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