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Following a sensitization campaign, Police is targeting offences related to registration plates & the use of seat belts (Front & Rear). To avoid prosecution, owners of vehicles, drivers and passengers are therefore reminded that they should comply with the following regulations:-
(Registration Plate) - Fourth Schedule of Road Traffic (Registration of Motor Vehicles & trailers) regulation 1963
The diagram above is a specimen plate drawn approximately to a scale of 1/3.
The actual size of the plate will, however, differ according to the number of letters and figures required.
PROVISIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH
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Each plate shall be rectangular and bear upon it the separate number assigned to the motor vehicle by the Commissioner. |
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[67/92] |
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The background of the plate shall – |
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in the case of public service vehicles other than contract cars and contract buses, and goods vehicles with public carrier’s licences, be white with black letters and figures; |
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in the case of contract cars and contract buses, be yellow with black letters and figures; |
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in the case of dual-control vehicles used for driving instruction by licensed driving schools, be light brown with white letters and figures; and |
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in any other case, be black with white letters and figures. |
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[67/92] |
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(a) |
The height of every letter or figure shall not be less that 75 mm nor more than 90 mm. |
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The thickness of every part of every letter or figure shall not be less than 11 mm nor more than 18 mm. |
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The total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, other than the figure “1”, shall not be less than 35 mm nor more than 65 mm. |
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The space between adjoining letters and figures shall be 25 mm, and there shall be a margin between the nearest part of any letter or figure and the top and bottom of the plate of a least 12 mm and between the nearest part of letter or figure and the sides of the plate of at least 25 mm. |
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In the case of the plates for a motor-cycle of a weight unladen not exceeding 150 kg each of the above dimensions shall be halved, and the shape of the plate need not be rectangular so long as the minimum margin between any letter and figure and the top, bottom, and sides of the plate is preserved. |
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[34/89;67/92] |
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Registration marks (para 19 of part II of the Road Traffic Act)
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There shall be fixed and maintained on every motor vehicle and trailer, in such manner as may be prescribed, the registration mark referred to in section 5(3). |
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Where a motor vehicle is being used to tow- |
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a trailer, its registration mark shall also be fixed at the rear of the trailer; or |
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more than one trailer, its registration mark shall also be fixed at the rear of the last trailer, in such a manner as may be prescribed. |
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No other figure, letter or design shall be place on, or within such distance as may be prescribed from, a registration mark fixed on a motor vehicle under this section. |
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Nothing which may be mistaken for a registration mark shall be placed on a motor vehicle. |
Offences relating to registration marks (para 20 of part II of the Road Traffic Act) |
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Where a registration mark is fixed and maintained – |
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in contravention of this Act; or |
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in such a way as to be obscured, rendered or allowed to become not easily distinguishable, the driver of the motor vehicle or trailer and its owner shall commit an offence. |
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It shall be a defence for any person prosecuted under subsection (1)(b) to prove that he has taken all steps reasonably practicable to prevent the mark from being obscured or rendered not easily distinguishable. |
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(Seat Belts) - Regulations made by the Minister under section 190 of the Road Traffic Act.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Seat Belts) Regulation 2002.
2. In these regulations —
“anchorage points” means points designed to hold securely a seat belt in position on a vehicle;
“light goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle having a gross weight not exceeding 3500 kilograms;
“Seat” includes any part designed for the accommodation of a person or a continuous seat designed for the accommodation of more than one person;
“seat belt” means a belt intended to be worn by a person in a vehicle and designed to provide restraint for both the upper and lower parts of the trunk of the wearer in order to prevent or lesson injury to the wearer in the event of an accident;
“small bus” means a motor vehicle which -
(a) is constructed or adapter to carry not more than 15 passengers including the driver;
(b) has a maximum gross weight not exceeding 3500 kilograms; and
(c) is not constructed or adapted fo r the carriage of standing passengers.
3. (1) These regulations shall apply to –
(a) a motor car;
(b) a small bus;
(c) a light goods vehicle; and
(d) a dual-purpose vehicle,
Which are fitted with anchorage points for the driver’s seat, the front seat and the rear seat.
(2) Where anchorage points are provided for seat belts in a motor vehicle the owner of the motor vehicle shall cause it to be equipped, where it is not already so equipped, with the appropriate seat belt.
4. Every seat belt shall be properly secured to the structure of the vehicle by the anchorage points provided for it.
5. (1) Subject to regulation 7, any person –
(a) driving a motor vehicle or riding in the front seat of a motor vehicle;
(b) riding in the rear seat of motor car,
shall wear the seat belt with which the seat is equipped.
(2) The seat belt shall be properly adjusted and securely fastened and worn in such a way as to provide restraint for both the upper and lower parts of the trunk of the wearer.
6. Where a person is riding in the front seat of a motor vehicle, the driver must not without reasonable excuse drive the vehicle on a road unless that person is wearing a seat belt.
7. Regulation 5 shall not apply to a person who is –
(a) driving the vehicle whilst performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing and moving in or out of a parking bay;
(b) the driver of licensed taxi which is carrying a passenger for hire; or
(c) a person driving or riding in a vehicle whilst it is being used for fire brigade or police purposes.
8 (1) A person specified in regulation 5 or 6 shall not commit an offence under those regulations if he produces –
(a) to a police officer, at the time of contravention, a certificate from a registered medical practitioner to the effect that it is undesirable, on medical grounds or by reason of his physical characteristics, for that person, or the rider, as the case may be, to wear a seat belt; or
(b) within 5 days of the date of the contravention such certificate at a police station specified by that person.
(2) A certificate produced under subsection (1) must state its period of validity.
9. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these regulations shall commit an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees.
10. The Road Traffic (Seat Belts) Regulations 1992 are revoked.
11. These regulations shall come into operation on 23 September 2002.
Made by the Minister on 17 September 2002.
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