Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65)

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

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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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