Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65)
Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65), article 15GA
15GA. (1) The provisions of article 15C shall apply mutatis
mutandis to community officers and the procedures that shall be
followed in the event that a community officer has a reasonable
suspicion as defined in article 15C shall be those stipulated i n this
article.
(2) When a person refuses or refrains from providing a sample
of breath to a community officer as required under this article , that
person shall be guilty of an offence and the provisions of arti cles
15E(4) and 15H shall apply to that person mutatis mutandis .
(3) A person who refuses or fails to provide a sample of breath
to a community officer in accord ance with this article may be
forbidden by the community officer from driving until the Polic e
arrive and a person who keeps on driving despite the order give n by
the community officer not to drive shall be guilty of an offenc e as if
the order given by the community officer was given by the Polic e.
(4) When, as a result of a breath test, a community officer has
a reasonable suspicion that the proportion of alcohol in the bl ood of
that person is more than the limit prescribed he shall request the
presence of the Police on site and the person who has given the
sample shall be forbidden by the community officer from driving
and the provisions of sub-article (3) shall mutatis mutandis apply to
that person.
TRAFFIC REGULATION [CAP . 65. 13
Offences and
punishments.
Added by:
VI. 1998.3.
Amended by:
L.N. 408 of 2007;
VII. 2010.43;
XIV . 2017.4;
II.2026.13.
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