Section 4 of Traffic Act CAP 403: Classification of vehicles
For the purposes of this Act, motor vehicles shall be divided into the following classes—
(a) motor omnibuses;
(b) heavy commercial vehicles;
(c) commercial vehicles;
(d) tractors;
(e) motor-cars;
(f) motorcycles not exceeding fifty cubic centimetres engine capacity;
(g) motorcycles exceeding fifty cubic centimetres engine capacity;
(h) invalid carriages;
(i) special types of motor vehicles for which special authorization is required from the Authority before such vehicles can be registered or used on a road; and
(j) matatus.
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