Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 2017 · As enacted
22. Amendment of the Second Schedule to the principal enactment
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The Second Schedule to the principal enactment, as last amended by section 2 of the Increase of Fines Act, No.
12 of 2005, is hereby amended as follows:-
by the omission of Column III thereof on such date as the Minister may prescribed by regulations published in the Gazette;
by the repeal of Columns I and II thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following:-
“ SECOND SCHEDULE
[Section 215A]
SECTION
PROVISION
1. Section 21, 22, 23,
24, 24A
- Identification plates
2. Section 38
- Revenue Licence to be displayed on motor vehicles and produced when required
3. Section 45
- Prohibition to use a motor vehicle in contravention of revenue
Licence
4. Section 128A
- Failure to obtain authorization to drive emergency service vehicles and public service vehicles
5. Section 128B
- Driving a special purpose vehicle without obtaining a licence
6. Section 128C
- Failure to obtain authorization to drive a vehicle loaded with chemicals, hazardous waste,
&c.
7. Section 130
- Failure to have a Licence to drive a specific class of vehicles
8. Section 135
- Failure to carry a Driving
Licence when driving
9. Section 139A
- Instructing without an instructor’s Licence
10. Sections 140 and 141 - Non-compliance with
Speed limits provisions
11. Section 148
- Failure to comply with road rules
12. Section 152
- Unobstructed control of vehicle when driving
13. Section 153
- Using inappropriate signals when driving &c.
14. Section 154
- Prohibit reversing a motor vehicle for a long distance on a road
15. Section 155
- Improper use of warning instruments
16. Section 155A
- Excessive emission of smoke &c.
17. Section 156
- Prohibit riding or permitting to ride on running boards &c. of motor vehicles
18. Section 157
- Restriction on the number of person in front seats of motor cars
19. Section 157A
- Non-use of seat belts
20. Section 158
- Failure to wear protective helmets when driving
21. Section 159
- Prohibition to distribute advertisements from a vehicle in motion
22. Section 160
- Prohibit excessive use of noise from a vehicle
23. Section 162
- Failure to obey directions and signals of police officers &c.
24. Section 164
- Non-compliance with traffic signs
25. Section 165
- Failure to take precautions when discharging fuel into the tank
26. Section 166
- Not to halt or park a motor vehicle on a road
27. Section 167
- Precautions to be taken when motor vehicle is halted or left unattended or disabled on a road
28. Section 178
- Carriage of persons in excess of authorized number in private coaches and of goods other than personal luggage in motor cars or private coaches
29. Section 179
- Carriage of persons or passengers in excess of authorized number, and of goods other than personal luggage in omnibuses
.”.
30. Section 188
- Carriage on lorry or motor tricycle van of goods in excess of maximum load or maximum axle load
31. Section 189
- Not to exceed the number of persons carried in a lorry
32. Section 190
- Violation of regulations
33. Section 196
- Failure to carry the emission certificate or the fitness certificate in the vehicle