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[B. 11 cont.]
Provisions as
Vehicle and Road Traffic.
Provided to him a new licence free from endorsements: that, in reckoning the said period of three years, any period during which the person was by virtue of the order disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence shall be excluded.
(6) Where a court or magistrate orders particulars to be endorsed on a licence held by any person, or where by a conviction or order of a court or magistrate a person is disqualified for holding or obtaining a licence, the court or magistrate shall send notice of the conviction or order to the licensing authority by which the licence was granted, and, in a case where a person is so disqualified, shall also on the production of the licence for the purpose of endorsement retain the licence and forward it to the authority by which it was granted, and that authority shall keep the licence until the disqualification has expired or been removed and the person entitled to the licence has made a demand in writing for its return to him. Where the disqualification to which a person has become subject is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class or description, the licensing authority to whom that person's licence has been forwarded under this subsection shall forthwith after the receipt thereof issue to that person a new licence on which there shall be indicated in the prescribed manner the class or description of vehicle which the holder of the licence is not thereby authorized to drive, and the licence so issued shall remain in force either for the unexpired period of the original licence or for the period of the disqualification, whichever is the shorter.
(7) Where on an appeal against any such order the appeal is allowed, or where any such conviction is quashed, the court by which the appeal is allowed or the conviction is quashed shall send notice thereof to the licensing authority by which the licence was granted.
12. (1) Particulars of a conviction endorsed on a licence to drive a motor vehicle may be produced as prima facie evidence of the conviction. 24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 33.
(2) Where a person is prosecuted for driving a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding a speed limit imposed by or under any enactment, or for an offence under section 4, 5 or 6, then, if at the time of the alleged offence he is the holder of a licence to drive a motor vehicle he shall
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