Section 23, The Road Traffic Act, 2007

(1) If at any time during the period for which a licenceremains in force, the licence holder becomes aware– (a) that he is suffering from a disease that can affect his ability to drive which the holder has not disclosed to the Licensing Authority; (b) that a disease from which he has at any time suffered and which has been disclosed has become more acute since the licence was granted, the licence holder shall notify the Licensing Authority in writing of the nature and extent of his disability. (2) A person who fails to notify the Licensing Authority as required by subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than Le100,000 and not (3) Where the prescribed circumstances that obtain in relation to a person who is an applicant for, or the holder of, a licence or if the Licensing Authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person who is an applicant for or the holder of a licence may be suffering from a disease, subsection (4) shall apply for the purpose of enabling the Licensing Authority to satisfy itself whether or not that person may be suffering from that or any other disease. (4) The Licensing Authority may by notice in writing served on the applicant or holder - (a) require the applicant or holder to provide the Licensing Authority, within a reasonable time specified in the notice, with an authorization as is mentioned in subsection (6); or (b) require the applicant or holder, as soon as is practicable, to arrange for that applicant or holder to be examined- (i) by a registered medical practitioner appointed by the Licensing Authority; (ii) with respect to a disease of a prescribed description, by the officer of the Licensing Authority as may be so appointed, for the purpose of determining whether or not the applicant or holder suffers or has at any time suffered from any disease. (5) Where the application is for, or the licence held is a learner’s licence, the Licensing Authority may by notice to the applicant require the applicant to submit to a test of competence to drive as directed in the notice. (6) The authorization referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (4) - (a) shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars specified in the notice by which it is required to be provided; Revocation, suspension or cancellation of licence. Provision of information. 14 15 (b) shall authorize a registered medical practitioner who may at any time have given medical advice or attention to the applicant or licence holder concerned, to release to the Licensing Authority any information which the medical practitioner may have, or which may be available to the medical practitioner with respect to the question whether the applicant or the licence holder concerned may be suffering, or may at any time have suffered from the disease and if so, to what extent. (7) Where a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (5)- (a) fails to comply with a requirement contained in the notice; or (b) fails a test of competence which that person is required to take under this section, and the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the applicant or licence holder concerned is suffering from any disease, the Licensing Authority may revoke the driving licence of the holder or refuse to grant a licence to the applicant. (8) Except where the requirement is made in the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of subsection (4), the Licensing Authority may defray any fees or other reasonable expenses of a registered medical practitioner in connection with - (a) the provision of information in pursuance of an authorization required to be provided under paragraph (a) of subsection (4), or (b) any examination which a person is required to undergo under paragraph (b) of subsection (4).