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24. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Enactment or Rate of speed. by any rule made thereunder it shall not be lawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle of any class or description on a road at a speed greater than any speed which may be prescribed as the maximum speed in relation to a vehicle of that class or descrip- tion.
(2) The Resident of a State on the recommendation of the Chief Police Officer may by notification in the Gazette prohibit the driving of motor vehicles generally or of particular classes of motor vehicles above a specified speed over any specified road or part of a specified road either generally or for a specified time or times:
Provided that such prohibition shall unless renewed by notification in the Gazette in no case remain in force for a longer period than three years.
(3) So long as any prohibition made by the Resident of a State under sub-section (2) remains in force the State Engineer of such State shall erect and maintain traffic signs which shall state the substance of the notification in the Gazette containing such prohibition and which shall be placed in such positions as shall give adequate notice thereof to drivers of motor vehicles.
(4) A person convicted of driving a motor vehicle on a road s at a speed exceeding the speed limit imposed by or under this Enactment shall be guilty of an offence against this Enactment. (5) A first or second conviction for driving a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding a speed limit imposed by or under any enactment shall not render the
person convicted liable to be disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence.
25. dangerously he shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five driving. hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of four months and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction either to a fine of one thousand dollars or to such imprisonment as aforesaid or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(1) If any person drives a motor vehicle on a road Dangerous
(2) If any person drives a motor vehicle on a road negligently Negligent he shall be guilty of an offence against this Enactment.
(3) The Court shall order particulars of
order particulars of any conviction under this section to be endorsed on any driving licence held by the person convicted.
(4) On a second or subsequent conviction under this section the convicting Court shall exercise the power conferred by this Part of ordering that the offender shall be disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence unless the Court having regard to the lapse of time since the date of the previous or last previous conviction or for any other special reason thinks fit to order otherwise but this provision shall not be construed as affecting the right of the Court to exercise the power aforesaid on a first conviction.
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