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Section 100, The Road Traffic Act, 2007

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(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. Dangerous driving. Disqualification of drivers by penaltypoints system. 60 61 (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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