Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65)

Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65), article 15C

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15C. (1) Where a Police officer reasonably suspects that: (a) a person is driving or attempting to drive or is in control of a motor vehicle or other vehicle on a road or other public place and has alcohol in his body or has committed an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance or against any regulations made thereunder whilst the motor vehicle or other vehicle was in motion; (b) a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in control of a motor vehicle or other vehicle on the road or other public place with alcohol in his body and that su ch person still has al cohol in his body; (c) a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in control of a motor vehicle or other vehicle on the road or other public place and has committed an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance or against any regulations made thereunder whilst the motor vehicle or other vehicle was in motion; or (d) a person was driving or was attempting to drive or was in control of a motor vehicle or other vehicle on the road or other public place when the said motor vehicle or other vehicle was involved in an accident, he may require such person to pr ovide a specimen of breath for a breath test. TRAFFIC REGULATION [CAP . 65. 9 Cap. 9. (2) A Police officer may, without the need for reasonable suspicion in respect of a particular person, require any person who was driving or attempting to drive or was in control of a bus, coac h, other vehicles carrying passengers for a fee, any M2 or M3 motor vehi cle on the road or other public place during road checks in accordance with the provisions of article 355 of the Criminal Code , to provide a specimen of breath for alcohol. (3) A Police officer shall require any person who was driving or attempting to drive or is in control of a motor vehicle or othe r vehicle on the road or other public place when involved in a serious tr affic accident, to provide a speci men of breath for alcohol. Specimen of oral fluid for a drug test. Added by: II.2026.8.

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