactory evidence of his or her ownership.
(b) The Licensing Authority may, in its absolute discretion, meet wholly or in part
a bona fide claim by the owner in respect of the loss of or damage to the motor vehicle
caused whilst the vehicle was under the Authority’s control by theft or fire or malicious
act if the risk of such loss or damage, as the case may be, was not covered by any policy
of insurance.
(11) If any person alters or tampers with, or causes to be altered or tampered with, any
prescribed identification mark or vehicle licence disc in any manner whatsoever, or
affixes an identification mark other than that assigned, or a licence disc other than that
issued, by the Licensing Authority, the driver or owner of the motor vehicle or trailer
concerned, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to be punished as
provided in section 72(1).
7. Examination of motor vehicles
(1) Before registering any motor vehicle or trailer the Licensing Officer shall verify
all the particulars entered in the form of application, and may, if he or she deems it
necessary, send any vehicle to be examined by an inspector for the purpose of ensuring
that it is of such construction and in such condition as may be necessary for the purpose
for which it is sought to register the vehicle.
(2) Before registering any goods vehicle, omnibus or trailer, the Licensing Officer
shall ascertain, in the manner prescribed, the maximum gross weight or the maximum
number of passengers which the vehicle may be authorised to carry, and such maximum
gross weight or maximum number of passengers shall be entered in the register and in the
certificate of registration.
(3) If the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer is aggrieved at any decision of an
inspector, he or she shall be permitted to appeal to the Licensing Authority, who may
order that the demands of the inspector are unreasonable and that they shall not be
enforced or that such demands are not unreasonable and shall be enforced.

8. Tax payable on registration of certain motor vehicles

(1) There shall be charged, levied and collected in respect of motor vehicles of a class
or description listed in the first column of the First Schedule a motor vehicles tax
calculated on the corresponding percentage of the market price thereof shown in the
second column of that Schedule.
(2) Tax shall be payable to the Comptroller of Inland Revenue before registration of a
motor vehicle.
(3) The Minister may, wholly or in part, remit tax if he or she deems it expedient to
do so.
(4) If a motor vehicle in respect of which tax is payable shall be registered in
contravention of this section, the motor vehicle shall be deemed never to have been
registered on that occasion.
(5) The Minister may amend the First Schedule by Order published in the Gazette.
(6) Every Order made by the Minister under subsection (5) shall have effect from the
date of its publication and shall, after four days but within twenty-one days from the date
of such publication, be laid before the House of Representatives which may, by
resolution, confirm, amend or revoke the Order.
(7) If an Order is not laid before the House within the limits of time provided in
subsection (6), the Order shall, on the twenty-second day after its publication, expire and
cease to have effect.
(8) To the extent that, by reason of a resolution of the House or the expiry of an
Order, tax has been paid in excess by any person it shall be refunded to that person.
(9) In subsection (1), “market price” means such sum as is in the opinion of the
Comptroller of Inland Revenue, the ordinary retail selling price of a motor vehicle of the
class or description concerned without deduction of any commission, discount or other
similar allowance, given by the seller thereof.

9. Cancellation of registration
(1) The registration of a motor vehicle shall remain valid so long as the vehicle is kept
in use, and shall only be cancelled if the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the vehicle
has been destroyed or rendered permanently unserviceable or permanently removed from
Grenada, or if it has not been re-licensed for three consecutive years.
 (2) The owner of a motor vehicle which has been destroyed or rendered permanently
unserviceable or has been permanently removed from Grenada shall notify the Licensing
Authority of such fact within one month of the happening of such event.

10. Exemptions from need for registration

(1) The following classes of motor vehicles shall be exempted from the need for
registration—
(a) new motor vehicles in the possession of manufacturers or dealers in motor
vehicles, but subject to such provisions as to dealers’ general licences as
appear hereinafter;
(b) private motor cars and motorcycles brought into Grenada by visitors for their
own use for a period not exceeding three months subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed;
(c) any motor vehicle the property of or used by the Governor-General for his or
her official or personal duties.
(2) (a) No fee on registration shall be charged in respect of the following—
(i) any motor vehicle or trailer which is the property of the Government,
(ii) any motor vehicle specially exempted by an Order of the Minister on
account of its being owned by a public body or of its being used for any
charitable, philanthropic or other public purpose.
(b) The exemption hereby granted from payment of the registration fee in respect
of a vehicle shall cease whenever the condition justifying such exemption ceases to apply
to that vehicle.

11. Transfer of registration

(1) On the change of possession of a motor vehicle otherwise than by death—
(a) the motor vehicle shall not be used for more than seven days after such
change of possession unless the new owner is registered as the owner
thereof;
(b) the registered owner and the new owner shall within seven days after such
change of possession make application in writing signed by both of them to
the Licensing Authority giving the name and address of the new owner and
the date of change of possession, and such application shall be accompanied
by the certificate of registration and the prescribed fee. The Licensing
Officer shall thereupon by endorsement of the certificate of registration and
entry in the register substitute the name of the new owner for that of the
registered owner and shall date and initial the substitution and from such
date the new owner shall for all purposes be deemed to be the registered
owner of the motor vehicle described in the relevant entry in the register and
in such certificate of registration:
Provided that where the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred under any legal or
judicial process the application aforesaid may be made by the new owner alone subject to
the other provisions of this section being complied with.
(2) In case of the death of a registered owner, the legal personal representative of the
deceased in Grenada shall be deemed to be the owner for the purposes of such transfer
and in the absence of any legal personal representative in Grenada the person into whose
possession the motor vehicle shall lawfully come shall, for the purposes of such transfer,
be deemed to be the registered owner:
 Provided that such personal representative or other person shall notify the Licensing
Authority of the death of the registered owner within one month of the happening of such
event.
(3) At the discretion of the Licensing Officer a new certificate of registration may be
issued instead of endorsing the original certificate.

PART III

Licensing of Motor Vehicles

12. Using vehicle without prescribed licence an offence

(1) Save as is otherwise in this Act provided, if—
(a) the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer keeps for use or allows to be kept for
use such vehicle or trailer without having obtained, or otherwise fails or
omits to obtain, the relevant licence prescribed in respect of that motor
vehicle or trailer;
(b) any motor vehicle or trailer is used upon a road for a purpose which is not
authorised by the licence issued in respect thereof or in contravention of any
provisions of this Act; or
(c) any goods vehicle, omnibus or trailer is used upon a road being loaded so as
to exceed the maximum gross weight or the number of passengers
respectively covered by the licence,
the driver and the owner of the motor vehicle shall each be guilty of an offence and liable,
on summary conviction, to a fine of one thousand dollars or, on a second or any
subsequent conviction, to a fine that shall exceed one thousand dollars but shall not
exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, and on any conviction except the first, the
driving licence of the driver shall be cancelled for a specified period of no more than two
years.
(2) Where the driver of any vehicle is charged with an offence under the last
preceding subsection, it shall be lawful for the magistrate to order that a summons be
issued against any person alleged by the driver to be the owner of the vehicle, making
such alleged owner the co-defendant in the case, and the magistrate may, after hearing the
evidence and witnesses of all parties, make such order in regard to the payment of any
penalty and costs as to the magistrate seems just.
(3) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section if he or she proves
that he or she has not had a reasonable opportunity of obtaining a licence for the motor
vehicle or trailer and that such was being driven for the purpose of obtaining a licence.
(4) Every vehicle shall, in all proceedings under this Act, be deemed to be kept for
use, until the contrary is proved by the owner of such vehicle.
(5) Upon conviction for an offence under subsection (1)(a), the magistrate, in addition
to any penalty which may be inflicted, shall order the owner of the motor vehicle or
trailer to pay into court to the credit of the Permanent Secretary (Finance) the amount of
the relevant licence fee which would have been payable if such licence had been taken
out at the proper time, and in default of payment of such amount, the owner shall be liable
to imprisonment for three months:
Provided that no such order shall be made if the magistrate is satisfied that such
licence fee has been paid subsequent to the commission of the offence.
(6) An owner who is liable to license a motor vehicle or trailer shall do so at the
Department of Inland Revenue or at the District Revenue Office in Carriacou—
(a) not later than the 31st January in the case of a yearly licence; or
 (b) within seven days of the day upon which he or she first becomes so liable.

13. Chief of Police may grant special licence to owner of private motor car
(1) Notwithstanding anything in sections 12 and 16, the Chief of Police may grant to
the owner of a private motor car a special temporary licence permitting the motor car to
be used for the conveyance of passengers for hire or reward if he or she is satisfied that—
(a) there is a sudden temporary demand for a larger number of hiring cars or
taxis than are available; and
(b) there is in force in relation to the user of the motor car for the purposes of
this section a policy of insurance in respect of third party risks which policy
complies with the requirements of the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third
Party Risks) Act, Chapter 202; and
(c) the applicant has paid into the Treasury the sum of one dollar.
(2) A licence shall be granted under the provisions of this section for a particular day
and shall be valid only for that day.

14. Restrictions on licensing of certain motor vehicles and trailers

(1) Except as in this section provided—
(a) no motor vehicle or trailer exceeding the maximum gross weight of five
tons; and
(b) no motor vehicle or trailer all the wheels of which are not fitted with
pneumatic tyres,
shall be used upon any road, and no licence or permit shall be issued in respect thereof.
(2) The Chief Technical Officer (Works) may grant a special permit to the owner of a
tractor, goods vehicle or trailer for conveying heavy machinery or other articles in excess
of the maximum gross weight of five tons, subject to such conditions as may be specified
in the permit, and on payment of a special fee calculated at the rate of fifteen cents per
mile or part of a mile to be travelled for each ton or part of a ton of the gross weight to be
transported in excess of the maximum gross weight for which such tractor, goods vehicle
or trailer is licensed.
(3) The Chief Technical Officer (Works) may grant a special permit to the owner of
any machine used for industrial purposes to enable such machine to be moved from one
place to the other, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the permit, and on
payment of a special fee calculated at the rate of sixty cents per mile or part of a mile to
be travelled for each ton or part of a ton of the gross weight to be transported:
Provided that the Chief Technical Officer (Works) may reduce by not more than fifty
per cent the special fees payable under this subsection when the permit is granted in
respect of a machine which is fitted entirely with pneumatic tyres.
(4) Notwithstanding the issue of a permit under subsections (2) and (3), no fee shall
be payable in respect of road rollers, or in respect of motor vehicles using roads which are
not maintained at the public expense, nor in any case when the distance travelled along a
public road does not exceed one-half of a mile.
(5) A person to whom a permit has been granted under this section who fails to observe
any of the conditions specified in such permit shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars, and in addition he or she shall be
liable for any damage occasioned by his or her neglect or failure to observe such conditions.

15. Application for licence

 Application for the licensing of a motor vehicle or trailer shall be made on the
prescribed form.

16. Conditions to be satisfied before licence issued

(1) A Licensing Officer shall not issue a motor vehicle or trailer licence until the
motor vehicle or trailer has been duly registered or renew a motor vehicle or trailer
licence unless he or she is satisfied that the motor vehicle or trailer does not differ in any
respect from the particulars in the register and that the provisions of this Act and the
regulations made thereunder have been complied with.
(2) The decision of the Licensing Authority as regards the class or type to which any
vehicle conforms or under which it should be registered and as regards the licence that
may be issued in respect of such vehicle shall be conclusive.
(3) The Licensing Authority may, in his or her discretion, grant permission to enable a
vehicle licensed as a goods vehicle to be used as a private motor car for the conveyance of
passengers without hire or reward; such permission shall be recorded on the relevant licence.

17. Alterations in conditions on which licence is issued

Where the holder of a motor vehicle or trailer licence desires to use the motor vehicle
or trailer for a purpose not authorised by the licence, he or she shall apply for a new
licence, and where after the issue of a licence, a motor vehicle or trailer is altered so that a
higher fee or a fee of a different class is required, the licence shall become void, and the
holder shall apply for a new licence. In such cases a new licence shall not be issued until
the old licence has been surrendered, and there shall be deducted from the fee on the new
licence a sum equal to the fee which would have been payable on the old licence, if
issued on the same day as the new licence:
Provided that the minimum fee on the new licence shall be one dollar and twenty
cents. Where a new licence is issued in the circumstances referred to in this section, the
Licensing Officer shall duly amend the register and issue a new certificate of registration.

18. Cancellation or refusal of licence

A Licensing Officer may cancel, suspend or refuse to issue or renew a motor vehicle
or trailer licence if an inspector certifies in writing that the motor vehicle or trailer is so
constructed or is in such a condition as to be a source of danger to any persons travelling
in the vehicle or to other users of the road, or to be injurious to the roads themselves, or
contravenes any provisions of this Act or regulations made thereunder:
Provided that any owner of a motor vehicle or trailer in respect of which the licence is
so cancelled or suspended or for which the issue or renewal of the licence is refused may
appeal against the decision of the Licensing Officer to the Licensing Authority and the
Licensing Authority may, if he or she thinks fit, direct the Licensing Officer in writing to
withhold, grant, or issue the licence applied for.

19. Transfer of ownership

On transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle or trailer, the Licensing Officer shall, on
payment of the prescribed fee, duly amend the register, the certificate of registration, and
the licence, and it shall not be necessary to issue a new licence.

20. Duplicate licences

If a motor vehicle or trailer licence is lost, defaced, mutilated or rendered illegible, the
Licensing Officer may issue a duplicate licence on payment of the prescribed fee:
 Provided that if any such licence be subsequently found, the holder of the duplicate
licence shall forthwith deliver up to the Licensing Officer the duplicate licence and any
person knowingly retaining or having in his or her possession both an original and a
duplicate licence shall be guilty of an offence.

21. Licence fees

(1) Every motor vehicle or trailer licence issued shall be in the prescribed form, and the
fees to be paid for such licences shall be as set out in Part I of the Second Schedule.
(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), licences shall be issued yearly and the date of
renewal shall be determined by reference to the registration number of a motor vehicle in
the manner specified in Part II of the Second Schedule. The validity of a licence shall
commence on the date of issue and expire no later than the day preceding the anniversary
of that date in the following year.
(b) A licence shall be issued upon the date of first registration of a motor vehicle
subject to payment of the appropriate fee which, if the date of registration falls within the
period of two months immediately preceding a date for renewal as determined under
paragraph (a), shall be one half of the annual licence fee.
(c) A person who fails or neglects to renew a licence until after the end of the
period allowed for its renewal under Part II of the Second Schedule shall, before any
renewal of the licence, pay a fee of fifty dollars in addition to the fee payable by him or
her in respect of the renewal.
(d) Where the owner of a motor vehicle which has been duly licensed desires to
obtain the issue of a licence in respect of it for which the licence fee is different he or she
shall, if that fee is greater than the licence fee already paid, be required to pay only a fee
amounting to the difference.
(3) Upon payment of the prescribed fee for a licence in respect of a motor vehicle or a
trailer, the Licensing Authority shall issue to the applicant a motor vehicle licence disc
showing clearly the date upon which its validity expires.
(4) Before the issue to him or her of a licence, the Licensing Authority shall require
the applicant to pay any fees hitherto unpaid in respect of the licensing of the vehicle
concerned whilst it has been in his or her ownership unless the applicant satisfies the
Licensing Officer that the vehicle has not been used on any road at any time whilst the
fees hitherto unpaid have been outstanding.
(5) Exemptions.—No licence fee shall be payable in respect of any vehicle which is
exempt from registration or from payment of registration fee under section 10 so long as
the conditions justifying such exemption continue.
(6) Rebates.—The Licensing Authority may in his or her discretion authorise in
regard to any motor vehicle or trailer which has not been in use for a continuous period of
at least three months in any year or which has been rendered permanently unserviceable
or which has been permanently removed from Grenada, a rebate of such proportion of the
licence fee paid in respect of such vehicle as he or she thinks fit but not exceeding one-
twelfth of the annual licence fee for each complete month during which such vehicle was
not in use, and the Permanent Secretary (Finance) shall on the certificate of the Licensing
Authority refund to the person named in the certificate the amount certified for rebate.

22. Dealers’ general licence

A Licensing Officer may issue to a dealer in, or to a manufacturer or repairer of, motor
vehicles or trailers, who makes application in the prescribed form, a dealers’ general
licence which, subject to the provisions of sections 23 to 28 inclusive, and to any other
conditions which may from time to time be prescribed, shall authorise the use of any
number of motor vehicles or trailers the property of the dealer.
23. Uses of dealers’ general licence
A dealers’ general licence in the prescribed form shall authorise the use of any motor
vehicle or trailer, the property of the dealer, which is being tested by the dealer, or is
being tested or used for the purpose of effecting a sale. It shall not authorise the carriage
of passengers or goods for fee or reward, or any passenger not engaged in testing the
vehicle, or inspecting the vehicle with a view to purchase.

24. Register of dealers’ general licences

Motor vehicles and trailers used under the authority of a dealers’ general licence shall
not be registered in the manner described in section 6, but the Licensing Officer shall
keep a separate register in the prescribed form of all such licences issued by him or her.

25. Cancellation of dealers’ general licence

(1) A Licensing Officer may at any time cancel a dealers’ general licence for a breach
of any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder.
(2) The Licensing Officer shall give notice of such cancellation to the person to whom
such licence was issued, and may at his or her discretion repay to him or her so much of
the annual fee paid as is proportionate to the unexpired portion of the year in respect of
which the fee was paid.
(3) A person whose licence has been cancelled in accordance with the provisions of
this section or to whom a dealers’ general licence has been refused may appeal to the
Licensing Authority against the decision of the Licensing Officer, and the Licensing
Authority may order that the cancellation shall be confirmed or that the licence be
restored to the holder.

26. Dealers’ general licence not transferable

No dealers’ licence shall be used for any purpose not provided for in this Act nor shall
it be transferred or assigned to any other person without the authority of the Licensing
Officer.

27. Dealer to accompany vehicle when used

No motor vehicle or trailer shall be used on any road under the authority of a dealers’
general licence unless the holder of the licence, or a person duly authorised by him or her,
accompanies such vehicle.

28. Record of vehicles used under authority of dealers’ general licence

(1) The holder of a dealers’ general licence shall keep, in the prescribed form, a
record of every motor vehicle or trailer which is used under the authority of such licence.
He or she shall produce such record for inspection when requested by the Chief of Police
or by any police officer authorised in writing by the Chief of Police.
(2) No motor vehicle or trailer shall be used under the authority of a dealers’ general
licence for more than three months without the permission of the Licensing Authority.

29. International certificates and temporary licences for motor vehicles

(1) The owner of a motor vehicle in respect of which an international certificate for a
motor vehicle has been issued elsewhere than in Grenada under an International
Convention relative to the international circulation of motor vehicles to which Grenada
shall have adhered may, whilst such certificate remains valid, be exempted from any
requirement to register or hold a licence in respect of such motor vehicle in Grenada for a
period not exceeding three months and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
 (2) Where a motor vehicle is imported for the purpose of being used by the owner
during a visit to Grenada and the owner of such motor vehicle does not hold an
international certificate, the Licensing Authority may issue a temporary licence to use the
motor vehicle for a period of not more than three months without registration and on
payment of such fee and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(3) No motor vehicle in respect of which such an international certificate or temporary
licence has been issued shall be used in Grenada for hire or trade purposes.
(4) Where a person in Grenada desires to use a motor vehicle in any other country
which shall have adhered to an International Convention, he or she shall apply to the
Licensing Authority in the prescribed manner for an international certificate in respect of
the motor vehicle.
(5) The Licensing Authority shall have power, subject to such conditions as may from
time to time be prescribed, to issue international certificates for motor vehicles in
accordance with an International Convention. Before issuing the certificate the applicant
shall satisfy the Licensing Authority that the motor vehicle complies with the
requirements of the Convention, and for such purpose the Licensing Authority may
require an inspector to examine the motor vehicle and report thereon.
(6) The Licensing Authority shall keep a record of all international certificates for
motor vehicles and temporary licences issued by him or her, and of all motor vehicles
being used in Grenada under the authority of international certificates issued in other
countries.

PART IV

Driving Permits

30. Driving without a permit an offence

(1) Save as in this section provided, no person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road
unless he or she is the holder of a driving permit, and no person shall employ any person
to drive a motor vehicle on a road unless the person so employed is the holder of a driving
permit; if any person acts in contravention of this provision, he or she shall be guilty of an
offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of three thousand dollars:
Provided that if the offender has been previously refused a driving permit or is
disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving permit he or she may be arrested
forthwith without a warrant and he or she shall, on summary conviction, be liable to
imprisonment for six months and to a fine of five thousand dollars.
(2) For the purpose of learning to drive, a person having a learner’s driving permit
may—
(a) use a motorcycle upon such road and during such times as may be authorised
in writing by a Licensing Officer;
(b) drive any motor vehicle not being a taxi carrying passengers or an omnibus
upon such road and during such times as may be authorised in writing by a
Licensing Officer, if accompanied for the purpose of instruction by the
holder of a driving permit sitting next to the driver. In such case both the
learner and permit holder accompanying him or her shall be jointly and
severally liable for any offence under this Act committed during the course
of such instruction.

31. Issue of driving permits

Driving permits shall be issued by a Licensing Officer to applicants in accordance
with the provisions of this Part.
32. Driving tests
(1) A Licensing Officer in his or her discretion may require an applicant for a driving
permit to produce a certificate of having passed a driving test, otherwise known as a
certificate of competence, signed by such person as may be approved by the Licensing
Authority.
(2) Driving tests may be conducted by such examiners as the Licensing Authority
shall from time to time approve or appoint for the purpose.
(3) The nature of the driving test shall be at the discretion of the Licensing Officer or
of such examiner as aforesaid but shall include a test of the applicant’s knowledge of the
rules of the road, road signals and road signs.
(4) If the applicant requires permission to drive a particular class of vehicle only, or if
the applicant is being tested under the provisions of the proviso to the next succeeding
section, then the examiner shall issue a certificate of competence on which any
appropriate restrictions are clearly set forth, after satisfying himself or herself by means
of such tests as he or she may deem suitable that the applicant is qualified to drive a
vehicle of such particular class or of such particular construction. In such cases, the
Licensing Officer shall clearly set forth the restrictions on the permit itself.

33. Physical fitness

The Licensing Officer shall not issue a driving permit unless the applicant satisfies
him or her in such manner as may be prescribed that he or she is physically fit to drive
and is by character fitted to hold a driving permit:
Provided that if a permit is refused under this section, other than on grounds as to
character, the applicant may claim to be subjected to a test as to his or her fitness or
ability to drive a motor vehicle, or a motor vehicle of a particular class or description, or a
motor vehicle of a particular form of construction, and if he or she passes such test and is
not otherwise disqualified the permit shall not be refused by reason of the provisions of
this section.

34. Applications for driving permits

(1) Applications for driving permits shall be made to the Licensing Officer in such
form as may from time to time be prescribed, and shall be signed by the applicant.
(2) Before issuing a driving permit to an applicant (other than a first time applicant)
the Licensing Authority shall require the applicant to pay the prescribed fee for a driving
permit in respect of his or her driving in Grenada during the immediately preceding year
unless the applicant satisfies the Licensing Officer—
(a) that he or she has already paid, or was exempted from the payment of, the
fee for such a permit; or
(b) that he or she has not driven any motor vehicle in Grenada at any time
during the immediately preceding year.

35. Classes of vehicles

(1) A driving permit shall not be valid save in respect of the class or classes of motor
vehicle therein mentioned:
Provided that the permit may, by indorsement thereon by the Licensing Officer, be
extended to any other class of vehicle.
(2) For the purposes of this section motor vehicles are classified as follows—
(a) motorcycles;
(b) omnibuses;
 (c) goods vehicles;
(d) motor vehicles other than those in classes (a), (b) and (c).

36. Restrictions on driving permits for certain vehicles

No driving permit shall be issued or indorsed as valid for a public service vehicle to an
applicant who is under the age of nineteen years, nor for a goods vehicle to an applicant
who is under the age of twenty-one years, nor for an omnibus or goods vehicle unless the
applicant has driven a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, regularly in Grenada
during the preceding twelve months.

37. Minimum age

Save as provided in the last preceding section, any person not being under the age of
seventeen years and not being otherwise disqualified shall be qualified to obtain a driving
permit.

38. Driving test fees

Every person undergoing a driving test under section 32 shall pay in respect of such
test and certificate of competence such fee as may from time to time be prescribed. The
fee for examination shall be paid irrespective of what the result of the test may be. If the
examiner is a public officer the fee for examination shall be credited to the Consolidated
Fund, but if the examiner is not a public officer the fee shall be appropriated to the
examiner.

39. Form of driving permits

Driving permits shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Licensing Authority
and the signature of the holder shall be affixed to the permit, and in the case of permits to
drive such public service vehicles, shall have attached thereto a photograph of the holder,
such photograph being supplied in duplicate by the applicant when applying for the
permit.

40. Fees for driving permits, and power to exempt

On the issue of a driving permit there shall be payable such fee as may from time to
time be prescribed:
Provided that the Minister may exempt from the payment of fee any person who is
issued a driving permit for the driving of a motor vehicle solely on any charitable,
philanthropic or other public purpose.

41. Production of driving permits

The driver of a motor vehicle shall produce, on being so required by a police officer in
uniform, his or her driving permit for examination, so as to enable the officer to ascertain
the name and address of the holder of the permit, the date of issue, and the Licensing
Officer by whom it was issued; if the driver fails to do so, he or she shall be guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars:
Provided that if, within forty-eight hours after the production of his or her permit was
so required, the holder produces, at such police station as may have been specified to him
or her at the time production was required, the permit and also a receipt issued from the
Treasury showing the payment of a penalty of five dollars in respect of such offence, he
or she shall not be convicted under this section.

42. Register of driving permits

 The Licensing Authority shall keep a register of all driving permits issued showing the
name and address of the holder, the date of issue, the class of vehicle authorised and a
record of any convictions ordered by a court to be endorsed on such permits.

43. Period of driving permits

Driving permits shall, unless previously suspended, cancelled or revoked by
competent authority, expire upon the thirty-first day of December next following the date
of issue.

44. Re-issue of lost or defaced driving permit

If a driving permit is lost, defaced, mutilated or rendered illegible, the Licensing
Authority shall issue a new permit on payment of the prescribed fee without further
driving test:
Provided that there shall be subscribed thereon any endorsements made in the register
in respect of such driving permit.

45. Restrictions on the issue of new driving permit after expiration of

former permit
(1) On or after the expiration of a driving permit by effluxion of time and on
application by the holder thereof for the issue of a new driving permit, the Licensing
Officer shall, subject to the provisions of sections 33 and 34(2) and of this section, issue a
new permit to the applicant.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority to refuse to issue a driving permit to
an applicant who has, within the three years preceding the application, been convicted of
manslaughter arising out of the use of a motor vehicle or of any offence under sections 47
and 48 or of repeated offences under any one or more of the other sections of this Act or
of the regulations made under this Act.
(3) An applicant aggrieved by any act, order or refusal of the Licensing Authority or
of a Licensing Officer may appeal to the Transport Board whose decision shall be final.

46. Temporary driving permits and international driving permits

(1) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority to grant a temporary driving permit
for any period not exceeding three months to an applicant for the same, when it is shown
to his or her satisfaction that the applicant is a bona fide visitor to Grenada. Such
temporary driving permit may be granted with or without any driving test on the part of
the applicant or without his or her being required to supply photographs, but shall be
subject to such conditions as may be stipulated on the permit and to the payment of the
prescribed fee.
(2) The holder of an international driving permit issued elsewhere than in Grenada
and in accordance with the provisions of an International Convention relative to the
international circulation of motor vehicles to which Grenada shall have adhered shall,
whilst such permit remains valid, be exempted from any requirement to hold a driving
permit under this Act to drive in Grenada:
Provided that he or she shall be entitled to drive in Grenada only a motor vehicle of
the class for which he or she holds an authorisation to drive in the country in which his or
her international driving permit was issued.
(3) If a person in Grenada desires to drive a motor vehicle in any other country which
shall have adhered to such International Convention, he or she shall apply to the
Licensing Authority in the prescribed manner for an international driving permit. The
applicant shall comply with the requirements of the said Convention and shall, in addition
to such other particulars as may be required by the Licensing Authority, satisfy the latter
that he or she holds a valid driving permit issued in Grenada and that he or she is
ordinarily resident in Grenada. The Licensing Authority shall have power to issue
international driving permits in accordance with the International Convention on payment
of the prescribed fee. Such permits shall, unless suspended by a court, remain in effect for
twelve months from the date of issue.
(4) A person visiting Grenada who holds a valid driving licence or similar authority
issued elsewhere may, by producing that licence or authority for examination by a
Licensing Officer, apply for registration as a person authorised to drive in Grenada. If the
Licensing Officer is satisfied he or she shall, on payment by the person of a fee of fifteen
dollars, register him or her as being, and the person shall thenceforth for a period of no
more than one year be, authorised to drive in Grenada any motor vehicle of the same size,
type, class, description, or other category, as that which the licence or authority produced
permits him or her to drive in the country of issue.

PART V

Driving and other Offences and General Conditions Relating to the Use of Roads

47. Speed
(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle of such class or description as is specified in
the Third Schedule at a speed greater than the speed so specified as the maximum speed
in relation to a vehicle of that class or description and within an area or on a road so
specified, and if any person drives in contravention of this section he or she shall be
guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of one thousand five
hundred dollars and to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving permit for such
period as the court shall think fit.
(2) A person charged under this section with the offence of driving a motor vehicle of
such class or description on such a road at a speed greater than the maximum speed
allowed in the case of a vehicle of that class or description, shall not be liable to be
convicted of the offence solely on the evidence of one witness to the effect that in the
opinion of the witness the person charged was driving the vehicle at such greater speed.
(3) A person who aids, abets, counsels, or procures any person who is employed by
him or her to drive a motor vehicle on a road (whether as registered owner or as a
temporary possessor of the use of a motor vehicle under a hiring agreement) at such a
speed as to commit an offence under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) The Chief Technical Officer (Works) may, by Order under his or her hand,
prohibit the driving of motor vehicles generally or of particular classes of motor vehicles
over any bridge at a speed greater than that specified by him or her in such Order. Such
Order shall be published in the Gazette, and the limit of speed to be observed shall be
indicated on notice boards to be fixed at the bridge.
(5) The Minister may by regulation amend any of the provisions of the Third Schedule:
Provided that a regulation under this subsection shall be of no effect unless and until it
has been approved by the House of Representatives.

48. Driving when under influence of drink or drug

(1) A person who when driving or attempting to drive, or when in charge of a motor
vehicle on a road, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be
incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence and
liable—
 (a) to a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars, or in the case of a second or
subsequent conviction a fine of three thousand dollars, and to imprisonment
for six months;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine and to imprisonment for twelve
months.
(2) Disqualification to follow upon conviction.—A person convicted of an offence
under this section shall, without prejudice to the power of a court to order a longer period
of disqualification, be disqualified for a period of twelve months from the date of the
conviction from holding or obtaining a driving permit, and on a second conviction for a
like offence he or she shall be permanently disqualified from holding or obtaining a
driving permit.
(3) A police officer may arrest without warrant any person committing an offence
under this section.

49. Reckless driving

(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at a speed or in a
manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the
case including the nature, condition and use of the road and the amount of traffic which is
actually at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road, shall be
guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) to a fine of three thousand dollars, or in the case of a second or subsequent
conviction a fine of five thousand dollars, and to imprisonment for six
months;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine and to imprisonment for twelve
months.
(2) A person convicted of an offence under this section may be disqualified from
holding or obtaining a driving permit for such period as a court thinks fit subject to the
following—
(a) upon the first conviction the period of disqualification imposed shall not
exceed six months;
(b) upon the second conviction such period shall not exceed two years;
(c) upon the third or any subsequent conviction the disqualification may be
permanent.
(3) A police officer may arrest without warrant the driver of a motor vehicle who
commits an offence under this section within his or her view if—
(a) the driver refuses to give his or her name and address;
(b) the police officer has reason to believe that the name or address so given is
false; or
(c) the motor vehicle does not have on it an identification mark.

50. Careless driving

If a person drives a motor vehicle on a road without due care and attention or without
reasonable consideration for other persons using the road, he or she shall be guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars and to be disqualified from
holding or obtaining a driving permit for such period as the court shall think fit:
Provided that on a second or subsequent conviction for a like offence the period of
disqualification shall not be less than one month.
51. Warning to be given of intended prosecution
Where a person is prosecuted for an offence under any of the preceding sections
relating respectively to the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be driven, to
reckless or dangerous driving, and to careless driving, he or she shall not be convicted
unless either—
(a) he or she was warned at the time the offence was committed that the
question of prosecuting him or her for an offence under some one or other of
the sections aforesaid would be taken into consideration;
(b) within fourteen days of the commission of the offence a summons for the
offence was served on him or her; or
(c) within the said fourteen days a notice of the intended prosecution specifying
the nature of the alleged offence and the time and place where it is
alleged to have been committed was served or sent by registered post to
him or her or to the person registered as the owner of the vehicle at the time
of the commission of the offence:
Provided that failure to comply with this requirement shall not be a bar to the
conviction of the accused in any case where the court is satisfied that—
(i) neither the name and address of the accused nor the name and address
of the registered owner of the vehicle could with reasonable diligence
have been ascertained in time for a summons to be served or for a
notice to be served or sent as aforesaid, or
(ii) the accused by his or her own conduct contributed to the failure.
The requirement of this section shall in every case be deemed to have been complied
with unless and until the contrary is proved.

52. Using motor vehicle without consent of owner

(1) If a person uses a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or other lawful
authority, he or she shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this section if he or she proves
either—
(a) that he or she had good reason to believe, and did in fact believe, that the
owner of the motor vehicle would, had he or she been present, have
consented to the motor vehicle being used in the manner in which it was used;
or
(b) that he or she had reasonable cause to believe, and did in fact believe, that he
or she had lawful authority to use the motor vehicle.
(2) When a person is convicted under this section, the magistrate may, if he or she
thinks fit, either in addition to or without inflicting any punishment, order that the person
convicted pays to the owner of the motor vehicle either or both of the following sums,
namely—
(a) such sum as, in the opinion of the magistrate, would have been charged if the
motor vehicle had been hired by the person convicted;
(b) such sum as, in the opinion of the magistrate, represents fair compensation
for any damage done to the motor vehicle and for the use of the motor
vehicle.
(3) If on the trial of an indictment for stealing a motor vehicle the jury is of the
opinion that the defendant was not guilty of stealing the motor vehicle but was guilty of
an offence under this section, the jury may find him or her guilty of an offence under this
section and thereupon he or she shall be liable to be punished accordingly.
 (4) A police officer may arrest without a warrant any person suspected by him or her
of having committed an offence under this section.

53. Interfering with motor vehicle

A person who, without the knowledge or permission of the owner, gets onto or
attempts to manipulate any of the levers, the starter, brakes, or machinery of a motor
vehicle, or in any way interferes with or damages a motor vehicle while the vehicle is on
a road or parking place shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this section when such motor
vehicle is obstructing his or her own or another motor vehicle.

54. Restrictions on persons being carried on bicycle

(1) It shall not be lawful for more than one person to be carried on a road on a bicycle
not propelled by mechanical power unless it is constructed for the carriage of more than
one person.
(2) If a person is carried on such a bicycle in contravention of the provisions of the
foregoing subsection, each of the persons carried shall be guilty of an offence and liable
in the case of a first conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars and in the case
of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.
(3) In this section, references to a person carried on a bicycle shall include reference
to a person riding a bicycle.

55. Restriction on cyclists riding abreast or holding on to other moving vehicles

(1) It shall not be lawful for more than two persons to ride abreast on a road either
upon motorcycles, or bicycles not propelled by mechanical power:
Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this section in respect of the
overtaking of two persons so riding and in the absence of other traffic on the road at the
point of overtaking.
(2) It shall not be lawful for a person while riding a motorcycle or a bicycle not
propelled by mechanical power on a road—
(a) to hold on to any other moving vehicle; or
(b) to ride such motorcycle or bicycle without at least one hand being on the
handle bars of such motorcycle or bicycle.
(3) It shall not be lawful for more than one person in addition to the driver to be
carried on a two-wheeled motorcycle, nor shall it be lawful for any such one person to be
so carried otherwise than sitting astride the motorcycle and on a proper seat securely
fixed to the motorcycle behind the driver’s seat.
(4) If a person contravenes the provisions of this section he or she shall be guilty of an
offence and liable in the case of a first conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars and in
the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.

56. Duty to stop in case of accident

A person riding, driving or in charge of a vehicle of any description shall, if an
accident occurs to any traffic owing to the presence of such vehicle on the road, stop and,
if required, give his or her name and address and also the name and address of the owner
of such vehicle; and if a person knowingly acts in contravention of this section, he or she
shall be guilty of an offence.

PART VI
 Legal Proceedings, Suspension, Cancellation and Endorsement of Driving Permits

57. Power to convict for reckless or dangerous driving on trial for manslaughter
Upon the trial of a person who is indicted for manslaughter in connection with the
driving of a motor vehicle by him or her, it shall be lawful for the jury, if they are
satisfied that he or she is guilty of an offence under section 49, to find him or her guilty of
that offence whether or not the requirements of section 51 have been satisfied as respects
that offence.

58. Power to proceed on charge for careless driving at hearing of charges under
section 48 or 49
Where a person is charged summarily before a magistrate with an offence under
section 48 or 49 and the magistrate is of the opinion that the offence is not proved then, at
any time during the hearing or immediately thereafter, the magistrate may, without
prejudice to any other powers possessed by him or her, direct or allow a charge for an
offence under section 50 to be preferred forthwith against the defendant and may
thereupon proceed with that charge, so however that the defendant or his or her solicitor
or counsel shall be informed of the new charge and be given an opportunity, whether by
way of cross-examining any witness whose evidence has already been given against the
defendant or otherwise, of answering the new charge and the magistrate shall, if he or she
considers that the defendant is prejudiced in his or her defence by reason of the new
charge being preferred, adjourn the hearing.

59. Power of court to order disqualification and to endorse and cancel permits
The court before which a person is convicted of any offence in connection with the
driving of a motor vehicle may, and where this Act so provides shall, in addition to any
other penalty provided for such offence, order that the offender be disqualified for a
stated period or permanently from obtaining a driving permit either generally or limited to
the driving of a motor vehicle of any particular class or description, and if the offender
holds a driving permit the court shall endorse upon the permit particulars of the
conviction and penalty, and when an order of disqualification is made such permit shall
be forfeited and returned to the Licensing Authority.

60. Applications for removal of disqualification

(1) A person who, by reason of a conviction or order under this Part or Part V, is
disqualified from holding or obtaining a permit may, at any time after the expiration of
six months from the date of the conviction or order, and from time to time, apply to the
court before which he or she was convicted or by which the order was made to remove
the disqualification. On such an application the court may, as it thinks proper, having
regard to the character of the person disqualified and his or her conduct since the
conviction or order, the nature of the offence and any other circumstances of the case,
either by order remove the disqualification from a date to be specified in the order or
refuse the application.
(2) If an application under subsection (1) has been refused, a further such application
shall not be entertained if made within three months of the date of the refusal.
(3) If a court orders that a disqualification be removed, the court shall cause
particulars of the order to be endorsed on the driving permit, if any, previously held by
the applicant, and the court shall in any case have power to order the applicant to pay the
whole or part of the costs of the application.

61. Right of appeal

 A person who by reason of an order of a court under the preceding section is
disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving permit may appeal against the order in
the same manner as against a conviction, and the court may, if it thinks fit, pending the
appeal, suspend the operation of the order.

62. Production of driving permit for endorsement

Every person who is convicted before a court of an offence in connection with the
driving of a motor vehicle, shall, if he or she holds a driving permit, produce such permit
within such time as the court may direct for the purpose of endorsement thereon of
particulars of such conviction, and if he or she is not then the holder of a driving permit,
but subsequently within six months of such conviction obtains a permit, shall within five
days after so obtaining the permit produce it to the court for the purpose of endorsement.

63. Custody of permit while suspended or cancelled

A court which suspends or cancels a driving permit or declares a person disqualified
from obtaining a driving permit shall forthwith send to the Licensing Authority every
suspended or cancelled driving permit. At the expiration of the period of suspension, the
Licensing Authority shall return the permit to the former holder on demand:
Provided that where the disqualification to which a person has become subject is
limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class or description, the Licensing
Authority shall forthwith after the receipt of the driving permit indicate on the permit in
the usual manner the class or description of vehicle which the holder of the permit is not
thereby authorised to drive, and the permit shall then be returned to the holder. At the
expiration of the period of disqualification, the holder shall again forward the permit to
the Licensing Authority, who shall thereupon indicate on the permit that the restriction
imposed during the period of disqualification has been removed.

64. Suspended permit to be of no effect

A driving permit suspended by a court shall, during the period of suspension, be of no
effect and a person whose permit is suspended, or who is declared by the court to be
disqualified from obtaining a permit, shall, during the period of such suspension or
disqualification, be disqualified from obtaining a driving permit.

65. Temporary suspension of permit pending determination of charges

(1) If and when a person is charged with manslaughter arising out of the use of a
motor vehicle or with contravening the provisions of section 48 or 49, it shall be lawful
for the Licensing Authority to order the suspension of the driving permit of the person so
charged pending the determination of the charge.
(2) Any such permit so suspended shall on demand by a police officer be surrendered
to such officer who shall forthwith forward the same to the clerk of the court before
which the person so charged is to appear.

66. Fraudulent application for driving permit

If a person who under the provisions of this Part is disqualified from holding or
obtaining a driving permit applies for or obtains a permit while he or she is so disqualified,
or if a person while he or she is so disqualified drives a motor vehicle or, if the
disqualification is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class or
description, drives a motor vehicle of that class or description, on a road, or if a person
who has been refused a permit applies for or obtains a permit without disclosing such
refusal, he or she shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a
fine of three thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
67. Particulars of endorsement to be copied on new permit
On the issue of a new driving permit to any person, the particulars endorsed on any
previous permit held by him or her shall be copied on to the new permit unless he or she
has previously become entitled under the provisions of section 69 to have a permit issued
to him or her free from endorsement.

68. Non-disclosure of endorsement

If a person whose driving permit has been ordered to be endorsed, and who has not
previously become entitled under the provisions of section 69 to have a permit issued to
him or her free from endorsement, applies for or obtains a permit without giving
particulars of the order, he or she shall be guilty of an offence, and any permit so obtained
shall be of no effect.

69. Issue of new permit free from endorsement

Where a person in respect of whom an order has been made under this Part requiring
the endorsement of any driving permit held by him or her, has during a continuous period
of three years or upwards since the order was made had no such further order made
against him or her, he or she shall be entitled, on application and subject to payment of
the prescribed fee and to the surrender of any subsisting permit, at any time, to have
issued to him or her a new permit free from endorsement:
Provided that, in reckoning the said period of three years, any period during which the
person was by virtue of the order disqualified from holding or obtaining a permit shall be
excluded.

PART VII

General

70. Fees
(1) The fees specified in Part III of the Second Schedule shall be payable to the
Licensing Authority in respect of the several subject matters to which they are applicable.
(2) All fees received by the Licensing Authority shall be paid to the Permanent
Secretary (Finance) on account of the Government and paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(3) The Minister may by regulations amend or suspend the provisions of the Second
Schedule:
Provided that regulations made under this subsection shall be of no effect unless and
until approved by a resolution passed by the House of Representatives.

71. Fraudulent imitation, etc., of documents

Whoever fraudulently imitates, alters, mutilates, destroys, or uses, or fraudulently
lends or allows to be used by any other person any identification mark, motor vehicle
licence, certificate of registration or driving permit issued or deemed to have been issued
under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of three thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for six months.

72. Offences and general penalty

(1) A person who by any act or omission contravenes the provisions of this Act shall,
unless otherwise specifically provided, be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary
conviction, to a fine of three thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
 (2) A person who by any act or omission contravenes the provisions of the regulations
made under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a
fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
(3) The driver of a motor vehicle who stands for hire at any road or place not
appointed under this Act for the purpose, or who contravenes an order made under this
Act, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Except where otherwise expressly provided, every offence under this Act may be
prosecuted, and all punishments may be imposed, in summary proceedings.

73. Liability at common law

Nothing in this Act shall affect any liability of the driver or owner of a motor vehicle
by virtue of any Act or at common law.

74. Refusing to give name and address or giving false name or address
(1) If the driver or conductor of a motor vehicle who commits an offence under this
Act or the regulations refuses to give his or her name and address or gives a false name or
address, he or she shall be guilty of an offence under this Act; and it shall be the duty of
the owner of the motor vehicle, if so required, to give any information which it is within
his or her power to give and which may lead to the identification and apprehension of the
driver or conductor, and if the owner fails to do so within four days of his or her being
notified of such request he or she shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) A police officer may arrest without a warrant the driver or conductor of any motor
vehicle who within view commits any offence under this Act or the regulations unless the
driver or conductor either gives his or her true name and address or produces his or her
licence for examination.

75. Giving false information

If a person in or in connection with an application for a motor vehicle or the
registration of a motor vehicle, or a driving permit or the endorsement of such a permit,
or any change or correction in a motor vehicle licence or the registration of a motor
vehicle or in giving any information lawfully demanded or required under this Act or the
regulations, makes any statement which to his or her knowledge is false, or in any
material respect misleading, he or she shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on
summary conviction, to a fine of three thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six
months.

76. Duplicate licences, permits and certificates

An authority or person having power to issue any certificate or licence under this Act
shall, if satisfied that such certificate or licence has been lost or destroyed, and on
payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate of the certificate or licence to the person
entitled thereto.

77. Liability of driver and owner for offences

(1) (a) If a motor vehicle is used which contravenes any provision of this Act or the
regulations, or of an order lawfully made under this Act or the regulations;
(b) if a motor vehicle is used in such a state or condition or in such a manner as to
contravene any such provision; or
(c) if anything is done or omitted in connection with a motor vehicle in
contravention of any such provision,
then, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act—
 (i) the driver of the motor vehicle at the time shall be guilty of an offence unless
the offence was not due to any act, omission, neglect or default on his or her
part, and
(ii) the owner of the motor vehicle shall also be guilty of an offence if present at
the time, or, if absent, unless the offence was committed without his or her
consent and was not due to any act or omission on his or her part, and he or
she had taken all reasonable precautions to prevent an offence.
(2) A person authorised in writing by the Licensing Authority may, at all reasonable
times, enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether any vehicle is kept on
such premises contrary to the provisions of this Act, and for the purpose of inspecting any
vehicle on such premises.

78. Power to require motor vehicles licensed according to maximum gross weight to
be weighed
(1) The driver or other person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer licensed
according to its maximum gross weight, on demand by any person authorised in writing
by the Licensing Authority or by a police officer, may be required to satisfy such person
or police officer that the load which is being carried on such motor vehicle or trailer does
not contravene the provisions of the licence or this Act or the regulations and may be
required by such person or police officer to drive him or her with such vehicle or trailer to
the nearest weighbridge for the purpose of weighing such load.
(2) A person who refuses or neglects to comply with a request to proceed to the
weighbridge as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested forthwith
without a warrant and he or she shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine of five
hundred dollars. The vehicle or trailer may be detained at the expense and risk of the
owner and taken to a place for safe keeping until such request is complied with, and any
excess load found on weighing shall first be removed before the vehicle or trailer is
permitted to proceed on its journey.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority, or a person authorised by the
Licensing Authority, before granting a licence (including a renewal) in respect of a motor
vehicle or trailer, to require such motor vehicle or trailer to be weighed by and at the
expense of the owner in the presence of a person authorised by the Licensing Authority.

79. Recovery of cost of damage to road or bridge

(1) If by reason of an offence against this Act any injury is caused to any road, or
bridge, the authority responsible for the repair of the road or bridge may cause such injury
to be made good and may, either before or after the injury is made good, recover the
estimated or actual cost thereof from the owner of the motor vehicle causing the injury.
(2) A certificate under the hand of the Chief Technical Officer (Works), or any person
authorised by him or her in that behalf, of the amount of the cost of making good such
injury shall, without proof of signature, be prima facie evidence of the amount payable by
the owner of the vehicle.

80. Certificate as to damage to be admissible in evidence

If in any proceedings under this Act a question arises whether a motor vehicle does or
does not comply with any provision of this Act or the regulations, the certificate of a
person appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to act as an inspector for the
purposes of this Act showing that he or she has examined the vehicle and the result of his
or her examination shall be admissible in evidence and shall be sufficient prima facie
evidence of any fact or opinion stated therein relating to the matter in question, and the
court shall not permit the person appointed to be called for cross-examination on the
certificate unless contrary evidence is given which appears to the court to be credible, or
unless for any reason the court considers cross-examination to be necessary in the
interests of justice.

81. Regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following
matters, that is to say—
(a) anything which by this Act is permitted or required to be prescribed;
(b) the forms to be used under this Act;
(c) the construction, fittings, dimensions and design of any motor vehicle;
(d) the character and nature of horns or other instruments capable of giving
audible and sufficient warning of motor and other vehicles and regulating
their use;
(e) the number, position and kind of lights and reflectors to be carried on motor
and other vehicles and the times during which they are to be exhibited;
(f) the duties and powers of inspectors in regard to the inspection of motor and
other vehicles;
(g) the inspection of motor and other vehicles and the times, places and manner
of such inspection;
(h) the form of identification marks to be fixed on motor vehicles and trailers in
respect of registration and licensing and the sizes and colour of the letters and
of the manner of displaying such marks;
(i) the precedence of vehicles and pedestrians respectively at and in the vicinity
of crossings and the erection of traffic signals and other notices;
(j) the driving of any vehicle on any specified road otherwise than in a specified
direction;
(k) the appointment of parking places and regulating the use of such parking
places;
(l) the badges to be worn by drivers and conductors of public service vehicles
and the conduct of drivers, conductors and passengers;
(m) passenger fares and tolls in respect of public service vehicles;
(n) the maximum hours of employment of persons as drivers of goods vehicles;
(o) as regards omnibuses—
(i) restricting the use of omnibuses using specified routes,
(ii) regulating and restricting the number of omnibuses using specified
routes,
(iii) the time tables to be observed by drivers of omnibuses,
(iv) the issue of permits by the Licensing Authority and conditions of issue
of such permits and conditions to be observed by the holders of such
permits in respect of specified routes,
(v) the issue of permits by the Licensing Authority and conditions of issue
of such permits and conditions to be observed by the holders of such
permits in respect of specified routes,
(vi) the carriage of goods or luggage,
(vii) the maximum hours of employment of drivers and conductors,
(viii) the issue, cancellation and suspension of licences of conductors,
 (ix) granting limited or exclusive concessions to operate omnibuses and
the conditions under which such concessions may be granted:
Provided that no concession shall be granted under this sub-paragraph
except with the consent of the House of Representatives signified by
resolution to that effect;
(p) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act and in
particular for the safety, control and regulation of traffic and the use of
vehicles or any class of vehicles on any road and the conditions under which
they may be used.
(2) Regulations made under this section shall be laid before the House of
Representatives as soon as may be after the making thereof; and if the House of
Representatives by resolution requests that any regulations so laid shall be rescinded,
such regulations shall be rescinded by the Minister but without prejudice to the validity of
anything done thereunder or the making of new regulations.

82. Special orders may be made by Chief of Police

(1) The Chief of Police may, by notice published in the Gazette, make orders as to the
line to be kept by persons driving or riding any vehicle or animal on a road and as to the
manner in which vehicles of any description shall be drawn up while waiting on a road
and as to the route to be observed by all vehicles, horses, and persons, and for preventing
obstructions on a road, in any case where such road is liable to be thronged or obstructed;
and also may give directions to police officers for the purpose of regulating traffic in the
neighbourhood of courts of law, public offices, churches, theatres, and other places of
public resort; and a person who, after being made acquainted with an order made or
direction given under this section, shall contravene such order or direction shall be guilty
of an offence.
(2) It shall be lawful for a police officer to apprehend without warrant, any person
who commits an offence under subsection (1) within his or her view, if such person
refuses to give his or her name and address or gives a name or address which the officer
has reasonable grounds for believing to be false.

83. Rules, etc., preserved

Rules, regulations, orders or directions made under the Motor Car Act (Chapter 143 of
the 1934 Revision), the Motor Vehicles Licensing Act (Chapter 144 of the 1934
Revision) and under Act No. 2 of 1938 (as amended) and in force at the commencement
of this Act shall be deemed to have been made under this Act and shall remain in force
until other provisions are made in that behalf.

84. Grant of concessions to operate motor omnibuses and car rental services
(1) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority to grant to a person, or to two or
more persons jointly, a limited concession or an exclusive concession to operate
omnibuses in any area or on any road or route or for any journey upon such conditions as
shall be specified in the grant and subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations
made thereunder.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority to grant to a person, or to two or
more persons jointly, a limited concession to operate a car rental service upon such
conditions as shall be specified in the grant and subject to the provisions of this Act and
regulations made thereunder.
(3) Save as permitted by section 13, a private motor car shall not be used for purposes
of rental unless in relation thereto there is a subsisting concession to operate a car rental
service.
 (4) The driver and the owner of a motor vehicle used in contravention of the
preceding subsection shall each be guilty of an offence and, on summary conviction, shall
each be liable to a fine of three thousand dollars.
(5) The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of
this section and for prescribing payment, if any, to be made for the grant of a concession
hereunder.

85. In the event of a conflict of laws the provisions of this Act to prevail
(1) Whenever the provisions of this Act or of the regulations are in conflict with the
provisions of any other law relating to the control of vehicles and road traffic, the
provisions of this Act and the regulations shall prevail.
(2) Whenever any powers conferred on the Licensing Authority or the Chief of Police
under this Act are similar to powers conferred on a municipal or road authority under any
other law and there shall arise any conflict or dispute as to the exercise of such powers,
the matter at issue shall be referred to the Transport Board and they shall decide which
authority shall exercise such powers and the manner in which such powers shall be
exercised. The decision of the Board shall be final and conclusive.

First Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

Percentage of Market Price
[Section 8.]
Percentage of
Class or Description of Motor Vehicle
Market Price
1. Car of engine capacity—
(a) up to and including 1200 cc ............................................................ 5%
(b) 1201 cc up to and including 2000 cc .............................................. 10%
(c) exceeding 2000 cc .......................................................................... 15%
2. Commercial ........................................................................................... 2½%
3. Dual purpose .......................................................................................... 10%
4. Other ...................................................................................................... 2½%

Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

Annual Fees and Period for Payment
[Sections 21(1) and (2) and 70(1).]

PART I
Class or Description of Motor Vehicle Annual Fee $
1. Motorcycle, solo .................................................................................... 75
2. Motorcycle, with side car ...................................................................... 75
3. Private Motor Car, “Land Rover”, Jeep or Taxi—
(a) not exceeding 1,800 lbs tare ........................................................... 100
 (b) exceeding 1,800 lbs but not exceeding 2,800 lbs tare .................... 150
(c) exceeding 2,800 lbs but not exceeding 3,800 lbs tare .................... 180
(d) exceeding 3,800 lbs tare ................................................................. 250
4. Hearse .................................................................................................... 250
5. Commercial vehicle (other than an omnibus)—
(a) for the first ton ................................................................................ 90
(b) for each additional ton .................................................................... 50
6. Omnibus—
(a) for the first ton ................................................................................ 50
(b) for each additional ton .................................................................... 25
7. Tractor (for agricultural purposes only) ................................................ 100

PART II
Registration Number Period for Payment
1 to 2500 1 January to 15 February
2501 to 5000 16 February to 31 March
5001 to 7500 1 April to 15 May
7501 and above 16 May to 30 June

PART III
Subject Matter Fee$
1. Driving Permit, to authorise the driving of a—
(a) motorcycle ...................................................................................... 50
(b) private motor car or van .................................................................. 60
(c) taxi .................................................................................................. 60
(d) heavy duty motor vehicle ............................................................... 60
(e) commercial vehicle, or goods vehicle ............................................ 100
(f) omnibus, or truck for carrying passengers ...................................... 100
2. Learner’s Driving Permit ....................................................................... 50
3. Registration of a vehicle ........................................................................ 30
4. Inspection of a vehicle ........................................................................... 30
5. Driving test ............................................................................................ 30
6. Amendment of any register ................................................................... 3
7. Certificate of competence ...................................................................... 3
8. Certified extract from any register ........................................................ 5
9. Duplicate licence ................................................................................... 5

Third Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

Speed limits
[Section 47.]
Omnibus and Goods Any other
Area or Road to which Speed Limits apply
Vehicle Vehicle
All roads within any town as defined under the
 provisions of the Towns Boundaries Act (Chapter
323) ............................................................... 15 m.p.h. 15 m.p.h.
All roads elsewhere .......................................... 20 m.p.h. 30 m.p.h.

CHAPTER 201
MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

List of Subsidiary Legislation

1. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Bus Stops) Regulations
2. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Hillsborough) Regulations
3. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way and Major and Minor Streets in the
City of St. George’s) Regulations
4. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way Major and Minor Streets in the
Town of Grenville) Regulations
5. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way Streets and No Parking Areas in
the City of St. George’s) Regulations
6. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation of Traffic in the City of St.
George’s) Regulations
7. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation of Traffic in the Town of
Grenville) Regulations
8. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations
9. Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations

Motor Vehicles And Road Traffic (Bus Stops) Regulations

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Bus Stops in City of St. George’s.

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (BUS STOPS) REGULATIONS

[Section 81.]

[21st July, 1951.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Bus Stops)
Regulations.

2. Bus Stops in City of St. George’s

The driver of a motor omnibus shall not take on or set down passengers on streets in
the City of St. George’s save at places on the said streets indicated by the sign “BUS
STOP”.
 Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Hillsborough) Regulations

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Definitions.
3. Busy streets.
4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets.
5. Parked vehicles prohibited on busy streets.
First Schedule Busy Streets
Second Schedule Parking Places

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (HILLSBOROUGH)

REGULATIONS
[Section 81.]

[17th March, 1951.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic
(Hillsborough) Regulations.

2. Definitions
In these Regulations—
“Board” means the Hillsborough Town Authority;
“parked vehicle” means a vehicle left stationary by the driver or the person in
charge thereof in any place elsewhere than in a garage, the driver or person in charge
thereof not being in attendance thereon;
“stationary vehicle” means a vehicle remaining stationary for whatever cause or
purpose upon any street or public place;
“waiting vehicle” means—
(a) a passenger vehicle waiting on any street or place while a call of short
duration is being made by the occupants or by any one of them at nearby
premises;
(b) a goods vehicle waiting for the sole purpose of loading or unloading at
nearby premises;
(c) a standing vehicle, a public service or other passenger vehicle remaining
stationary for a period of short duration for the sole purpose of settling down
or taking up passengers.

3. Busy streets
For the purposes of these Regulations, the streets in the town of Hillsborough set out
in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be busy streets.

4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets

 No vehicle shall wait on a busy street between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on
weekdays:
Provided that a goods vehicle may wait for such periods as may be reasonable for the
sole purpose of loading or unloading so long as the driver or person in charge thereof
shall be in attendance thereon throughout the period of waiting:
Provided also that a motor car may wait on such places on a busy street as shall or may
at any future time be specially set aside and marked off by the Board for the purpose:
Provided further that between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays no goods
vehicle or taxi shall wait for a period exceeding thirty minutes on any place so set aside
and marked.

5. Parked vehicles prohibited on busy streets

No vehicle shall be parked on any busy street in the town of Hillsborough save and
except upon a parking place as shall or may at any future time be specially set aside and
marked off for the purpose by the Board and subject to the conditions and limitation as to
the period of time for which vehicles may remain parked thereon as prescribed in the
Second Schedule hereto.

First Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (HILLSBOROUGH) REGULATIONS

Busy Streets
[Regulation 3.]

Main Street

Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (HILLSBOROUGH) REGULATIONS

Parking Places
[Regulation 5.]

Those areas in the under-mentioned street and other areas that have been marked off
by means of lines and lettering placed upon the street surface or ground or by means of
sign boards are appointed by the Board to be parking places for private motor cars, taxis
and goods vehicles. No vehicle shall remain parked upon a street area for a period longer
than four hours—
(a) Main Street.
(b) the area at the back of the market place.
 Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way and Major and Minor Streets in the
City of St. George’s) Regulations

SRO 25 of 1964

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Major and minor streets.
3. Entering or alighting from vehicle.
4. Revoked.
5. One-way traffic.
6. Traffic points.
7. Roundabouts.
First Schedule Major Streets
Second Schedule One-Way Streets

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY AND MAJOR AND

MINOR STREETS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS
[Section 81. SRO 25 of 1964.]

[29th August, 1964.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way
and Major and Minor Streets in the City of St. George’s) Regulations.

2. Major and minor streets

(1) The Streets in the city of St. George’s prescribed in the First Schedule to these
Regulations are hereby declared to be “Major Streets”.
(2) All other streets in the said city shall be “Minor Streets”.
(3) Any person driving, or in control of, a vehicle proceeding along a minor street
shall stop the said vehicle on approaching a major street as near as possible to the line
painted or otherwise indicated on the road surface, and such person shall not cause the
said vehicle to cross such line until he or she is satisfied that it is safe to do so.

3. Entering or alighting from vehicle

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to enter or to alight from any vehicle or to
load or unload any article whatsoever thereon while such vehicle is stationary at a stop
line marked upon the surface of any street in accordance with the provisions of these
Regulations.
(2) The driver or person in charge of a vehicle or, in the case of a motor omnibus, the
conductor thereof who knowingly permits any person to act in contravention of this
Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

4. Revoked.

5. One-way traffic
 One-way traffic shall be observed on the streets in the city of St. George’s as
prescribed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. Vehicles using these streets shall
travel in one direction only as set out in the said Schedule.

6. Traffic points
Vehicles approaching the junction of Hospital Road, Church, Halifax and Young
Streets and the junction of Lucas, Tyrrel and Scott Streets shall be brought to a standstill
at the “stop” signs painted or otherwise indicated on the surface of the said streets, and
shall not proceed until—
(a) signalled by the police constable on traffic duty; or
(b) in the absence of such police constable, the driver has reasonable grounds for
believing that it is safe to do so.

7. Roundabouts
Vehicles approaching any roundabout shall give way to traffic on their right.

First Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY AND MAJOR AND MINOR
STREETS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Major Streets
[Regulation 2.]

(a) Young Street (except at its intersection with the wharf roadway).
(b) Halifax Street excluding its junction with St. John Street.
(c) Melville Street excluding its junction with River Road; and Bruce Street.
(d) Lucas Street.
(e) The Wharf Road (except that portion laying between Matthew Street and its
South Western end); the Burns Point Road and the St. George’s—Grand
Anse Road as far as the city boundary.
(f) Church Street, excluding its junction with Lucas Street and with Young and
Halifax Streets.
(g) Tyrrel Street, excluding its junctions with Lucas and Scott Streets with
Hughes Street and with the Burns Point Road.
(h) Grenville Street excluding its junction with Granby Street.
(i) Monckton Street, excluding its junction with Young Street.
(j) Hughes Street, excluding its junction with the Wharf Road.
(k) St. John Street, excluding its junctions with Melville Street, with Grenville
Street and with Church Street.
(l) Granby Street, excluding its junctions with Melville Street, with Halifax
Street and with Church Street.
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MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY AND MAJOR AND MINOR
STREETS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

One-Way Streets
[Regulation 5.]

(a) Halifax Street—

(i) upon that portion of Halifax Street lying between Granby Street and
St. John Street, every vehicle shall travel in the direction of St. John
Street only, and
(ii) upon that portion of Halifax Street lying between Granby Street and
the junction of Halifax Street with Gore and Cross Streets, every
vehicle shall travel in the direction of Church and Young Streets only.
(b) Cross Street and that portion of St. John Street lying between Halifax and
Melville Streets. Every vehicle shall travel upon these Streets in the direction
of Melville Street only.
(c) Gore Street. Every vehicle shall travel upon Gore Street in the direction of
Grenville Street only.
(d) Hillsborough Street. Every vehicle shall travel upon Hillsborough Street in
the direction of Melville Street only.
(e) Grenville Street (between Gore and Granby Streets). Upon that portion of
Grenville Street lying between Gore and Granby Streets, every vehicle shall
travel in the direction of Granby Street only.
(f) Granby Street. Upon that portion of Granby Street lying between Melville
and Halifax Streets, every vehicle shall travel in the direction of Halifax
Street only; and upon that portion from Church Street to Grenville Street
every vehicle shall travel in the direction of Grenville Street only.
(g) The Wharf Road. Upon that portion of the Wharf Road lying between its
junctions with Young Street and with Matthew Street, every vehicle shall
travel in the direction of Matthew Street only.
(h) Matthew Street. No vehicle shall travel upon Matthew Street in the direction
of the Wharf Road.
(i) Monckton Street. Upon that portion of Monckton Street lying between its
junctions with Matthew Street and Young Street, every vehicle shall travel in
the direction of Young Street only.
(j) Young Street. Upon that portion of Young Street lying between its junctions
with Monckton Street and the Wharf Road, every vehicle shall travel in the
direction of the Wharf Road only.
(k) Church Street. Upon that portion of Church Street from its junction with
Granby Street to its junction with Young Street, every vehicle shall travel in
the direction of Young Street.
(l) Scott Street. Every vehicle shall travel along Scott Street in the direction of
the Lucas Street—Tyrrel Street junction.
(m) No Vehicle shall—
(i) enter Halifax Street from Cross Street, Gore Street or St. John Street,
 (ii) enter St. John Street, Hillsborough Street or Cross Street from
Melville Street,
(iii) enter that portion of Granby Street lying between Halifax and Melville
Streets from Halifax Street,
(iv) turn left from Hillsborough Street into Halifax Street,
(v) enter Young Street from the Wharf Road,
(vi) turn right from Scott Street into Young Street,
(vii) enter Matthew Street from Monckton Street,
(viii) enter Monckton Street from Young Street,
(ix) enter that portion of the Wharf Road lying between Matthew Street
and Young Street from the direction of Matthew Street or the Treasury
Wharf,
(x) turn from Tyrrel Street or Lucas Street into Scott Street,
(xi) turn right from Simmons Alley into Church Street,
(xii) turn from Granby Street into the portion of Grenville Street between
Granby Street and Gore Street.

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way Major and Minor Streets in the Town
of Grenville) Regulations

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Major and minor streets.
3. Entering or alighting from vehicle.
4. One-way traffic.
First Schedule Major Streets
Second Schedule One-Way Streets

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY MAJOR AND MINOR

STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS
[Section 81.]

[6th November, 1954.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way
Major and Minor Streets in the Town of Grenville) Regulations.

2. Major and minor streets

(1) The streets in the town of Grenville prescribed in the First Schedule to these
Regulations are hereby declared to be major streets.
(2) All other streets in the said town shall be minor streets.
 (3) Any person driving, or in control of a vehicle proceeding along a minor street,
shall stop the said vehicle on approaching a major street as near as possible to the line
painted or otherwise indicated on the surface of the said minor street, and such person
shall not cause the said vehicle to cross such line until he or she is satisfied that it is safe
to do so.

3. Entering or alighting from vehicle

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to enter or to alight from any vehicle or to
load or unload any article whatsoever thereon while such vehicle is stationary at a stop
line marked upon the surface of any street in accordance with the provisions of these
Regulations.
(2) The driver or person in charge of a vehicle or, in the case of a motor omnibus, the
conductor thereof who knowingly permits any person to act in contravention of this
Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

4. One-way traffic
One-way traffic shall be observed on the streets in the town of Grenville as prescribed
in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. Vehicles using these streets shall travel in
one direction only as set out in the said Schedule.

First Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY MAJOR AND MINOR

STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

Major Streets
[Regulation 2.]

(a) Those portions of Victoria Street and Jubilee Street between Canal Road and
the junction of Jubilee Street and Albert Street.
(b) Albert Street.

Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY MAJOR AND MINOR

STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

One-Way Streets
[Regulation 4.]

(a) Victoria Street.—Jubilee Street. Upon that portion of Victoria Street lying
between Jubilee Street and Canal Road every vehicle shall travel in the
direction of Jubilee Street only.
(b) Albert Street.—Upon that portion of Albert Street lying between Jubilee
Street and Canal Road every vehicle shall travel in the direction of Canal
Road only.
 (c) Jubilee Street.—Upon that portion of Jubilee Street lying between its
junction with Victoria Street and its junction with Albert Street every vehicle
shall travel away from Victoria Street.

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way Streets and No Parking Areas in the
City of St. George’s) Regulations

SRO 1 of 1987

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. One-way traffic.
3. No parking areas.
4. Parking of buses.
First Schedule One-Way Streets
Second Schedule No Parking Areas
Third Schedule Parking for Buses with Appropriate Stickers

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY STREETS AND NO

PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS
[Section 81. SRO 1 of 1987.]

[3rd March, 1987.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (One-Way
Streets and No Parking Areas in the City of St. George’s) Regulations.

2. One-way traffic
One-way traffic shall be observed on the Streets in the city of St. George’s as
prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations. Vehicles using these Streets shall
travel only in the direction as set out in the said Schedule.

3. No parking areas
No vehicle may park on those Streets or designated areas thereof as set out in the
Second Schedule.

4. Parking of buses
Only buses with appropriate stickers issued by the Licensing Authority may park in
the areas designated in the Third Schedule.

First Schedule

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MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY STREETS AND NO

PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS
 One-Way Streets
[Regulation 2.]

Carenage
On that portion of the Carenage from Hughes Street every vehicle shall travel only in
a westerly direction towards Matthew Street. (From Matthew Street westwards traffic
may flow in either direction.) Traffic may flow in both directions on the Carenage
between Hughes Street and Burns Point.
Matthew Street
Vehicles shall travel in a northerly direction only.
Tyrrel Street
Vehicles may travel only in a southerly direction on Tyrrel Street towards Tanteen.
Vehicles travelling along Tanteen may not turn right at the junction of Tyrrel Street
and Burns Point.
Lucas Street
Vehicles travelling in a westerly direction along Lucas Street towards Church Street
may pass above No. 2 Traffic Point.
Vehicles travelling along Lucas Street may turn left into Tyrrel Street.
No vehicle travelling in Church Street may turn left into Lucas Street.
Young Street
Vehicles travelling west along the Carenage may turn right into Young Street to enter
Scott Street.
Vehicles travelling in Young Street to the Carenage may only turn right to enter the
Carenage.
Hughes Street
Vehicles may only travel in a southerly direction in Hughes Street i.e. towards the
Carenage only.
Sendall Tunnel
A vehicle may enter Sendall Tunnel only from the eastern entrance.

Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY STREETS AND NO

PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

No Parking Areas
[Regulation 3.]

Springs Road
No vehicle is permitted to park on either side of Springs Road from the brow of the
Hill near the area of the Chichester Nursing Home entrance to a distance of two hundred
(200) yards along Springs Road in an easterly or westerly direction. The area is defined
by “NO PARKING SIGNS”.
Grenville Street
 No vehicle is permitted to park on the left hand side on Grenville Street travelling in a
Northerly direction from its junction with Market Hill and Granby Street to its junction
with St. Juilles Street and Maloney Street.
Church Street
No vehicle is permitted to park on the left hand side of Church Street travelling in a
Southerly direction in front the Fire Hydrant for a distance of fifty (50) yards. The area is
defined by “NO PARKING SIGNS”.
Scott Street
As defined by Police No Parking Signs.
Hillsborough Street
No vehicle shall park on Hillsborough Street between Halifax Street and Melville
Street.
Maloney Street
No vehicle may park in Maloney Street.

Third Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (ONE-WAY STREETS AND NO

PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Parking for Buses with Appropriate Stickers

[Regulation 4.]

(a) The Market Square.

(b) Melville Street from its Junction with Cross Street fifty (50) yards from
Hillsborough Street in a westerly direction as defined by No. 5 Bus Zone
Sign.
Buses arriving from the under-mentioned Zonal Areas and bearing the appropriate
Stickers shall park in the Areas designated—
Zone Area Covered Parking Place Appropriate Stickers
1. Grand Anse, True Bruce Street and Melville GOLD Circular marked “Zone
Blue, Calliste, Street, from its junction 1” on front and rear
Belmont. with Bruce Street to its Windscreens.
junction with Granby
Street.
1A. Woodlands, Woburn, Market Square East to GOLD Circular marked “Zone
Calivigny, Marian, West. 1A” on front and rear
Morne Jaloux. Windscreens.
2. St. Paul’s Market Square West to GREEN Circular marked
Perdmontemps, East. “Zone 2” on front and rear
Vincennes and other Windscreens.
parts of St. David’s to
the boundary of St.
Andrew’s (Lambert
Bridge).
3. Sauteurs, travelling Market Square East to YELLOW Circular marked
along the North Eastern West. “Zone 3” on front and rear
and Eastern roadways Windscreens.
 to the boundary with
St. David’s (Lambert
Bridge).
4. Sauteurs, Victoria, Melville Street between PINK Circular marked “Zone
Gouyave, Grand Roy to Granby Street and Old 4” on front and rear
the boundary with St. Central Police Station. Windscreens.
George’s (Woodford
Bridge).
5. Brizan, Beausejour, Melville Street between BLUE Circular marked “Zone
Happy Hill, Mt. Old Central Police 5” on front and rear
Moritz, Grand Mal, Station and Government Windscreens.
Fontenoy, Cherry Hill. Dispensary.
6. Grenville, Birchgrove, Market Square from WHITE Circular marked “Zone
Vendome, New North to South near to 6” on front and rear
Hampshire, Beaulieu, Handicraft Centre. Windscreens.
Boca, Mt. Parnassus,
Tempe, River Road.

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation of Traffic in the City of St. George’s)
Regulations

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Definitions.
3. Busy streets.
4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets between the hours of 5
a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
5. Parked vehicles prohibited on any street.
6. Prevention of obstruction at congested traffic bottlenecks.
7. Special provision as to Monckton Street.
8. Special provision as to vehicles loading or unloading within the
limits of congested traffic bottlenecks.
9. Public stands.
10. Stopping places for motor omnibuses.
First Schedule Busy Streets
Second Schedule Parking Places
Third Schedule Congested Traffic Bottlenecks
Fourth Schedule Stands for Goods Vehicles and Public Service Vehicles
Fifth Schedule Stopping Places for Motor Omnibuses

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN

THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS
[Section 81.]

[24th June, 1950.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation
of Traffic in the City of St. George’s) Regulations.
2. Definitions
In these Regulations—
“Board” means the Grenada Transport Board;
“parked vehicle” means a vehicle left stationary by the driver or the person in
charge thereof in any place elsewhere than in a garage, the driver or person in charge
thereof not being in attendance thereon;
“standing vehicle” means a public service or other passenger vehicle remaining
stationary for a period of short duration for the sole purpose of setting down or taking
up passengers;
“stationary vehicle” means a vehicle remaining stationary for whatever cause or
purpose upon any street or public place;
“waiting vehicle” means—
(a) a passenger vehicle waiting on any street or public place while a call of short
duration is being made by the occupants or by any one of them at nearby
premises;
(b) a goods vehicle waiting for the sole purpose of loading or unloading at
nearby premises.

3. Busy streets
For the purposes of these Regulations, all those streets in the city of St. George’s set
out in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be busy streets.

4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets between the hours of 5 a.m. and
5 p.m. on weekdays
No vehicle shall wait on a busy street between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays:
Provided that a goods vehicle may wait for such period as may be reasonable for the
sole purpose of loading or unloading so long as the driver or person in charge thereof
shall be in attendance thereon throughout the period of waiting:
Provided also that a motor car may wait on such places on a busy street as shall or may
at any future time be specially set aside and marked off for the purpose by the Board:
Provided further that between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays no motor
car shall wait for a period exceeding 30 minutes on any place so set aside and marked.

5. Parked vehicles prohibited on any street

No vehicle shall be parked on any street in the city of St. George’s save and except
upon a parking place as shall or may at any time be specially set aside and marked off for
the purpose by the Board and subject to the conditions and limitations as to the period of
time for which vehicles may remain parked thereon as prescribed in the Second Schedule
hereto.

6. Prevention of obstruction at congested traffic bottlenecks

(1) The portions of streets contiguous to the street intersections as prescribed and
delineated in the Third Schedule hereto shall for the purposes of these Regulations be
deemed to be congested traffic bottlenecks.
(2) Unless prevented from proceeding, due to circumstances beyond the control of the
driver or the person in charge thereof or unless it is necessary in order to avoid accident,
no vehicle shall stop or remain stationary within the limits of a congested traffic
bottleneck.

7. Special provision as to Monckton Street

It shall not be lawful for any vehicle to remain stationary on that portion of Monckton
Street lying between its junction with Young Street and the gateway leading into the
Treasury Court Yard:
Provided that not more than one vehicle at a time shall be permitted to wait there for
the sole purpose of loading or unloading at premises fronting thereon so long as the driver
or person in charge of the vehicle shall remain in attendance thereof:
And provided further that the period of waiting shall not exceed twenty minutes.

8. Special provision as to vehicles loading or unloading within the limits of

congested traffic bottlenecks
In the event of the owner or occupier of any premises fronting that part of a street
lying within a congested traffic bottleneck and having no convenient means of access
from the side or rear requiring to load or unload goods at such premises the said owner or
occupier shall give reasonable notice to the Commissioner of Police of such intention and
the Commissioner of Police shall upon receipt of such notice make requisite
arrangements for the direction and control of traffic while the vehicle or vehicles engaged
in the conveyance of such goods are stationary for the purpose of loading or unloading.

9. Public stands
The Board shall appoint places where goods vehicles and public service vehicles or
any particular class of public service vehicle may wait. Such public stands shall be in the
places prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto and shall be suitably marked off by the
Board.

10. Stopping places for motor omnibuses

(1) The Board shall appoint places where motor omnibuses shall stop for the purpose
of setting down and taking up passengers. Such stopping places shall be in the streets in
the city of St. George’s prescribed in the Fifth Schedule hereto and shall be suitably
indicated and marked off by the Board.
(2) It shall not be lawful for the driver of a motor omnibus to stop such vehicle and
allow it to remain standing on any street in the city of St. George’s elsewhere than on an
approved stopping place or public stand:
Provided that no person shall be guilty of an offence against this Regulation if the
vehicle of which he or she is the driver is prevented from proceeding due to
circumstances beyond the control of such driver or if it is necessary to stop such vehicle
in order to avoid accident.
(3) It shall not be lawful for any other class of vehicle to stop or remain stationary for
any purpose whatsoever upon an approved stopping place for motor omnibuses.
(4) It shall not be lawful for any person to leave any vehicle or trailer or to place any
booth, stall, stand, cask, ladder, pole, lumber, stones, sand or any other material or object
upon any street in a position likely to hinder or obstruct the free access or egress of a
motor omnibus requiring to use an approved stopping place.

First Schedule
 MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Busy Streets
[Regulation 3.]

(a) The Wharf Roadway.

(b) Halifax Street.
(c) That portion of St. John’s Street which lies between its junction with Halifax
Street and Melville Street.
(d) Granby Street.
(e) Melville Street.
(f) Bruce Street.
(g) Monckton Street.
(h) Matthew Street.
(i) Scott Street.
(j) That portion of Lucas Street extending from its junction with Church Street
as far as the boundary of the city of St. George’s.
(k) Church Street between its junction with Young and Lucas Streets.
(l) Young Street.

Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Parking Places
[Regulation 5.]

Those areas in the under-mentioned streets as have been marked off by means of lines
and lettering placed upon the street surface and by means of sign boards are appointed by
the Board to be parking places for private motor cars and taxis. No vehicle shall remain
parked upon any such area for a longer period than 4 hours—
(a) The Wharf Roadway;
(b) Melville Street;
(c) Gore Street;
(d) Lucas Street;
(e) Woolwich Road;
(f) Tyrrel Street;
(g) Green Street.
 Third Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Congested Traffic Bottlenecks

[Regulation 6.]

(a) The Lamolie Hill Cross Roads, including that portion of—
(i) Young Street lying within a distance of 190 feet from the cross roads,
(ii) Church Street lying within a distance of 100 feet from the cross roads,
(iii) Halifax Street lying within 200 feet from the cross roads.
(b) All that part of Monckton Street extending from its junction with Young
Street and the entrance to the Sendall Tunnel:
Provided that one vehicle at a time shall be permitted to wait on Monckton
Street in compliance with the requirements of regulation 10(3); and provided
further that not more than two motor vehicles at one time may be drawn up
immediately outside the filling station on the South side of Monckton Street
for the sole purpose of obtaining supplies of petrol and lubricating oils and
may remain standing for such period of time only as may be reasonable for
such purpose.
(c) The Junction of Church and Lucas Streets, including—
(i) that portion of Church Street lying within a distance of 60 feet on both
sides from its junction with Lucas Street,
(ii) that portion of Lucas Street extending from the Western end of the
Long Wall to the junction with Church Street.
(d) That area of Lucas Street known as the Long Wall extending from the
Western end of Long Wall, including Lucas Street on the one hand, the street
below the Long Wall and adjacent to the junction of Scott and Tyrrel Streets
on the other hand, and extending along Lucas Street for a distance of 60 feet
from the Eastern end of the Long Wall.
(e) That portion of St. John Street lying between its junction with Halifax Street
and Melville Street.

Fourth Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Stands for Goods Vehicles and Public Service Vehicles

[Regulation 9.]

Those areas in or adjacent to the under-mentioned streets described hereunder which

have been marked off by means of lines and lettering marked upon the surface of such
areas and indicated by means of sign boards are appointed by the Board to be stands for
goods vehicles and motor omnibuses, namely—
 (a) the area at the back of the Hotel Antilles adjacent to Monckton Street;
(b) Cato’s Lot;
(c) the portion of the Esplanade on Melville Street formerly known as the “Old
Fish Market”.

Fifth Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

CITY OF ST. GEORGE’S) REGULATIONS

Stopping Places for Motor Omnibuses

[Regulation 10.]

Stopping places for motor omnibuses shall be appointed by the Board at suitable
places on the under-mentioned streets and shall be indicated by a sign bearing the words
“BUS STOP” and by lines marked upon the surface of the said streets, namely—
(a) Lucas Street;
(b) Scott Street;
(c) The Wharf Roadway;
(d) Tyrrel Street;
(e) Church Street;
(f) Melville Street;
(g) River Road.

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation of Traffic in the Town of Grenville)
Regulations

Amended by
SRO 48 of 1960

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Definitions.
3. Busy streets.
4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets.
5. Parked vehicles prohibited on busy streets.
6. Special provisions as to George Paterson Street.
7. Public stands.
8. Stopping places of motor omnibuses.
First Schedule Busy Streets
Second Schedule Parking Places
Third Schedule Public Stands
Fourth Schedule Stopping Places for Motor Omnibuses
 MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN
THE TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS
[Section 81 amended by SRO 48 of 1960.]

[6th November, 1954.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Regulation
of Traffic in the Town of Grenville) Regulations.

2. Definitions
In these Regulations—
“Board” means the Grenada Transport Board;
“parked vehicle” means a vehicle left stationary by the driver or the person in
charge thereof in any place elsewhere than in a garage, the driver or person in charge
thereof not being in attendance thereon;
“standing vehicle” means a public service vehicle or other passenger vehicle
remaining stationary for a period of short duration for the sole purpose of setting down
or taking up passengers;
“stationary vehicle” means a vehicle remaining stationary for whatever cause or
purpose upon any street or public place;
“waiting vehicle” means—
(a) a passenger vehicle waiting on any street or public place while a call of short
duration is being made by the occupants or by any one of them at nearby
premises;
(b) a goods vehicle waiting for the sole purpose of loading or unloading at
nearby premises.

3. Busy streets
For the purposes of these Regulations, all those streets in the town of Grenville set out
in the First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be busy streets.

4. Waiting vehicles prohibited on busy streets

No vehicle shall wait on a busy street between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays:
Provided that a goods vehicle may wait for such period as may be reasonable for the
sole purpose of loading or unloading so long as the driver or person in charge thereof
shall be in attendance thereon throughout the period of waiting:
Provided also that a motor car may wait on such place on a busy street as shall or may
at any future time be specially set aside and marked off for the purpose by the Board:
Provided further that between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays no motor
car shall wait for a period exceeding thirty minutes on any place so set aside and marked.

5. Parked vehicles prohibited on busy streets

No vehicle shall be parked on any busy street in the town of Grenville save and except
upon a parking place as shall or may at any future time be specially set aside and marked
off for the purpose by the Board and subject to the conditions and limitations as to the
period of time for which vehicles may remain parked thereon as prescribed in the Second
Schedule hereto.

6. Special provisions as to George Paterson Street

It shall not be lawful for any vehicle to remain stationary on that portion of George
Paterson Street lying between its junction with Victoria Street on the East and Albert
Street on the West:
Provided that not more than one vehicle at a time shall be permitted to wait thereon so
long as the driver or person in charge thereof shall remain in attendance thereon; and
provided further that the period of waiting shall not exceed twenty minutes:
Provided further that this Regulation shall apply on Saturdays only.

7. Public stands
The Board shall appoint places where goods vehicles and public service vehicles or
any particular class of public service vehicles may wait. Such public stands shall be in the
places prescribed in the Third Schedule hereto and shall be suitably marked off by the
Board.

8. Stopping places of motor omnibuses

(1) The Board shall appoint places where motor omnibuses shall stop for the purpose
of setting down and taking up passengers. Such stopping places shall be in the streets in
the town of Grenville prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto and shall be suitably
indicated and marked off by the Board.
(2) It shall not be lawful for the driver of a motor omnibus to stop such vehicle and
allow it to remain standing on any street in the town of Grenville elsewhere than on an
approved stopping place or public stand:
Provided that no person shall be guilty of an offence against this Regulation if the
vehicle of which he or she is the driver is prevented from proceeding due to
circumstances beyond the control of such driver or if it is necessary to stop such vehicle
in order to avoid accident.
(3) It shall not be lawful for any other class of vehicle to stop or remain stationary for
any purpose whatsoever upon an approved stopping place for motor omnibuses.
(4) It shall not be lawful for any person to leave any vehicle or trailer or to place any
booth, stall, cask, ladder, pole, lumber, stones, sand or any other material or object upon
any street in a position likely to hinder or obstruct the free access or egress of a motor
omnibus requiring to use an approved place.

First Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

Busy Streets
[Regulation 3.]

Jubilee Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street and George Paterson Street shall be
named busy streets.
 Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

Parking Places
[Regulation 5.]

Those areas in the under-mentioned streets as have been marked off by means of lines
and lettering placed upon the street surface or by means of sign boards are appointed by
the Board to be parking places for motor vehicles. No vehicle shall remain parked upon
any such area for a longer period than 4 hours—
(a) George V. Street, from its junction with Albert Street and Seton James
Avenue;
(b) Seton James Avenue from its junction with Jubilee Street, Seton Browne
Avenue and Chapel Road.

Third Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

Public Stands
[Regulation 7.]

The places so set apart for the purpose on Victoria Street, i.e.—
(a) the Fish Market;
(b) the Parking places on Victoria Street marked off by the Board;
(c) such other places as the Board might mark off for the purpose.

Fourth Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC (REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN THE

TOWN OF GRENVILLE) REGULATIONS

Stopping Places for Motor Omnibuses

[Regulation 8.]

Stopping places for motor omnibuses shall be appointed by the Board at suitable
places on the under-mentioned streets and shall be indicated by a sign bearing the words
“BUS STOP” and by lines marked upon the surface of the said streets, namely—
(a) Victoria and Albert Streets;
 (b) Seton Browne Avenue;
(c) Wharf Lane;
(d) such other streets and/or roads in the town of Grenville, at the discretion of
the Board.

Motor Vehicles And Road Traffic Regulations

Amended by
SRO 15 of 1964
SRO 52 of 1968
SRO 11 of 1971
SRO 20 of 1972
SRO 1 of 1983
SRO 4 of 1985
SRO 6 of 2011

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I

Preliminary
1. Citation.
2. Definitions.
3. Forms, as in First Schedule.

PART II

Registration
4. Application by owner for registration.
5. Number to be assigned.
6. When Licensing Authority may cancel registration.
7. Identification mark.
8. Position of identification mark.
9. Illumination of identification mark at night.
10. General identification marks for dealers.

PART III

Licensing
11. Licences and licence plates.
12. Licences—Fixing of.
13. Number of persons to be carried to be painted on public service
vehicles.
13A. Identification of “Hiring Cars” or “Taxis”.

PART IV

Driving and Conductors’ Permits

14. Grant of or renewal of driving permits.
15. Issue of driving permit.
16. Application for renewal prior to date of expiration.
17. Conductor’s permit.
18. Badges for conductors.
19. Re-issue of lost or defaced permit or badge.
20. Cancellation or suspension of conductor’s permit.
21. Cancellation or suspension of driver’s permit.

PART V

Inspection of Motor Vehicles

22. Inspection of public service vehicles, etc., and register.
23. Conditions of use of motor vehicles on public road.

PART VI

Use of Motor Vehicle

24. Parking lights.
25. Prohibition on noisy instruments in a motor vehicle.
26. Rules to be observed by drivers.
27. Filling petrol into motor vehicles.
28. Noisy motor vehicles.
29. Tyres.

PART VII

Public Service Vehicles – Construction and Maintenance

Motor Omnibuses
30. Body and chassis.
31. Flooring.
32. Fittings for motor omnibuses.
33. Seats and seating capacity.
34. Steps, etc.
35. Toe-guards.
36. Driver’s seat.
37. Internal height.
38. Licensing Authority may delegate its powers.
39. Loading of omnibuses.
40. Spent.
41. Special regulations for drivers of public service vehicles.
42. Touting.
43. Driver’s uniform and badge.
44. Special regulations for motor bus conductors.
45. Refusal to hire motor vehicle.
46. Motor bus to proceed direct to destination.
47. Lost property.
48. Entering or leaving bus.
49. Motor omnibus to carry conductor.
50. Motor vehicles fares.
51. Statement of fares to be exhibited.
52. Payment of fares.
53. Licensing Authority may require production of motor vehicle.
First Schedule Forms
Second Schedule Fees
 MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
[Section 81 amended by SRO 15 of 1964, SRO 52 of 1968, SRO 11 of 1971, SRO 20 of 1972,
SRO 1 of 1983, SRO 4 of 1985, SRO 6 of 2011.]

[24th September, 1938.]

PART I

Preliminary

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations.

2. Definitions
In these Regulations—
“Act” means the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act;
“at night” means from half an hour after sunset until half and hour before sunrise,
or such other period for the lighting of vehicles as shall be fixed from time to time by
the Minister and published in the Gazette;
“overall length” means the overall length of a vehicle exclusive of the starting
handle or bumpers, if any, and of the hood, if any, when down;
“overall width” means the width measured between parallel planes passing through
the extreme projecting points of the vehicle exclusive of any driving mirror;
“public stand” means an appointed place where public service vehicles or any
particular class of public service vehicles may wait;
“road signal” means lines or marks, direction arrows or words painted or otherwise
marked, with the approval of the Licensing Authority, on the surface of the roadway
or elsewhere indicating the manner or direction in which any vehicle is to be driven on
any road and the position on such road that any vehicle is to occupy when being
driven or being parked thereon and when approaching corners or crossing street
junctions;
“Schedule” means a Schedule to these Regulations.

3. Forms, as in First Schedule

For the purposes of the Act the Forms set out in the First Schedule, or forms to the like
effect, may be used in the cases to which they refer, with such variation as the Licensing
Authority may consider desirable.

PART II

Registration

4. Application by owner for registration

The owner of a motor vehicle or trailer who desires to register it shall apply to the
Licensing Authority and shall furnish him or her with the particulars set out in Form 1 of
application in the First Schedule.
5. Number to be assigned
On receipt of any such application, with the particulars and the fee of two dollars and
fifty cents the Licensing Authority shall, subject to the provisions of the Act, assign a
separate number to the motor vehicle or trailer and register it by making the required
entries in the Register. On the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer the Licensing
Authority shall furnish the owner thereof with a certified copy of the entry.

6. When Licensing Authority may cancel registration

If the Licensing Authority is satisfied that a motor vehicle or trailer which has been
registered is destroyed, broken up or permanently removed from the State, he or she may
cause the entries in the Register with respect to that motor vehicle or trailer to be
cancelled, and may, if he or she thinks fit, assign the registered number of the motor
vehicle or trailer to any other motor vehicle or trailer.

7. Identification mark
The identification mark to be carried by a registered motor vehicle or trailer in
pursuance of the provisions therefor in the principal Act shall consist of two plates which
must conform as to size, numbering and otherwise with the provisions set out in the First
Schedule.

8. Position of identification mark

(1) The plates forming the identification mark shall be fixed, one on the front and the
other on the back of the motor vehicle or trailer, in an upright position, so that every
figure on the plate is upright and easily distinguishable, in the case of the plate placed on
the front of the motor vehicle or trailer from in front of the motor vehicle or trailer, and in
the case of the plate placed on the back, from behind the motor vehicle or trailer.
(2) In the case of a motorcycle, the plate fixed on the front of the cycle may, if it is a
plate having duplicate faces conforming with the First Schedule be fixed so that from
whichever side the cycle is viewed the figures on one or other face of the plate are easily
distinguishable, though they may not be distinguishable from the front of the cycle.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the plates forming the identification
mark shall be fixed on the motor vehicle or trailer in the position indicated in the
particulars given in the application for the registration of the motor vehicle or trailer or
subsequently furnished to the Licensing Authority, or if he or she is not satisfied with the
position so indicated, in such a position as he or she directs.

9. Illumination of identification mark at night

(1) Whenever a motor vehicle or trailer is used on a public road at night, a lamp shall
be kept burning on the motor vehicle, or trailer so contrived as to illuminate by means of
reflection, transparency or otherwise, and render easily distinguishable, every letter or
figure on the identification place fixed on the back of the motor vehicle or trailer.
(2) In the application of this Regulation to a motorcycle, the place fixed on the front
of the cycle may, if desired, be substituted for the place fixed on the back of the cycle.

10. General identification marks for dealers

(1) The Licensing Authority may assign to the holder of a dealer’s general licence
such number of general identification marks as he or she thinks fit. The marks shall be
such as the Licensing Authority directs in each case:
Provided that—
 (a) they shall consist of two plates, each having placed thereon or annexed
thereto some distinguishing number;
(b) the colouring of the plates shall be different from that used for the plates
forming the ordinary identification mark; and
(c) the numbering of the plates shall, so far as possible, be similar to those
required in the case of the plates forming the ordinary identification mark.
(2) Every holder of a dealer’s general licence to whom general identification marks
have been assigned shall keep a Demonstration Book, and on every occasion on which
such identification mark is used on a motor vehicle he or she shall make or cause to be
made in the Demonstration Book an immediate entry of the following particulars—
(i) Date,
(ii) Identification mark,
(iii) Description of motor vehicle on which used,
(iv) Driver’s name,
(v) Time of departure from garage,
(vi) Time of return to garage,
(vii) Purpose for which the motor vehicle is used.
(3) The provisions of these Regulations which relate to the fixing and illumination of
identification plates shall apply to the plates forming the general identification mark as
they apply to the plates forming the ordinary identification mark.
(4) A motor vehicle used under the authority of a dealer’s general licence shall not be
used for any purposes other than those specified in section 22 of the Act and shall not be
used for private or trade purposes either by the dealer or by any other person.

PART III

Licensing

11. Licences and licence plates

(1) The owner of a registered motor vehicle or trailer who desires to licence it shall
apply to the Licensing Authority and shall furnish him or her with the particulars set out
in Form 2 in the First Schedule.
(2) On receipt of such application the Licensing Authority, if satisfied that the
provisions of the Act and these Regulations have been complied with, shall issue a
licence in Form 3 in the First Schedule which shall be affixed to the motor vehicle or
trailer in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
(2A) With effect from the 4th day of August 2011, Form 3 as issued by the Licensing
Authority under regulation 11 (2) of the is hereby substituted by Form 3A as provided for
in the First Schedule of the principle regulations.
(2B) Form 3A shall have the same use and effect from the time period specified in
sub-regulation 11 (2A).
(3) The Licensing Authority shall not issue a licence for any public service vehicle or
goods vehicle until he or she has a certificate from the Inspector in Form 7 in the First
Schedule.

12. Licences—Fixing of
 The licence shall be placed in a metal disk which shall be affixed to the windscreen or
other prominent part of the car approved by the Licensing Authority.

13. Number of persons to be carried to be painted on public service vehicles

The owner of every public service vehicle shall, in addition to affixing a licence plate,
keep distinctly painted on the outside of such vehicle the number of persons which, under
the terms of the licence, may be carried in such vehicle. Such number shall be painted in
conspicuous figures and shall ordinarily be placed in the following position, namely—
(a) in the case of a taxi, on the outside of the right front door;
(b) in the case of a motor omnibus, on the outside right of the driver’s seat.

13A. Identification of “Hiring Cars” or “Taxis”

The owner or driver of a hiring car or taxi shall, in addition to complying with the
provisions of the preceding regulation, keep distinctly painted on the outside of such a
vehicle the word “TAXI” in conspicuous letters which shall ordinarily be placed in the
following positions, namely—
(a) on the top front of the vehicle immediately above the windshield; and
(b) on the rear of the vehicle immediately above the window:
Provided that as an alternative to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) the owner
or driver of a hiring car or taxi may use any device placed on the roof of the said hiring
car or taxi which in the opinion of the Licensing Authority sufficiently indicates the
vehicle to be a public service vehicle.

PART IV

Driving and Conductors’ Permits

14. Grant of or renewal of driving permits

A person who desires to obtain the grant or renewal of a driving permit to drive a
motor vehicle shall apply to the Licensing Authority and furnish him or her with the
particulars set out in Form 4 in the First Schedule.

15. Issue of driving permit

If the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the provisions of the Act and these
Regulations have been complied with he or she shall, on payment of the prescribed fee,
issue a driving permit in Form 5 set out in the First Schedule:
Provided that members of the Force authorised in writing by the Commissioner of
Police shall be exempt from the payment of any such fee.

16. Application for renewal prior to date of expiration

Application for the grant or renewal of a driving permit may be received and dealt
with at any time within one month before the date on which the renewal of the driving
permit is to take effect.

17. Conductor’s permit

(1) A person shall not act as a conductor of a motor omnibus unless he or she is the
holder of a permit authorising him or her for the purpose; and no person shall employ any
person who is not so authorised to act as such.
 (2) A person who desires to obtain the grant or renewal of a permit as a conductor of a
motor omnibus shall apply to the Licensing Authority and shall furnish him or her with
the particulars set out in Form 6 in the First Schedule.
(3) Every applicant for a permit as a conductor of a motor omnibus or a goods vehicle
shall satisfy the Licensing Authority that he or she—
(a) has reached the age prescribed by section 36 of the Act and is physically and
mentally fit;
(b) is of good character;
(c) has sufficient knowledge of the rules of the road and of the Motor Vehicles
and Road Traffic Regulations of the State.
(4) The Licensing Authority on being satisfied as above shall grant a permit to the
applicant on payment of a fee of one dollar and fifty cents.
(5) The permit shall be in such form as may be approved by the Licensing Authority
and shall have attached thereto a photograph of the applicant, such photograph being
supplied in duplicate by the applicant when applying for the permit. The permit shall
commence on the day on which the same is granted and shall expire on the 31st December,
next following.
(6) Every conductor shall on being required by any constable in uniform, produce his
or her permit for examination so as to enable such constable to ascertain the name and
address of the holder of the permit, the date of issue, and the Licensing Officer by whom
it was issued, and if he or she fails to do so, he or she shall be guilty of an offence under
this Regulation:
Provided that, if within forty-eight hours after the production of his or her permit was
so required, the holder produces the permit in person at such Police Station as may be
specified by him or her at the time its production was required, he or she shall not be
convicted for such offence.

18. Badges for conductors

On the grant of a permit to a driver or conductor of a motor omnibus a metal badge
upon which there shall be marked the word “driver” or “conductor” respectively and the
year of issue, shall be delivered to such person. Such badge shall be worn at all times
when the driver or conductor is on duty in such a manner as to be easily seen.

19. Re-issue of lost or defaced permit or badge

If a person to whom any permit or badge has been granted by the Licensing Authority
satisfies the Licensing Authority that his or her permit or badge has been lost or defaced,
the Licensing Authority shall on payment of a fee of twenty-five cents issue to him or her
a duplicate of such permit or badge.

20. Cancellation or suspension of conductor’s permit

The Licensing Authority may cancel or suspend the permit of any conductor on any
conviction or contravention of the Act or of these Regulations or on being satisfied that
he or she is not a fit and proper person to hold a conductor’s licence.

21. Cancellation or suspension of driver’s permit

(1) If it appears to the Licensing Authority that there is reason to believe that any
person who holds a driver’s permit is suffering from a disease or physical disability likely
to cause the driving by him or her of a motor vehicle being a vehicle of any such class or
description as he or she is authorised by the permit to drive, to be a source of danger to
the public, and on inquiring into the matter, the Licensing Officer is satisfied that the
holder of the permit is suffering from such a disease or disability as aforesaid, then
whether or not the holder of the permit so suffering as aforesaid has previously passed a
driving test, the Licensing Officer may, after giving to the holder of the permit notice of
his or her intention to do so, revoke the permit and the holder shall on receipt of such
notice deliver the permit to the Licensing Officer for cancellation.
(2) If any person is aggrieved by the revocation of a driving permit under this
Regulation he or she may, after giving notice to the Licensing Officer of his or her
intention to do so, appeal to the Licensing Authority, and on any such appeal the
Licensing Authority may confirm or revoke the decision of the Licensing Officer.

PART V

Inspection of Motor Vehicles

22. Inspection of public service vehicles, etc., and register

(1) Every applicant for the grant or renewal of a licence in respect of a public service
vehicle, goods vehicle or trailer shall produce such vehicle to such Inspector as the
Licensing Authority may direct for examination and shall, at the same time, furnish him
or her with such information as may be required, including the following—
(a) the name of the manufacturer of the chassis;
(b) model;
(c) engine number and number of cylinders;
(d) year manufactured;
(e) factory number of chassis;
(f) maximum gross weight in lbs. avoirdupois;
(g) type of body:
Provided that if the applicant is unable to furnish the information required the
Inspector may describe such vehicle from his or her own observation.
(2) The Inspector shall examine such public service vehicle, goods vehicle or trailer,
and if satisfied that it complies with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations and
on payment of the prescribed fee, shall issue a certificate containing such particulars
specified in Form 7 in the First Schedule, and no licence for such vehicle shall be issued
or renewed unless the Inspector certifies that the vehicle complies with all the provisions
of the Act and of these Regulations.
(2A) The Inspector may once in each calendar year at intervals of not less than nine
months by notice published in the Gazette call up for examination by an inspector or
Licensing Officer at such time and date or times and dates and such place or places as
shall be specified in the said notice (and may by subsequent notice in the Gazette
postpone or alter such time and date or times and dates) all private motor cars or any
specified type, model, class or group of private motor cars.
(2B) In respect of any private motor car so examined and found to conform to the
provisions of the Act and the Regulations and to be in a fit and proper state of repair and
condition for safe use on the public roads shall cause a certificate of fitness to be issued
upon payment of such fee as the Licensing Authority may prescribe and no private motor
vehicle shall be driven or used on a public road after the date prescribed for examination
in any such notice unless a certificate of fitness has been issued as aforesaid.
(3) The Inspector shall keep a register in Form 8 in the First Schedule of all certificates
granted by him or her in respect of public service vehicles, goods vehicles or trailers.
 (4) Every Licensing Officer shall have power to call up for examination by an
Inspector at any time any motor vehicle or trailer which he or she has reason to believe is
not in a fit and proper state of repair or does not conform to the provisions of the Act and
of the Regulations as regards construction, equipment and maintenance.
(5) Owners intending to renew their licences in respect of public service vehicles,
goods vehicles or trailers, shall produce such vehicles to an Inspector for examination
twice annually before the 30th of June and the 31st of December; and any such owner
who is specially requested by a Licensing Officer by written notice to produce his or her
vehicle for examination shall produce such vehicle to the Inspector within the time
specified in the notice.
(6) If by the 30th of June and the 31st of December the Inspector has not been able to
examine any vehicle produced to him or her for examination, he or she shall extend the
last certificate for such further period as he or she may consider necessary in order to
enable an examination to be carried out, and to enable a renewal of the licence to be
granted:
Provided that the renewal licence so issued shall be subject to modification in order to
confirm to the result of the subsequent examination of the vehicle:
Provided further that no public service vehicle, or goods vehicle, or trailer, shall be
used on the road unless the owner thereof has obtained a new certificate or an extension
of his or her last certificate.
(7) If, after the granting of an extension of the certificate, the Inspector finds it
necessary on subsequent examination to condemn the vehicle and to prohibit its use on
the road, the Cabinet may in its discretion authorise a rebate of such proportion of the
licence duty paid in respect of such vehicle as he or she thinks fit.
(8) The Licensing Authority may issue renewals of licences and of driving permits
between the 15th and 30th days of June and the 15th and 31st days of December, to
become effective on the following 1st day of July and 1st day of January, respectively.

23. Conditions of use of motor vehicles on public road

No person shall cause or permit a motor vehicle or trailer to be used on any public
road, or shall drive or have charge of a motor vehicle or trailer when so used, unless the
conditions hereinafter set forth are satisfied—
(1) The motor vehicle, if it exceeds in weight, unladen, five hundred-weight, shall be
capable of being so worked that it may travel either forward or backward.
(2) The maximum width of any motor vehicle or trailer laden or unladen (such width
to be measured between the extreme projecting points of the vehicle, trailer or load) shall
not exceed—
(a) at any point less than 7 feet from the ground, 6 feet 6 inches; and
(b) at any point 7 feet or more from the ground, 8 feet:
Provided always that the Chairperson of the Transport Board may, subject to such
conditions as may from time to time be laid down by him or her, by notice published in
the Gazette, permit the use of the vehicles already in the State, and vehicles which are
henceforth imported into the State with his or her consent, of a maximum width of 7 feet
11 inches at any point less than 7 feet from the ground.
(3) The maximum length of any motor vehicle or trailer, loaded or unloaded, shall not
exceed 22 feet, such length to be measured between the extreme projecting points of the
vehicle trailer or load.
(4) (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with two entirely independent braking
systems, or with one efficient braking system having two independent means of
operation, in each case so designed and constructed that the failure of any single portion
of any braking system shall not prevent the brakes on two wheels, or, in the case of a
vehicle having less than four wheels, on one wheel, from operating effectively so as to
bring the vehicle to rest within a reasonable distance:
Provided that in the case of a single braking system, the two means of operation shall
not be deemed to be otherwise than independent solely by reason of the fact that they are
connected either directly or indirectly to the same cross shaft.
(b) In the case of a motor vehicle having more than three wheels and equipped
with two independent braking systems, each such system shall be so designed and
constructed that if the brakes thereof act either directly or indirectly on two wheels, they
shall act on two wheels on the same axle.
(c) Where, in the case of a single braking system the means of operation are
connected directly or indirectly to the same cross shaft, the brakes applied by one of such
means shall act on all of the wheels of the motor vehicle directly and not through the
transmission gear.
(d) In all cases, the brakes operated by one of the means of operation shall be
applied by direct mechanical action without the intervention of any hydraulic, electric, or
pneumatic device.
(e) In all cases, the brakes operated by one of the means of operation shall act
directly upon the wheels and not through the transmission gear.
(f) In the case of a steam-driven vehicle which is not used as a public service
vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for gain or hire, the engine of the vehicle shall
be deemed to be one independent braking system if the engine is capable of being
reversed and is incapable of being disconnected from all the road wheels other than the
steering wheels except by the sustained effort of the driver.
(g) All brakes prescribed by these Regulations shall at all times while the motor
vehicle or trailer is used on a road be maintained in good and efficient working order and
shall be properly adjusted.
(5) Every trailer shall be fitted with sufficient brakes to the satisfaction of the Inspector:
Provided that this Regulation shall not apply in the case of two-wheeled trailers not
constructed with brakes which were in use in the State prior to the commencement of
these Regulations.
(6) Every goods vehicle, motor omnibus or trailer shall have its tare and M.G.W.
painted in white figures and letters not less than two and a half inches in height upon a
black ground on a conspicuous place on the right or off side of such vehicle to be
specified by the Licensing Officer. Such weights shall be expressed in pounds
avoirdupois.
(7) The motor vehicle or trailer and all the fittings thereof shall be in such a condition
as not to cause, or to be likely to cause, danger to any person on the motor vehicle or
trailer or on any public road.
(8) All motor vehicles shall be fitted with silencers to the satisfaction of the Licensing
Authority. The use of cut-outs is forbidden throughout the State.
(9) There shall not be affixed to the front of a motor vehicle any letters or figures
other than those on the identification plate or any lighted lamps other than the head lights
and side lights except with the approval in writing of the Licensing Authority.
(10) There shall not be affixed to the rear of a motor vehicle or trailer any letters or
figures other than those on the identification and licence plates or any lighted lamp other
than the red light required by these Regulations except with the approval in writing of the
Licensing Authority.
(11) (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with two lamps at the front of the
vehicle, one on each side. When a motor vehicle is in motion on a road at night, the two
lamps at the front of the vehicle shall be lighted, and the rays from the lamps shall be
uncoloured and if the vehicle is capable of proceeding at a speed greater than 20 miles an
hour, of such intensity as to illuminate the road ahead for a distance of at least 110 yards or
such greater distance as is sufficient to ensure the safety of the vehicle and the persons
carried on the vehicle, and to indicate clearly the presence of the vehicle to approaching
traffic:
Provided that a motorcycle shall show one such light as aforesaid, but if a side car is
attached to the motorcycle, there shall be shown on that side of the side car not adjacent to
the motorcycle, an additional light of sufficient intensity to indicate the presence of the side
car from a reasonable distance to approaching traffic. This proviso shall be deemed to apply
to bicycles (whether or not propelled by a motor) as well as to motorcycles.
(b) Save as is contained in regulation 24, when stationary on a road at night every
motor vehicle and every trailer not attached to a motor vehicle shall show two lights in
front, one at each side, of sufficient intensity to indicate the presence of the motor vehicle
or trailer from a reasonable distance to approaching traffic:
Provided that a motorcycle not attached to a side car shall show one such light as
aforesaid.
(c) Save as is contained in regulation 24, every motor vehicle and trailer, when on
a road at night, whether in motion or stationary, shall carry one lamp showing a red light
to the rear, of such intensity as to indicate clearly within a reasonable distance its
presence on the road to traffic approaching from behind, and the lamp shall be of such
construction and shall show an uncoloured light of such intensity as to illuminate clearly
the figures and numbers on the rear identification plate. The lamp shall be so fixed that it
is either on the centre-line or offside of the vehicle, and that no part of the vehicle
projects beyond such lamp so as to obstruct the light from view of following vehicles:
Provided that where a trailer is attached to a tractor it shall be sufficient if one such
lamp as aforesaid is carried at the rear of the trailer only.
(d) No spot lights or other similar swivelling lights shall be carried on any motor
vehicle without the authority of the Licensing Authority who may authorise such lights at
his or her discretion, and subject to such conditions as he or she may impose.
(e) In addition to the foregoing provisions as to lights to be carried, motor
omnibuses shall also carry a lighted lamp on the inside top of the hood showing a white
light visible within a reasonable distance in all directions.
(f) In the case of motor omnibuses and goods vehicles, when either of the lamps referred
to in paragraph (a) hereof is placed in such a position that the distance of the centre of the
lamp from the extreme outside point of the vehicle on its appropriate side exceeds twelve
inches, two additional lamps shall be fitted at the front of the said vehicle, one on each
side, so that its centre shall not exceed the aforesaid distance of twelve inches, and so as
clearly to indicate the width of the vehicle to approaching traffic; the said lamps shall be
focused below the horizontal and shall exhibit a light of sufficient power only to indicate
the width of the vehicle.
(12) Unless the Chief Technical Officer (Works) in any case expressly directs in
writing—
(a) every motor vehicle and trailer shall be fitted with pneumatic tyres on every
wheel; and
(b) no motor vehicle or trailer shall be fitted with metal tyres or any kind of
metal chain or track except non-skid chains.

PART VI

Use of Motor Vehicle

24. Parking lights
No lighted lamps shall be required to be carried by motor vehicles while stationary
within 30 feet of a lighted street lamp or at public stands.

25. Prohibition on noisy instruments in a motor vehicle

No musical instrument shall be played, no noisy instrument or loudspeaker shall be
played or operated in any motor vehicle, in any public place in any town, except with the
written permission of the Commissioner of Police, and subject to any conditions entered
thereon by him or her; and any person who plays or operates any such instrument or
loudspeaker in contravention of this Regulation and the driver of the vehicle who permits
such instrument or loudspeaker to be played or operated shall be guilty of an offence
against this Regulation.

26. Rules to be observed by drivers

Every driver of a motor vehicle shall comply with the following rules—
(1) He or she shall not cause the motor vehicle to travel backward for a greater
distance or time than may be requisite for the safety or convenience of the occupants of
the motor vehicle and of the passengers and other traffic on the road.
(2) He or she shall not, when on the motor vehicle, be in such a position that he or she
cannot have full control over the same, or that he or she cannot obtain a full view of the
road and traffic ahead of the motor vehicle.
(3) He or she shall before quitting the motor vehicle stop the engine and apply the
brakes.
(4) In the case of goods vehicles and public service vehicles, not more than one person
shall sit by the side of the driver unless such vehicle has been certified by an Inspector to
have been constructed for the purpose of accommodating more than one person beside the
driver:
Provided that in the case of a vehicle fitted with the steering on the right side, no
person shall be permitted to sit on the right of the driver, and in the case of a vehicle fitted
with the steering on the left side, no person shall be permitted to sit on the left of the
driver.
(5) (a) He or she shall keep the motor vehicle on the left of the road unless prevented
by some sufficient cause.
(b) When meeting, or being overtaken by other vehicles, he or she shall keep as
close as possible to the left or near side of the road.
(c) When overtaking other vehicles, he or she shall keep to the right or off side of
such other vehicles.
(d) When being overtaken by other vehicles, he or she shall drive as close to the
side of the road as possible so as to allow such other vehicles to pass, and in all cases he
or she shall drive so as to give as much space as possible for the passing of other traffic
and shall not speed abreast any vehicle when such vehicle is overtaking him or her.
(e) He or she shall not drive so as to overtake other traffic unless he or she has a
clear and unobstructed view of the road ahead and he or she shall not overtake such other
traffic unless he or she sees that the road ahead is clear for a sufficient distance to enable
him or her to overtake and get back to this proper side before meeting any traffic coming
from the opposite direction.
(f) He or she shall not overtake traffic when rounding a corner or when roads
intersect or fork or where the road passes over the brow of a hill or over a hump-backed
bridge or in any other circumstances where the driver cannot see sufficiently far ahead to
overtake with safety.
 (g) He or she shall not cross a road or turn in a road or proceed from one road into
another road, or drive from a place which is not a road into a road, or from a road into a
place which is not a road unless he or she can do so without obstructing any other traffic
on the road, and for this purpose he or she shall be held to be obstructing other traffic if
he or she causes risk of accident thereto.
(h) When turning from one road into another road to the left he or she shall keep as
close as possible to the left side of each road.
(i) When turning from one road into another road to the right he or she shall drive
round the point of intersection of the two roads, and shall keep as close as possible to the
left side of each road.
(j) He or she shall not stop his or her motor vehicle within a distance of 30 feet
from any corner unless compelled to do so by the necessities of traffic on the road, except
in such places as may be prescribed by the Transport Board.
(k) He or she shall not draw up the motor vehicle alongside any other motor
vehicle nor shall he or she back the motor vehicle to the kerbstone of any footpath or to
the side of any road except for the purpose of turning.
(6) He or she shall not negligently or wilfully prevent, hinder or interrupt the free
passage of any vehicle, person or animal, and shall not allow such motor vehicle and any
trailer drawn thereby to stand in such road so as to cause any unnecessary obstruction
thereto.
(7) (a) He or she shall, when approaching turnings and cross roads or coming from
any private road or place to any public road slow down and make the appropriate traffic
signal.
(b) He or she shall, when turning across traffic or turning to the right, slow down
and make the appropriate traffic signal.
(c) He or she shall, when about to stop or slow down the motor on any public road,
do so gradually and make the appropriate traffic signal.
(d) He or she shall, when quitting any place at which his or her motor has been
stationary, make the appropriate signal.
(e) He or she shall comply with the directions of all road signals unless prevented
by some sufficient cause.
(8) He or she shall, when using a motor vehicle on any road, make the following
traffic signals—
(a) When about to slow down or stop or turn to the left, he or she shall extend
the right arm and hand horizontally with the palm of the hand turned
downwards and shall move the arm slowly and repeatedly downwards and
upwards keeping it below the level of the shoulder;
(b) When about to turn across traffic or to turn to the right he or she shall extend
the right hand and arm horizontally, palm turned to the front;
(c) When acknowledging a signal indicating that a following driver wishes to
pass he or she shall extend the right arm and hand below the level of the
shoulder and move them backwards and forwards:
Provided that a signal to turn to the right or to the left may be given by means of a
dummy:
Provided further that in no case shall the required traffic signal be given by the driver
of a motor omnibus by means of a dummy arm unless the construction of the motor
omnibus and the position of the driver’s seat are such as to render it impossible for the
driver to make such signal with his or her arm.
(9) He or she shall conform to the rules of the road in regard to all kinds of traffic and
shall comply with the lawful directions of any constable charged with the regulation of
traffic. He or she shall give the following signals for the purpose of indicating the
direction in which he or she wishes to proceed—
(a) when it is proposed to go straight ahead, raise the hand towards the shoulder,
and move the forearm well forwards and then back in a vertical plane,
making the movement sufficiently pronounced to be easily seen by the
constable;
(b) when it is proposed to turn to the left, point the hand to the left, making the
movement sufficiently pronounced to be easily seen;
(c) when it is proposed to turn to the right, extend the right arm and hand with
the palm turned to the front, and hold them rigid in a horizontal position
straight out from the off-side of the vehicle. (This signal may be used in any
circumstances when it may be necessary to convey the warning to traffic
following behind that it is dangerous to overtake):
Provided that the signals required by paragraphs (b) and (c) may be given by dummy
arms.
(10) Slow moving traffic shall keep as much to the left as possible at all times, and
unladen vehicles shall give way to laden vehicles.
(11) He or she shall when about to stop the motor vehicle on any road, draw up as
close as possible to the side of the road so as to allow a clear roadway for passing traffic;
and shall remove the motor vehicle at the request of any constable when it is placed in
such a position as to cause or be likely to cause obstruction on any road. He or she shall
immediately remove it when requested to do so by the occupier or the servant of the
occupier of any premises the access to which is obstructed thereby. He or she shall not
draw up the motor vehicle on a road in such a manner as to prevent or hinder the drivers
of other vehicles complying with the directions of any road signal. He or she shall not
leave the motor vehicle drawn up on any public road for an undue length of time having
regard to all the circumstances of the case including the amount of traffic which is at the
time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road.
(12) (a) He or she shall carry attached to the motor vehicles a horn or other
instrument capable of giving audible and sufficient warning of his or her approach or
position, and he or she shall by sounding the horn or other instrument give audible and
sufficient warning of his or her approach or position. He or she shall not sound this horn,
or other approved instrument, except for the purpose of giving warning of his or her
approach.
(b) No person shall use such horn or other instrument so as to be a nuisance or
annoyance to other people, and the Licensing Authority shall have power at any time to
prohibit the use of any such horn or instrument, the use of which for this purpose is likely
to be a nuisance or cause annoyance or danger to the general public. Every such horn or
other instrument shall either be of a kind which has been approved by the Licensing
Authority generally as proper to be used on motor vehicles or which has been approved
by him or her in a special case on the application of the owner of the motor vehicle.
(c) Any horn or other instrument which has been approved by the Licensing
Authority for use on motor vehicles shall not be used on any other class of vehicles.
(13) He or she shall not permit sparks, smoke or visible vapour of any avoidable
nature which would cause annoyance or danger to the public to come from any motor
vehicle in his or her charge on or near any public road and shall take proper precautions
to prevent the unnecessary discharge of lubricating oil on any road.
(14) He or she shall, on the request of any constable in uniform or of any person
having charge of a horse or any other animal, or if any such constable or person shall put
up his or her hand as a signal for that purpose, cause the motor vehicle to stop and to
remain stationary so long as may be reasonably necessary.
 (15) He or she shall not carry on the motor vehicle or trailer, or being the owner of
any motor vehicle or trailer shall not suffer or permit to be carried thereon, any tree,
timber or iron beam or any lumber or other matter or thing projecting on either side of
such motor vehicle or trailer more than one foot beyond the plane of the wheels of such
motor vehicle or trailer, or projecting more than five feet in front or behind, or in such a
manner as to obstruct, endanger, or interfere with traffic. Any officer of the police force
or the non-commissioned officer in charge of a station, may grant permits for the
transport over any road, within stated hours, by a stated route and under stated conditions,
of articles the transport of which would otherwise infringe the provisions of this
Regulation. Such permits shall be carried on the motor vehicle and shall be produced by
the driver at the request of any member of the police force.
(16) He or she shall not allow the motor vehicle to carry more persons than it is
licensed to carry.
(17) He or she shall not allow any person to ride otherwise than inside the motor vehicle:
Provided that the Licensing Authority may in its discretion give permission, which
shall be in writing, for a stated number of additional persons to be carried on a goods
vehicle, and otherwise than inside such vehicle, if in its opinion such additional persons
can be carried safely. No such additional persons shall be carried for reward.
(18) He or she shall not leave or permit to be left on any public road any motor
vehicle which has broken down without taking the requisite steps, and shall take
immediate steps to have it removed as near to the left of the road as possible.
(19) He or she shall, on the approach of any engine or other apparatus of a Fire
Brigade proceeding to or from a fire, or suspected fire, draw up close to the left hand side
of the road and stop, leaving the centre of the road clear for the passage of such engine or
other apparatus, and no two motor vehicles shall stand abreast.
(20) A motor vehicle while being driven by a person learning to drive shall clearly
display, in a conspicuous position in front and rear of the vehicle, the letter “L”. This
letter shall be painted in red on a white background and shall be not less than seven
inches high, one inch thick, and the total width of the space occupied by the same shall be
not less than five inches.
(21) The provisions of subregulations (15), (16) and (17) of this Regulation, shall be
deemed to apply to conductors as well as to drivers.

27. Filling petrol into motor vehicles

Any person who shall fill petrol into any receptacle on or adjacent to any motor
vehicle or into the tank of a motor vehicle while the engine is running, or while any light,
other than an electric light, is alight on the vehicle and any person who shall smoke or
light a match or expose a naked light in close proximity while petrol is being so filled
shall be guilty of an offence.

28. Noisy motor vehicles

Any person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle which causes a loud noise to the
annoyance or disturbance of any person, shall be guilty of an offence under these
Regulations.

29. Tyres
All tyres of a motor vehicle or trailer shall at all times be maintained in such condition
as to be free from any defect which might in any way cause damage to the surface of the
road, or danger to persons in or on the vehicle or to any person using the road:
 Provided that a person shall not be convicted under this Regulation if he or she proves
to the satisfaction of the Court that he or she could not by reasonable diligence have
become aware of the defect.

PART VII

Public Service Vehicles – Construction and Maintenance

Motor Omnibuses

30. Body and chassis

All bodies of motor omnibuses shall be of first class workmanship and be securely
bolted and braced. Where it is necessary to extend the chassis frame the extension shall
be inspected by an Inspector before the body is finally bolted and braced to the frame.

31. Flooring
Motor omnibuses shall be so constructed that the height of the main floor measured at
a certain point shall not exceed 2 feet 6 inches measured vertically from the surface of the
road when the vehicle is fully loaded:
Provided that the Inspector shall be empowered to pass vehicles as motor omnibuses
with a greater height of flooring but not exceeding the floor height passed by the Chief
Technical Officer (Works) provided he or she is satisfied as to the stability and safety of
the vehicle.

32. Fittings for motor omnibuses

Every motor omnibus shall be fitted with a speedometer approved by the Inspector
which shall be kept in working order.

33. Seats and seating capacity

(1) The width between the backs of seats when the seats are placed lengthwise must
be not less than fifty-six inches. When the seats are placed behind each other, the
unimpeded distance available for the passage between the seats shall not be less than
thirteen inches, while the distance between the backs of two seats so placed shall not be
less than twenty-seven inches and when seats are placed crosswise facing each other the
unimpeded space between them shall not be less than twenty-six inches and the depth of
each seat shall not be less than fourteen inches.
(2) The supports of all seats shall be firmly fixed in position and at least fifteen inches
of unimpeded space allowed for each passenger measured along each seat.
(3) This Regulation shall not apply to motor omnibuses registered before the
commencement of these Regulations.

34. Steps, etc.

No steps, foot-board or running board shall be allowed on the right or off side of any
motor omnibus. Horizontal metal rails spaced not more than nine inches apart shall run
from end to end and from floor level to two feet above the level of the seats. Such rails
shall not be movable.

35. Toe-guards
 Where running-boards, steps or footboards are fitted to the left or near side of the
omnibus these must be fitted with a toe-guard at least four inches above the running-
board, step or foot-board and securely fastened to same. The length of this toe-guard not
to be less than six inches longer than the outside diameter of the rear tyre and to be fitted
equidistant from the centre of the rear wheel.

36. Driver’s seat

The driver’s seat shall not be less than two feet wide, and shall be so constructed that
there is a space of at least one foot on each side of the steering column, the space between
the rear lower part of the steering wheel and the top of the driver’s seat (inclusive of any
cushion) shall not be less than seven inches. This seat shall slope backwards with a rake
of one and one-half inches per foot measured horizontally, the distance between the back
part of the steering wheel and the back of the driver’s seat shall not be less than thirteen
inches. The driver’s seat shall be divided off from that of the person sitting beside him or
her on his or her left by a wooden partition not less than thirty inches high measured from
the floor, and extending from the front of the front seat to the dashboard. In any case this
partition is to have a clearance of not less than two inches to the left of the extreme left
lever controlled by the driver.

37. Internal height

The internal height measure in the centre line of a motor omnibus from floor to lower
edge of hoop-stick or other projections on the ceiling shall not be less than five feet six
inches:
Provided that this Regulation shall not apply to motor omnibuses which shall have
been registered before the commencement of these Regulations.

38. Licensing Authority may delegate its powers

All acts and things required by this Part of these Regulations to be done by the
Licensing Authority may be done by any person or persons to whom it may from time to
time delegate all or any of its powers.

39. Loading of omnibuses

(1) A motor omnibus carrying goods in the place of passengers shall only carry goods
to the weight of 126 lbs. for each person allowed to be carried, and if carrying at the same
time passengers and goods other than passengers’ personal luggage shall only carry goods
to the weight of 126 lbs. for each person by which the number of persons carried is short
of the maximum number of persons allowed to be carried on the vehicle.
(2) All such goods shall be carried in a special compartment at the rear of the motor
omnibus. Such compartment shall be approved by the Inspector and shall be separate and
distinct from the passenger accommodation.
(3) For the purpose of computing the number of persons in a motor omnibus, two
children under the age of ten years shall be reckoned as one person, and children in arms
shall not be reckoned at all.

40. Spent.

41. Special regulations for drivers of public service vehicles

The driver of a public service vehicle shall comply with the following regulations—
(a) he shall not use a horn or other instrument for the purpose of calling
passengers;
 (b) he shall not smoke after objection made by any passenger;
(c) he shall not make use to any passenger of any abusive language or insulting
gestures;
(d) he shall not call out to or otherwise importune any person to travel by such
public service vehicle;
(e) he shall not loiter for the purpose of procuring passengers or otherwise;
(f) he shall not, while waiting to pick up passengers, race his or her engine or
make any loud or unnecessary noise with his or her engine;
(g) he shall, at the request of any passenger, immediately stop in order to enable
such passenger to alight:
Provided that he or she does not thereby cause an obstruction:
Provided further that on roads where omnibus stopping places are
prescribed, he or she shall not pick up or set down passengers elsewhere than
at such places;
(h) he shall not in the city of St. George’s draw up his or her omnibus on a road
other than at a public stand appointed under these Regulations, except for the
purpose of taking on or discharging passengers;
(i) he shall maintain the public service vehicle in a clean and sanitary condition;
(j) he shall carry at least one spare inflated tyre fixed to the rim, spare wheels or
other device capable of being fitted to a wheel or axle.

42. Touting
No owner, driver or conductor of a public service vehicle plying for hire, or any
person, shall speak, make any noise, or sound any instrument in order to attract the
attention of the public or of a possible passenger; or by troublesome and frequent demands,
or by persistent following hold out the vehicle for hire to the public in such a manner as to
constitute a nuisance, or act in any way so as to cause annoyance or inconvenience to any
person.

43. Driver’s uniform and badge

Every driver of a motor omnibus on a public road shall at all times—
(a) wear his or her badge conspicuously and in such a manner that the whole of
the writing thereon is distinctly legible;
(b) be suitably attired and wear boots or shoes.

44. Special regulations for motor bus conductors

Every conductor of a motor omnibus on a public road shall comply with the following
regulations—
(a) he or she shall not smoke after objection made by any passenger;
(b) he or she shall not make use of any abusive language or insulting gestures;
(c) he or she shall not call out to or otherwise importune any person to travel by
any such omnibus;
(d) he or she shall not ride otherwise than inside such omnibus except when
collecting a fare;
(e) he or she shall not permit more passengers than such omnibus is licensed for
to be carried in such omnibus. If there are passengers in excess, the
 conductor, or the driver when there is no conductor, shall at the request of
any constable in uniform eject the passengers being carried in excess, and on
his or her refusal to do so the constable may arrest the conductor, or the
driver, as the case may be, and take such steps as may be necessary to
prevent the vehicle from proceeding on its journey with such excess
passengers;
(f) he or she shall not permit luggage other than personal luggage to be carried
on such omnibus. “Personal luggage” means wearing apparel and such other
personal requisites as are usually carried by a traveller for his or her comfort
and convenience, and includes the receptacle in which such articles are being
conveyed;
(g) he or she shall not be under the influence of drink or drugs during his or her
employment;
(h) he or she shall at all times wear his or her badge conspicuously in such a
manner that the whole of the writing thereon is distinctly legible;
(i) he or she shall at all times be suitably attired and wear boots or shoes.

45. Refusal to hire motor vehicle

The driver of a taxi shall not without reasonable excuse—
(a) refuse to be hired when the taxi is standing on a public stand;
(b) refuse or neglect to drive the taxi to any accessible place indicated by the
hirer;
(c) refuse or neglect to carry such number of passengers, not exceeding the
number specified in the motor vehicle licence, as he or she may be required
to carry by the hirer; or
(d) refuse or neglect to accept with a hirer, a reasonable amount of luggage.

46. Motor bus to proceed direct to destination

Every person driving a motor omnibus on a road shall after quitting any stand or
garage with passengers proceed direct to the place or places included in the route of such
omnibus, and shall not delay in so doing, and shall not return to the place of departure
after leaving it, except on the return journey.

47. Lost property

The driver of a public service vehicle and the conductor of a motor omnibus wherein
any property is left shall within twenty-four hours deposit such property, if not sooner
claimed, at the police station nearest to his or her residence.

48. Entering or leaving bus

The driver or conductor of a motor omnibus on any road shall not permit passengers to
enter or leave such omnibus otherwise than by the rear or by the left or near side thereof.

49. Motor omnibus to carry conductor

Every motor omnibus when in use on any road shall at all times carry a conductor in
addition to a driver.
The owner and driver shall both be liable if the motor omnibus is used in
contravention of this Regulation.
50. Motor vehicles fares
Maximum Rates.—(1) The rates set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations
shall be the maximum fares chargeable by the owner, driver, conductor or other person in
charge of any motor vehicles available for hire.
(2) (a) Every owner of a motor omnibus, freight passenger vehicle or taxi, shall cause
a printed copy of the tariff (as supplied by the Licensing Authority) to be affixed to the
inside of the vehicle in such a position and manner that it shall at all times be distinctly
and plainly visible.
(b) Such owner shall as often as occasion may require, renew such plate, or the
letters and figures of such plate and he or she shall not, nor shall the driver of such vehicle,
wilfully or negligently cause or allow such plate to be inverted or detached or the letters or
figures of such plate to be in any manner or by any means concealed from the view of any
person being conveyed in such vehicle at any time while such vehicle plys or is used for hire.

51. Statement of fares to be exhibited

(1) Every owner of a taxi shall cause a statement of the fares prescribed for his or her
district to be printed or painted on a suitable plate in legible letters and figures of such a
colour as to be clearly distinguishable from the colour of the ground whereon such letters
and figures are printed or painted. He or she shall cause such plate to be fixed on the
inside at the back of the front seat of such taxi or otherwise in such a position and manner
that the letters and figures on such plate shall be at all times distinctly and plainly visible
and legible to any person being conveyed in such taxi.
(2) Such owner shall, from time to time, as often as occasion may require, renew such
plate or the letters and figures of such plate, and he or she shall not, nor shall any driver
of such taxi, wilfully or negligently cause or allow such plate to be inverted or detached
or the letters on such plate to be in any manner or by any means concealed from the view
of any person being conveyed in such taxi at any time while such taxi may ply or be used
for hire.

52. Payment of fares

(1) The driver or conductor of any public service vehicle shall have the right to
demand his or her fare of any person employing him or her or intending to travel in such
vehicle, upon such person entering the vehicle or ordering him or her to wait or to drive
further, and may refuse to convey any such person who does not comply with such
demand, and may require any constable to remove from the vehicle any person so
refusing to pay his or her fare.
(2) Every driver or conductor of a public service vehicle who demands more than his
or her legal fare, and every person who refuses or omits to pay his or her legal fare, and
every person who resists or obstructs a constable in the performance of his or her duty
under this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

53. Licensing Authority may require production of motor vehicle

The Licensing Authority may at any time by a notice in writing require the registered
owner of a motor vehicle to produce the same for his or her inspection, and such owner
shall produce the same accordingly.

First Schedule

Forms
 FORM 1

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Particulars to File by Applicant for Registration of a Motor Vehicle

[Regulation 4.]

1. Full name of owner ......................................

2. Postal address of residence of owner ...........
3. Description or type of vehicle .....................
4. Type and colour of body and seating
accommodation ............................................
5. Make of car and year of manufacture ..........
6. Weight for licensing purposes .....................
7. Whether intended for—
(a) private use, ...........................................
(b) use for trade purposes, .........................
(c) use as a public service vehicle, or .........
(d) use as a passenger freight vehicle .........
8. Particulars as to the position on the car in
which it is proposed to place the plates
forming the identification mark ...................
Signature of Owner ............................................................................................................
Date of Application ............................................................................................................
Note.—It is an offence under the Act to give any particulars which are false or in any material
respect misleading.

FORM 2

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Application for Licence for a Motor Vehicle

[Regulation 11.]

Particulars
Full name of owner .............................................................................................................................
Residential address .............................................................................................................................
Registered letter and identification mark and number .......................................................................
Type of vehicle ...................................................................................................................................
Whether intended for—
(a) private use, .................................................................................................................................
(b) use for trade purposes, ...............................................................................................................
(c) use as a public service vehicle, or .............................................................................................
(d) use as a passenger freight vehicle ..............................................................................................
Weight for licensing purposes ............................................................................................................
Inspecting Engineer’s Certificate No. ........................................... Date ...........................................
.........................................................................................
Signature of Owner
Date ...............................................
Note.—It is an offence under the Act to give any particulars which are false or in any material
respect misleading.

FORM 3

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

[Regulation 11.]
LICENCE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE No. .................................
The Motor Vehicle herein described is licensed under the provisions of the Act
1. Name of registered owner ....................
2. Residential address ..............................
3. Date of issue of licence ........................
4. Date of expiration of licence ...............
5. Description or type of vehicle .............
6. Use for which licensed ........................
7. Registered identification mark and
number .................................................
8. Weight for licensing purposes .............
The sum of .................... dollars and ..................... cents has been paid for this licence.
......................................................................
Licensing Authority
Date .............................................................

FORM 3A
[Regulation 11.]
 FORM 4

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Particulars to be Given by Applicant for Issue or Renewal of Driving Permit

[Regulation 14.]

1. Full name of applicant ....................................................

2. Postal address of residence of applicant .........................
3. State type of motor vehicle it is intended to drive ..........
4. State date of birth of applicant ........................................
5. Are you the holder of a driving permit, and have you
at any time previously been the holder of a driving
permit? If so state number and date of issue ...................
6. State particulars of any driving permit which you hold
or have previously held ...................................................
7. State particulars of any endorsement on any driving
permit which you hold or have previously held .............
8. Have you at any time been disqualified from obtaining
a driving permit? If so particulars as to the Court by
which, the date on which, and the period for which the
disqualification was imposed ..........................................
9. Have you passed a driving test? If so, state by whom
tested ...............................................................................
10. Are your physique, vision, hearing and bodily and
mental fitness such as to qualify you for the issue of a
driving permit? ................................................................
.....................................................................
Signature of Applicant
Date of application .....................................................

FORM 5

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Permit to Drive a Motor Vehicle
[Regulation 15.]
No. .....................................
Permit to Drive a Motor Vehicle
.............................................................................................................................................................
of ................................................................................. is hereby authorised to drive a motor vehicle
*(Motor .................................................................. (Or Motorcycle only) for the year ending on the
31st day of December, 20 . ).
Dated this ............................................... day of ....................................... , 20 ................
St. George’s, Grenada.
 ......................................................................
Licensing Authority
[Regulation 16.]
This Permit (No. ............................................. granted by the Licensing Authority under the Act)
is hereby renewed until the 31st day of December, 20..........................
Dated this .............................................. day of ........................................... , 20 ............
......................................................................
Licensing Authority
* Insert description, i.e., Private Motor Car, Motor Omnibus, Taxi or Goods Vehicle.

FORM 6

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Particulars to be Given by Applicant for Conductor’s Permit

[Regulation 17(2).]

1. Full name of applicant .........................

2. Postal address or residence of applicant
3. State date of birth of applicant .............
4. Are you the holder of a Conductor’s Permit,
or have you at any time previously been the
holder of a Conductor’s Permit? If so, state
number and date of issue .....................
5. State particulars of any endorsement on any
Conductor’s or Driver’s Permit which you
hold or have previously held ...............
6. Have you at any time been disqualified
from obtaining a Conductor’s or Driver’s
Permit? If so, particulars as to the Court by
which, the date on which and the period for
which the disqualification was imposed
......................................................................
Signature of Applicant
Date of application .....................................................

FORM 7

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Inspector’s Certificate
[Regulations 11 and 22.]
B. ..................................
 INSPECTOR’S CERTIFICATE
Number ..............................
I hereby certify that—
(1) I have personally made a thorough examination of, and have driven and tested
the—
Motor Omnibus ........................... No. H ..............................................................
Goods Vehicle or Trailer No. T .............................................................................
Owned by ...............................................................................................................
of ............................................................................................................................
which is described below—
(a) chassis manufactured by ....................................................................................
(b) model .................................................................................................................
(c) type of body .......................................................................................................
(d) tare in pounds .....................................................................................................
and have allowed a—
Longitudinal overhang of .......................................................................................
Lateral overhang of ................................................................................................
(2) The said vehicle ......................................................... conforms to the Regulations
for the time being in force and is in good and proper condition to—
(a) carry ............................................................................................... passengers.
(b) carry a load of ...................................................................................... pounds.
(c) be licensed for a Maximum Gross Weight of ...................................... pounds.
Licence duty to be paid $ ...................................................................................
(3) The receipt of the Permanent Secretary (Finance) bearing No. ...............................
Dated ................ , 20 .......................................... , for the examination fee has been
produced and seen by me.
(4) The said ................................................................................ may be duly licensed.
(5) Not more than .......................................... persons may sit on the left of the driver.
.....................................................................
Inspector
Date of Certificate ........................... , 20 ..........

FORM 8

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Register to be Kept by Inspectors

[Regulation 22.]
Number of
Number of Date of Date Registered Tare M.G.W.
Name of Address of Type of passengers
certificate first certificate number of in in Remarks
owner owner Vehicle to be
issued Inspection issued vehicle pounds pounds
carried
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................
.................. .................. .................. .................. ............................. .............................. ................. ........................ ................... ................... ..................

FORM 9

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Application for Motor Vehicles Dealer’s General Licence

[Section 22.]
. 1. Full name of applicant ..............................................................................................................
. 2. Place of business ......................................................................................................................
. 3. Nature of business ....................................................................................................................
(Dealer, Manufacturer or Repairer)
. 4. Number of general identification marks required .....................................................................
......................................................................
Signature of Owner
Date .............................................................

Note.—See sections 22 to 28 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act and regulation 10.

FORM 10

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Motor Vehicles Dealers’ General Licence

[Section 22.]
Motor Vehicles Dealers’ General Licence
Licence No. .......................
1. A dealer’s general licence is hereby granted to ........................................................................
of ............................................ under section 22 of the Act as a dealer/manufacturer/repairer
of motor vehicles, subject to the provisions of the Act and regulations.
2. The following general identification marks are assigned under this licence ............................
3. This licence expires on the 31st December ..............................................................................
Date ............................................................
......................................................................
Licensing Authority

Note.—Motor vehicles used under the authority of this licence must be the property of the
licence holder and may only be used for the purposes defined in section 22 of the Act and subject
to the provisions of regulation 10.
 FORM 11

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Licensing Officer to keep Register of Motor Vehicles Dealers’ General Licences

[Section 24.]
No. of Name of Whether Insurance Numbers,
Date of
licence issued licensee and licensed as dealer, Company, terms of identification
expiration of
and date of place of manufacturer or policy. No. marks
policy
issue business repairer of policy assigned

IDENTIFICATION MARK
[Regulation 7, SRO 20 of 1972.]

DIAGRAM

The diagram above is a specimen plate, drawn approximately to a scale of one-third.

The actual size of the plate will, however, differ according to the number of figures
required.
Provisions to be complied with—
(1) Each plate must be rectangular and bear upon it the number being arranged
in conformity with the arrangement of figures shown on the diagram.
(2) The ground of the plate must be white and the figures must be blue.
(3) All figures must be three and a half inches high; every part of every figure
must be five-eighths of an inch broad; and the total width of the space taken
by every figure except in the case of the figure 1, must be two and one-half
inches.
(4) The space between adjoining figures must be half-an-inch and there must be
a margin between the nearest part of any figure and the top and bottom of the
plate of a least half-an-inch, and between the nearest part of any figure and
the sides of the plate of at least one inch.
(5) Plates held before 1st January, 1973, may include the figures 1972 printed
immediately above the number of the motor vehicle or trailer.
 Second Schedule

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

[Regulation 50, SRO 4 of 1985.]

PART I

Maximum Passenger Fares Chargeable by Motor Omnibuses

1. Subject to paragraph 2— $ c.
(i) for the first mile .................................................................... .75
(ii) for the second and third miles ............................................... 1.00
(iii) for the fourth and fifth miles ................................................. 1.25
(iv) for over five miles ................................................................. .25 per mile
2. Passengers travelling directly from Sauteurs to St. George’s or
vice versa—
(i) via the Western Main Road ................................................... 4.00 one way
(ii) via Grenville .......................................................................... 5.50 one way

PART II

Maximum Freight Rates Chargeable by Commercial and Freight Passenger Vehicles

(a) Fifty cents per mile for an entire hire, except in the island of Carriacou where the
maximum rate shall be Five cents per mile for an entire hire.
(b) Five cents per barrel per mile for part load freight, except in the case of cement ten cents
per barrel per mile.

PART III

To be Displayed in all Hired Cars

(i) From Point Saline Airport to St. George’s and vice versa ................... $30.00
(ii) From Point Saline Airport to Woburn Cliff and vice versa ................. $30.00
(iii) From Point Saline Airport to all hotels in the Grand Anse area,
including Lance Aux Epines ................................................................ $25.00
(iv) Any short trip within a mile from the airport ....................................... $ 7.00
(v) Any trip outside St. George’s—a fare of $4.00 per mile for the
first 10 miles and $3.50 per mile thereafter.
(vi) For calls between the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. 33⅓% of
the above rates may be charged in addition to the tariff rates.
(vii) Waiting charge first hour .......................................................... $15.00
any part of an hour thereafter .................................................... $ 7.50
(viii) For sightseeing the charge is ..................................................... $40.00 (EC)
per hour
or
$15.00 (US)
per hour

As no taximeter is fitted to this vehicle, passengers are requested to look at the

speedometer at the commencement and again at the end of the journey.
 Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Citation.
2. Provisions relating to carts.
3. Provisions relating to bicycles.
4. Prohibition of iron-tyred trolleys, etc.
5. Lighting up.
6. Application of Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations.

ROAD TRAFFIC (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS

[Section 81.]

[2nd August, 1941.]

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Regulations.

2. Provisions relating to carts

The following provisions shall apply to any vehicle drawn by horse or any other
animal, namely—
(a) no such vehicle having more than two animals abreast attached thereto shall
be driven or allowed to be driven on any road;
(b) every such vehicle shall have one lamp fixed on the off or right side which
shall be visible both from the front and rear of such vehicle which shall be
lighted at all times and under all circumstances during which lamps on
vehicles must be lighted.

3. Provisions relating to bicycles

The following provisions shall apply to bicycles, namely—
(a) no bicyclist shall carry any parcel or other package so as to interfere in any
way with his or her control of the bicycle;
(b) every bicycle shall have two brakes, operating on independent wheels, which
shall be in proper working order;
(c) no bicycle shall be ridden on any footway reserved by any existing law for
exclusive use of pedestrians;
(d) one person only shall ride on a bicycle;
(e) no bicyclist shall ride furiously or without due care and attention, or without
reasonable consideration for other persons using the road;
(f) all bicyclists shall, when turning a corner to the right, keep well over on the
left of the road so as to make a quarter circle which, when completed, will
bring them on the left side of the road into which they turn;
 (g) in turning corners bicyclists shall moderate the pace at which they are
travelling;
(h) every rider of a bicycle shall carry a bell or horn in proper working order
fixed to his or her machine, and shall sound the same loudly and, if
necessary, continuously, when approaching a corner of a street or road or
moving towards or in a crowded thoroughfare, and when within twenty
yards from, and before overtaking any vehicle or person riding on any
animal or bicycle.

4. Prohibition of iron-tyred trolleys, etc.

No person may use on the public roads any scooter, trailer trolley, raft or other vehicle
not fitted with rubber tyred wheels and controlled by efficient brakes:
Provided that the Chief Technical Officer (Works) may permit the use of carts,
barrows, wagons, and other similar forms of conveyance, by written consent stating the
conditions under which such vehicles may be used.

5. Lighting up
All vehicles shall carry the prescribed lights during the following hours, namely—
(a) on and from the first day of January to the end of April, between the hours of
6.15 p.m. and 5.30 a.m. of the next day;
(b) on and from the first day of May to the fifteenth day of September, between
the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 5 a.m. of the next day;
(c) on and from the fifteenth day of September to the end of December, between
the hours of 5.45 p.m. and 5.30 a.m. of the next day.

6. Application of Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations

(1) Regulation 26(15), (16) and (17) of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic
Regulations shall be deemed to apply to conductors as well as to drivers.
(2) Regulation 23(11)(a) of the said Regulations shall be deemed to apply to bicycles
as well as to motorcycles.