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Section 100, The Road Traffic Act, 2007
Status not yet checkedThe Road Traffic Act, 2007, Sierra Leone
(1) There is hereby established a penalty-points systemfor the disqualification of habitual traffic offenders, ranging from one
to twelve points and reflecting the degree of the traffic offence.
(2) The Authority shall maintain a “totting-up” system for
every driver under which after each successful prosecution of a traffic
offence in the court of competent jurisdiction, the driving licence of
the offending driver shall be stamped by the Authority with the
appropriate point for the offence and other details of the prosecution
recorded by the Authority.
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(3) A driver whose penalty points reach or exceed 11
within 3 years shall be disqualified from driving for at least 1 year and
subjected thereafter to another driving test for a new driving licence.
(4) Penalty points which accrue within three years, but
do not reach or exceed 11 during that period shall not count against
the driver concerned.
(5) A driver disqualified under this section who is found
driving during the period of disqualification commits an offence and
is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 2 million
leones or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to
both and to a further period of disqualification for 1 year.
(6) Regulations made under this section shall provide for
the penalty points that may be assigned to each prescribed traffic
offence.
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