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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004) - SECT 12

12 .         Vehicle offences, infringement notices for

        (1)         If an alleged offence is a vehicle offence and the identity of the alleged offender is not known and cannot immediately be ascertained, an infringement notice for the alleged offence —

            (a)         despite section 9(1)(b), may be addressed to the responsible person for the vehicle without naming that person or the alleged offender; and

            (b)         may be served on the responsible person —

                  (i)         despite section 10, by attaching it securely to the vehicle; or

                  (ii)         in accordance with section 10(a) or (b).

        (2)         An infringement notice that is served under subsection (1) must contain or be accompanied by a statement explaining the operation of section 13.

        (3)         If an infringement notice is served on a responsible person under subsection (1) and there are several responsible persons, the notice is to be taken to have been served on —

            (a)         if only one responsible person responds to the notice, that responsible person; or

            (b)         in any other case, not more than one responsible person chosen by an authorised officer.

        (4)         A person, other than a person in charge of the vehicle or a responsible person for the vehicle, must not interfere with an infringement notice that is left on a vehicle.

        Penalty: $1 000.



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